Gluten free hazelnut & chocolate friand

A gluten free hazelnut chocolate friand? A friand? To hard? Not at all! This one (at least) is super easy, believe me.  And even better mega delicious. This recipe is derived from a recipe by Donna Hay.

It has both chocolate (chopped) and cocoa, as a result it is really indulgent on the chocolate.

Tip: if you don’t have GF flour at home, use brown rice flour or if you are not coeliac or gluten intolerant, use plain flour. 

Tip: if you don’t have friands moulds, ou can use a small muffin tray.

Makes 12 friands

Ingredients

• dry ingredients:
  • 1 cup hazelnut meal
  • 1 2/3 cup of icing sugar
  • half a cup GF flour
  • half a cup cocoa
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 200 g dark cooking chocolate chopped
• wet ingredients:
  • 5 eggwhites
  • 140 butter

and 2 tablespoons of chopped hazelnut.

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
2. In a bowl place all the dry ingredients together, mix.
3. Add the wet ingredients i.e. the butter, eggwhites. Mix to combine.
4. Butter and flour a print mould (except if using silicone ones).
5. Fill each print with one large spoon of the mix
6. Bake for 20 minutes or until cooked through. Cool in the pan until about cold.

Enjoy!