My first experiment that I'm sharing with you is a friand recipe. I've had a friand pan for a long time, but I've never got around to using it. With the little Vegan Carnivore (aka my little boy) asleep, I thought I'd try out a recipe I saw in a magazine, but modifying it so it's egg-free. The original recipe calls for 5 egg whites!
Apple and Strawberry Friands
Adapted from Apple & Blueberry Friands recipe, Winter Coles magazine
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup self-raising flour
- 4 heaped tsp "No Egg" with 2 tbsp water
- 1/2 tsp baking powder (approximately)
- 1/2 cup icing sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 100g almond meal
- 1/3 cup oat milk
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/2 cup pie apple (no sugar), roughly chopped
- 1 cup strawberries
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (fan-forced). Lightly grease 10 holes of non-stick friand mould pan.
- Combine flours, icing sugar, almond meal and cinnamon. Add oat milk, oil, apple and strawberries and stir until just combined
- Mix No Egg with water until fairly stiff paste is formed. Add to mixture and add baking powder. Carefully fold into mixture.
- Spoon into prepared moulds and bake in oven for 25-30 minutes
- Sit friands for 10 mins before turning out onto a cooling tray and serve dusted with icing sugar.
Notes
- I used oat milk, but you can use soy milk.
- I used my stewed apples and fresh berries, but (defrosted) frozen berries would also work, you don't have to stick to these quantities, just make up a cup and a half of whatever fruit you like and it should be ok. (I certainly didn't stick to the original recipe!)
Edit: 26/6/11 - No Egg is used in a heaped measure; it's the equivalent of 6 egg whites.
