Chocolate Creme Brulee and Cherry Friand Slice

Two seemingly unrelated desserts but it will make sense...

This is an incredibly easy recipe for creme brulee (chocolate is optional):


Whisk together 2 cups of cream, 5 egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tbsp vanilla essence. Divide into ramekins and place in baking tray filled halfway with hot water. Bake at 180 degrees C for 45 min-1 h until set. Chill in fridge overnight. To serve, sprinkle with sugar and caramelise with blowtorch for a sugary crust.

For a chocolate version, heat chocolate and cream over a double bioler until melted then mix in other ingredients when chocolate/cream has cooled a bit.

So this brings me to the second part... what to do with all the egg whites after you've used the yolks for the creme brulee? Friands! Or this slice version (from AWW cakes biscuits and slices)...


Mix together 4 egg whites (1 left over!), 100 g melted butter, 1 tbsp milk, 1/2 tsp vanilla essence, 1 cup almond meal, 1 cup icing sugar (sifted), 1/3 cup self-raising flour (sifted) and the seeds from 1 vanilla bean until combined. Pour mixture into slice pan and sprinkle with 100 g frozen cherries, roughly chopped. Bake at 170 degrees C for 30 minutes. Serve dusted with icing sugar.

Of course you can freeze the egg whites for later but where's the fun in that?