Madeleine Batter
Ingredients
Method- 75g Brown Sugar
- 15g Honey
- 135g Butter
- 1 Vanilla bean
- 2 Vanilla bean dried
- 150g Eggs (about 3 large eggs)
- 75g Sugar (caster)
- 120g Flour
- 10g Carbon Black Cocoa Powder
- 2g Baking Powder
- In a saucepan, add butter, honey, vanilla seeds and brown sugar. Set aside until ready to use
- Sift flour cocoa powder, and baking powder into a bowl. Set aside until ready to use.
- In a heatproof metal container, add the dried vanilla beans (seeds removed). With a blow- torch, light the vanilla beans on fire (make sure it catches a decent flame) Let burn for about 20 seconds then blow out the flame. Cover container with a cloth or seal tight lid. (MAKING SURE THE FLAME IS COMPLETELY OUT, ONLY SMOKE REMAINS) Let sit for about 10 minutes.
- Once vanilla beans have been smoked, remove from container and add to saucepan with butter mixture. Bring the mixture to a soft boil.
- Once butter and sugars have melted, cover and let infuse 10-15 minutes.
- Once well infused, return saucepan back to heat and bring to a soft boil. Once to a soft boil turn off heat. Remove vanilla beans.
- At the same time, add sugar and eggs into a mixing bowl. Whisk until ribbon stage.
- Once at ribbon stage, mix on low/medium speed and gradually add flour mixture
- Once incorporated, stream warm butter mixture. Mix on medium speed until butter is fully incorporated.
- Remove from bowl and to a piping bag. For best results, store batter overnight in the refrigerator.
- Bake at 200ºC for 12-14 minutes (regular sized madeleines).
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