Strawberry Friands

180g butter
200g icing sugar
50g plain flour
pinch salt
130g ground almonds
5 egg whites
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6-12 ripe strawberries, hulled and quartered

Melt the butter (a quick burst in the microwave works well) then set it aside to cool to room temperature.

Sift the icing sugar and flour into a large bowl with the salt then add the ground almonds. Stir in the unbeaten egg whites and then fold in the cooled butter and the vanilla.

Spoon some of the batter into friand moulds.  Push three or four strawberry chunks into each mould then top with the remaining batter.