PISTACHIO FRIANDS WITH CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM

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Worthy of a posh restaurant but really easy, try these little bakes for afternoon tea in the garden

Provided by Sarah Cook

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch

Time 30m

Yield Makes 8

Number Of Ingredients 8

500g tub really good chocolate ice cream
few chunks white chocolate , finely chopped (optional)
200g butter
100g pistachios , plus a few extra to serve
200g icing sugar
85g ground almonds
85g plain flour
5 large egg whites

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 for the friands. Melt the butter in a small pan, then remove from the heat and leave to cool a little. Grease 8 holes of a friand (or muffin) tin with a little bit of the butter.
  • Whizz 85g of the pistachios with the icing sugar until very finely chopped. Tip into a bowl with the ground almonds and flour. Roughly chop the remaining pistachios and set aside.
  • Froth the egg whites with a fork, then pour into the ground nuts and flour mixture with the melted butter and mix well. Pour into the friand tins, then scatter with the chopped pistachios and bake for 15-20 mins until the friands are risen, springy to the touch and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
  • Serve the friands warm, or at room temperature, with a scoop of chocolate ice cream, topped with a scattering of extra pistachios and a little chopped white chocolate, if you like. Delicious with a cup of coffee.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 579 calories, Fat 40 grams fat, SaturatedFat 18 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 49 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 38 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 10 grams protein, Sodium 0.51 milligram of sodium

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