Traditional Queques — Lemon Version
This Teleculinária formula combines butter, milk, eggs and lemon zest in small greased moulds. It matches the plain queque documented in the catalogue entry but remains an attributed version among many pastry-shop variants.
- Yields
- Not stated
- Prep
- Not stated
- Cook
- 25 min
Ingredients
- 250 g / 8.8 oz Wheat flour
- 200 g / 7.1 oz Sugar
- 100 g / 3.5 oz Butter
- 5 Large eggs
- 100 ml / 3.4 fl oz Warm milk
- 1 teaspoon Baking powder
- as needed Lemon zest
- as needed Butter and flour for the moulds
Method
Heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F. Grease small queque moulds with butter and dust with flour.
Cream the butter thoroughly with the sugar and lemon zest.
Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Beat in the warm milk.
Combine the flour and baking powder, mix them into the batter and divide among the moulds.
Bake for 25 minutes, check that they are cooked through, then unmould and leave to cool.
Sources for this recipe
The quantities and method were checked against the references below. Family recipes may vary; where no single official formula exists, we present a representative practical version and say so plainly.
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