Roasted grape & almond friands

Name: Roasted grape & almond friands
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 250 g Waitrose Sable Seedless Grapes; ½ lemon, juice; 160 g icing sugar plus 1 tsp; 120 g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing; 65 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting; 100 g ground almonds; 6 British Blacktail Medium Eggs, whites only; ½ tsp almond extract

A spell in the oven makes grapes magically soft and sweet, ready to be added to these luscious little teatime treats. For perfect muffins every time, the John Lewis Classic Non-Stick Muffin & Cupcake Tin, 12 Cup, made from robust carbon steel, is a baking essential.

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Vegetarian

Makes12
CourseCake
Prepare20 mins
Cook40 mins
Total time1 hr
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250g Waitrose Sable Seedless Grapes
½ lemon, juice
160g icing sugar plus 1 tsp
120g unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for greasing
65g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
100g ground almonds
6 British Blacktail Medium Eggs, whites only
½ tsp almond extract

Preheat the oven to 180ºC, gas mark 4. Remove the grapes from the stalks and spread over a baking tray. Squeeze over the lemon juice, then sprinkle with 1 tsp icing sugar and a little salt. Toss together and roast for 10 minutes, then set aside to cool.
Brush the holes of a 12-hole muffin tin with melted butter, then dust each with flour, shaking out any excess. In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, ground almonds and a pinch of salt, then sift in 160g icing sugar and stir together.
Put the egg whites in a separate large bowl, and, using a balloon whisk, very lightly whisk the almond extract into them, until just a little frothy. Slowly whisk the egg whites into the dry ingredients until just combined. Finally, gently whisk in the melted butter until just combined. Evenly spoon or pour the batter into the holes of the tin and scatter a few roasted grapes over the top of each.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until risen and golden – a skewer inserted into the centre should come out clean. As soon as you take the friands out of the oven, run a knife around the edges to loosen, then leave in the tin for 5 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool (you may need to use a cutlery knife to help ease them out). Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

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