Wasps' nests or beehives? Either way, this is an unmissable traditional Christmas cookie.
Let's be brave and switch up the tradition this year. Add a little bit of Grinch to it. But don't worry, these green Matcha beehives won't ruin your Christmas. The opposite! We also changed the custard and used vanilla protein instead of the traditional eggnog. So this traditional delicacy now packs some extra protein. Sounds good? Let's try them!
Shop ingredients
Nutrition (1 serving)
- 88 kcal
- 8 g carbohydrates
- 5 g fats
- 2 g protein
Per 25 portions
- 100 g of ladyfingers
- 70 g almond flour
- 50 g golden cane icing sugar
- 60 g of grass-fed ghee
- 1 tbsp matcha powder
- 3 tbsp milk
- 30 g vanilla protein powder
- 50 g of grass-fed ghee
- 50 g golden cane icing sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp of rum
- 25 ladyfingers
Instructions
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Make the dough one day ahead and leave it to rest.
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Mix the finely ground ladyfingers (so fine they resemble flour), almond flour, cane powder sugar, matcha powder, and melted clarified butter.
Add a couple of tablespoons of milk and a tablespoon of rum.
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Work the dough and form a big ball. Wrap the ball in cling film and leave it to rest in the fridge for a couple of hours, or overnight.
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Take the dough out of the fridge the next day.
The next step is the filling. In a saucepan, melt some clarified butter and add the cane sugar. In a bowl, mix a scoop of protein with a tablespoon of milk. Or you can use the traditional eggnog.
Leave it to cool down for a couple of minutes.
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Divide the dough into 25 smaller parts.
Get your beehive mould ready and line it with some cling film (to limit waste, use the same piece of cling film that the dough was wrapped in).
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Now let's create the beehives! Push the dough into the mould, then make a hole in the middle and add the filling. Add a ladyfinger to the bottom and remove from the mould. Repeat until you have no dough left.
Tip: if you want to, you can also prepare homemade and sugarless ladyfingers.
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Store in the fridge. Enjoy!
