Egg whites are never wasted at my place because the quickest, easist and most delicious way to use them up is my baking friands. Blueberry friands are by far the favourite at home. If you’ve never heard of friands, they are nothing but french financiers. They are popularly known as friands in Australia. There are barely any cafes that don’t sell them in Sydney and I love having them with my coffee.

These blueberry friands obviously don’t look like the traditional ones that are larger in size. These are coated in white chocolate and made in special molds to create the heart shapes. You could bake them in a muffin pan too and leave out the coating if you’re after a tea cake sort of thing. The coating of course elevates the apperance and gives it a fancy high-tea look. The white chocolate layer also complements the juicy blueberries within the friands.
If you like Blueberry desserts don’t forget to checkout this Skinny Blueberry Cheesecake or these Mini Blueberry Cakes

Blueberry Friands/Financiers
Makes 10-12 small friands

3 egg whites, lightly beaten with a fork
100 g butter, melted and cooled
3/4 cup pure icing sugar
1/4 cup plain flour
75 g almond meal
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries

150 g white chocolate melts, melted
purple gel food colouring

Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.  Lightly grease a madeleine mold (I used a 6 capacity mold) or any other sillicone mold. &nbs...