Gluten Free Almond and Coconut Strawberry Friands

When making Hollandaise Sauce with my Thermomix® Appliance, I had 4 egg whites leftover.

What do you make when you have egg whites leftover? Gluten Free Almond and Coconut Strawberry Friands. No left-overs ever wasted! Best of all, they are yummy and perfect for lunchboxes or an afternoon treat …

Ingredients:

• 130g raw almonds 
• 220g raw sugar
• 180g butter, cubed
• 4 egg whites 
• 75g buckwheat flour (or plain flour)
• 100g coconut
• 200g strawberries – 100g sliced for the top, 100g chopped into small pieces for the rest of the friand. 
• Icing sugar for dusting top

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200°C
2. Grease 12 hole Friand Tin or two of our Silicone Muffin Molds
3. Place almonds in Mixing Bowl and mill for 10 sec/Speed 8. Set aside in a clean bowl
4. Place sugar in Mixing Bowl and mill for 4 sec/Speed 9. Set aside in the same bowl as the ground almonds
5. Add butter and melt for 2 min/90°C/Speed 1
6. Add egg whites, flour, and reserved sugar and ground almonds and mix for 5 sec/Speed 5
7. Add coconut and chopped strawberries 5 sec/Reverse Speed 4
8. Pour friand batter into prepared friand tin or muffin molds
9. Top each friand with sliced strawberries
10. Bake 20 – 25 mins
11. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 5 mins before placing on a cooling rack
12. Sprinkle with icing sugar when cool

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