Hazelnut madeleines with frangelico cream

Ingredients
- 185g unsalted butter
- 60ml double cream
- 1 tablespoon runny honey
- 4 large free-range eggs
- 150g caster sugar
- 20g demerara sugar
- 185g plain flour
- 80g ground hazelnuts
- 1 heaped teaspoon baking powder
FRANGELICO CREAM
- 400g double cream
- 60g icing sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 75ml of Frangelico or other hazelnut liqueur
Instructions
- 1
Heat the butter and cream in a pan over a medium heat until the butter is browning. Take off the heat and stir in the honey, mixing until it's cooled and barely warm to the touch. Set aside.
- 2
Place the eggs and both sugars into the bowl of an electric mixer with a whisk attachment and whisk on a high speed until very light and fluffy – about 10 minutes.
- 3
Add the browned butter and cream, whisk briefly, then fold in the dry mixture. Pop the batter in the fridge to rest for about 1 hour.
- 4
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Grease a 12-hole madeleine tray with butter and dust with flour.
- 5
Fill each madeleine shell with 1 heaped tablespoon of the chilled batter, then bake in the oven for 8 minutes, or until golden.
- 6
To make the Frangelico cream, split the vanilla pod in half lengthways and scrape out the seeds, either with a teaspoon or the back of your knife.
- 7
Put the vanilla seeds in a bowl with the cream, icing sugar and Frangelico, then whisk until thick enough to form soft peaks.
- 8
Spoon into a bowl and serve alongside the warm madeleines for dipping.
