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In Search of Lost Time Madeleines Recipe

Name: Madeleines Recipe
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 2/3 cups sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp lemon rind (grated); 1 pinch Salt; 1 cup all purpose flour; 10 tbsp unsalted butter (melted and cooled); powdered sugar

11 months ago

May 30, 2023

Karishma

Madeleines Recipe

In volume 1 of Proust's In Search Of Lost Time, there's a famous focus on madeleine cakes, which lead to the idea of involuntary memory. Here's a recipe for madeleines; what memories will these conjure?

Course

Snacks

Cuisine

French

Servings

MetricUS Imperial

Ingredients

2 large eggs
2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp lemon rind grated
1 pinch Salt
1 cup all purpose flour
10 tbsp unsalted butter melted and cooled
powdered sugar