Pear And Almond Friands Recipes

PEAR AND ALMOND FRENCH TOAST CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Evenly distribute the butter cubes into the bottom of a 10x14-inch baking dish. Sprinkle the brown sugar over the butter. Arrange the pear slices into the bottom of the dish. Arrange the bread cubes into a single layer over the pears.
• Mix the eggs, milk, sugar, vanilla extract, and almond extract together in a bowl until fully blended; pour evenly over the bread cubes, assuring all pieces are evenly covered. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and chill overnight in refrigerator.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Remove the casserole from the refrigerator and allow to warm while the oven preheats.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the bread is golden brown and the eggs have solidified, 45 to 60 minutes. Top with the sliced almonds to serve.

ALMOND AND PEAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a small tart pan or a 9-inch cake pan.
• Mix pear slices and amaretto liqueur together in a bowl.
• Process almonds and 2 tablespoons sugar together in a food processor until the mixture is a fine almond meal.
• Beat 1/4 cup sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy; add eggs and vanilla extract and beat until well combined. Mix almond meal mixture, flour, and salt into creamed butter mixture to make a smooth batter.
• Drain pears, reserving the amaretto liqueur. Stir drained liqueur into batter just until incorporated.
• Pour batter into the prepared pan, smoothing batter if uneven. Arrange pear slices in a decorative pattern atop batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cake is starting to pull away from the edges, about 25 minutes. Allow cake to cool in pan for at least 15 minutes before serving.

LIME AND ALMOND FRIANDS

Steps:

• Grease and flour a non-stick 12 hole friand tin or 12 medium muffin holes.
• Pre-heat oven to 375F (180C).
• Melt butter gently in the microwave oven.
• Place egg whites in a medium bowl and whisk lightly until just combined.
• Add melted butter, almond meal, powdered sugar and flour, then lime zest and juice, and whisk again until just combined.
• Divide mixture evenly among the prepared pans.
• Top each friand with an almond.
• Bake in the moderately hot oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned- the friands should spring back when touched.
• Remove from oven and let sit in the pan for around 5 minutes, before turning out onto wire racks to cool, right way up.
• Serve warm or at room temperature, dusted with a little extra sifted powdered sugar, and a dollop of cream.

PEAR AND ALMOND FRIANDS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C if using a fan-forced oven and grease a 12 hole muffin pan (1/3 cup/80ml size) or friand pan.
• Whisk the egg whites in a medium bowl until frothy.
• Add the melted butter. almond meal, sifted icing sugar and flour, then the chopped pear. Stir until combined.
• Place into the 12 muffin/friand pans and sprinkle with the flaked almonds.
• Bake for about 20 minutes. Stand 5 minutes in the pan, before turning out.
• Allow to cool on a wire rack.