Dark-Chocolate Madeleines With Chocolate Mint Glaze
- Ready In:
- 3hrs
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
24 cookies
ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into tablespoons
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3⁄4 cup cake flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
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Mint-chocolate glaze
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup heavy cream
- 1⁄2 teaspoon mint extract
directions
- In a small, heavy saucepan, heat the butter over medium heat until light golden brown and fragrant, about 5 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa powder.
- Strain the mixture and let cool until tepid.
- Meanwhile, melt the chocolate, and allow it to cool slightly.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together into a small bowl and set aside.
- Place the eggs, egg yolk and the granulated sugar into a 4 1/2 -quart bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer.
- Place the bowl with the eggs and sugar over a bowl of hot water to warm them, stirring frequently until the sugar begins to dissolve.
- Remove the bowl with the eggs and sugar from the water and dry off the bottom.
- Attach the bowl to the mixer and beat the egg mixture using the whisk attachment on medium-high speed until the mixture forms soft peaks when the beater is lifted.
- Beat in the vanilla extract.
- In a clean, grease-free bowl using a hand-held electric mixer, beat the egg whites on high speed until they form stiff but not dry peaks.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the egg-sugar mixture.
- Fold in the melted butter and chocolate. Finally, fold in the egg whites. Place the madeleine batter in the refrigerator to chill for 15 minutes.
- Place 2 racks in the lower half of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
- Butter and flour two 12-mold madeleine pans. Chill the pans briefly.
- Remove the pans and the batter from the refrigerator.
- Place a dollop of batter in each mold and smooth with an offset palette knife or spatula.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until the center springs back when lightly touched.
- Do not overbake.
- Remove the madeleines from the molds and cool on a wire rack.
- To make mint-chocolate glaze, place chopped chocolate into a heat-resistant bowl.
- In a small saucepan, bring the heavy cream to a boil.
- Immediately pour the cream over the chocolate and let stand 1 minute before stirring.
- Stir gently until the chocolate is melted and combined.
- Stir in the mint extract.
- Using a pastry brush, generously glaze half of the shell side of each madeleine.
- Allow the glaze to set before wrapping in plastic or storing in an airtight container.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
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