Name: Christmas Fruit & Spice Friands
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1½ cups (240g) pure icing sugar; ⅓ cup (50g) plain flour; 2 tsp ground cinnamon; ½ tsp ground ginger; ¼ tsp ground nutmeg; ¼ cup (40g) dried currants; 1½ cups (180g) almond meal; 6 egg whites; 3 tsp finely grated orange rind; 200g butter, melted; 200g crème fraîche; 300g fresh red currants; SPICE SYRUP; 1 tsp vanilla bean paste; ½ cup (110g) caster sugar; 2 tsp mixed spice; ½ cup (125ml) water

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