MA petite madeleine de P...

I'm SO confused, my life has caught up with me lately and I can't hide the fact that I've had neither the time nor the motivation to blog, but that's no big deal, I'm sure you've survived just fine without me... And even if this little virtual space is very young, it's no less time-consuming and it was good to be away from my computer for a while, but I've still got a thousand ideas running through my head and the desire to make pretty things always soothes me, so here I am again, after a short week off from my brand-new cyber identity... no more truancy... For this comeback, on this Mother's Day ( happy birthday Mouman! ), it's my dad who's in the spotlight... Because as far back as I can remember, I've always had the image of my old man dipping his madeleines into his café au lait, orange juice, yoghurt... and by mimicry, I did the same and still do. The worst, I think, is when I dip a croissant in my morning orange juice, which makes my lover scream, but I can't help it...

You'll need about twenty lemon/ginger madeleines:

• 100g flour,
• 100g caster sugar
• 100g melted butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 sachet yeast
• 1 lemon peel
• 1 small piece of ginger or half a teaspoon of ginger powder.

Here we go with a SUPER-easy recipe, found in Marmiton magazine, I added a little ginger just for fun and it works really well with the lemon. To begin, preheat your oven to 220°C. Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl, then in another bowl whisk together the eggs, caster sugar, lemon zest and grated or powdered ginger. Gradually add the flour and melted butter to this mixture until smooth. Fill your madeleine molds 3/4 full (really important...). Bake for 5 minutes at 220°C, then lower the temperature to 200°C for a further 10 minutes. Turn out when still warm and enjoy!