Plum and Almond Friands

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Recipe's preparation

Preheat oven to 180'C. Grease 10 hole friand pan or muffin tray. No need to grease if using silicon pans.

1. Cut 5 plums into quarters and remove stones. Reserve these 20 quarters for the tops. Quarter 2 plums, remove the stones and finely dice.

2. Place almonds in the mixing bowl and mill 8 sec/ speed 8.

3. Add potato starch, sweetener/sugar and cinnamon, mix 10 sec/speed 5, transfer to a separate bowl.

3. Place egg whites into mixing bowl and add vanilla essence. Insert butterfly whisk and whisk for 1 min / speed 4 or until thick but not stiff peaks.Transfer to a separate bowl. Rinse bowl.

4. Place butter in bowl and melt 2 min/70'C/speed 2

5. Add the flours back to the bowl with the butter, mix 15 sec / speed 4

6. Add egg whites and mix 20 sec / speed 2. Remove the bowl and use the spatula to carefully fold the 2 diced plums into the mixture and finish folding in any egg white still left.
7. Divide the mixture evenly into friand or muffin pans.

8. Top each with two quarters of plum and a sprinkle with flaked almonds if desired.

9. Bake 25 minutes until well risen and tops bounce back when gently pushed.

Let sit for 5 minutes then remove from pans while still warm.