Blueberry Lemon Madeleines

Ingredients:

3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup blueberries
4 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1 tbsp lemon zest
2 tbsp yoghurt
2 large eggs
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla essence


Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celcius. Grease a madeleine pan and keep it aside.
2. In a saucepan, add blueberries and cook over medium heat, stirring for 4-5 minutes until they are soft. Then puree it to a smooth sauce and keep it aside.
3. Mix together all purpose flour and salt in a bowl and keep it aside.
4. In a mixing bowl, add melted butter, sugar and lemon zest and whisk together.
5. Add yoghurt to this and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
6. Add vanilla essence and mix well.
7. Then add flour and the prepared blueberry sauce and stir gently with a wooden spoon until just combined.
8. Pour the batter into the madeleine pan , filling the moulds 3/4th full.
9. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-15 minutes until a tooth pick inserted comes out clean.
10. Remove from the oven, leave to cool slightly, and then turn out on to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.

• You can also prepare with fresh blueberries…Fold in the fresh blueberries into the batter or spoon 1 tbsp of batter into each mould and place 3-4 blueberries on top and then bake…