Christmas Stollen Friands

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    321

Gluten free, and so delicious, mix up a batch the day before for any special occasion breakfast. You will get approximately 12-16 muffin sized friands out of this mixture.

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/christmas-stollen-friands

recipe updated Jan 12, 2022

Ingredients

  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    150 g
  • Marzipan icon
    Marzipan
    75 g
  • Pistachios icon
    Pistachios
    50 g
  • Blanched almonds icon
    Blanched almonds
    150 g
  • Quinoa icon
    Quinoa
    50 g
  • Raw cane sugar icon
    Raw cane sugar
    250 g
  • Ground cinnamon icon
    Ground cinnamon
    2 teaspoons
  • Orange zest icon
    Orange zest
    1 tablespoon
  • Almond extract icon
    Almond extract
    ½ teaspoon
  • Vanilla bean paste icon
    Vanilla bean paste
    2 teaspoons
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes
    1 pinch
  • Egg white icon
    Egg white
    5
  • Dried cherries icon
    Dried cherries
    50 g
  • Candied mixed fruit icon
    Candied mixed fruit
    as needed
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Baking sheet - 18 x 13"
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl
  • kCook icon Muffin pan - 12-hole

Step preview

  1. Brush a couple of friand tins with melted butter. Or place liners into a muffin or cupcake tin
  2. Add blanched almonds and quinoa to a clean baking sheet
  3. Put into a cold oven set to 200°C for 10 minutes
  4. Remove and cool. Keep the oven set to 200°C
  5. Place cooled almond quinoa mix and sugar into Thermomix bowl
  6. Blitz with MC on - 20 sec, speed 8
  7. Then add ground cinnamon, orange zest, almond extract, vanilla bean paste, pink Himalayan salt flakes and egg white to the TM bowl
  8. Blend with MC on - 20 sec, speed 8
  9. Scrape down sides of TM5 bowl
  10. Pour melted butter into the TM5 bowl slowly while you blend:
  11. Blend - 20 sec, speed 8
  12. Then add marzipan, dried cherries and pistachios to the TM bowl
  13. Stir through using your spatula
  14. Divide between prepared friand holes
  15. Decorate the top of each friand with either a sliver or slice of the candied clementine
  16. Bake until risen and fragrant - 15 min, 200°C
  17. Dust with icing sugar if desired
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