Lemon and Cardamom Drops

Name: Lemon and Cardamom Drops
Yield: Makes 20
Ingredients: 1 large egg; 100 g/4 oz ground rice; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 50 g/2 oz ground almonds; finely grated rind of 1 large lemon; 100 g/4 oz icing sugar, plus extra for coating

Preparation info

Makes
20

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

These lovely aromatic drops, which I developed from an old American recipe, are half biscuit, half little cake. They are easy to make and irresistible.

Ingredients

1 large egg
100 g/4 oz icing sugar, plus extra for coating

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Whisk the egg with the icing sugar until very pale. Stir in the baking powder, ground almonds, ground rice, cardamom and grated lemon rind. Mix together thoroughly.

Grease a large baking sheet and put some icing sugar in a small bowl.