I haven’t always made macarons. Believe it or not, I cook more savory dishes than sweet! When I feel stressed and in need to do something to relax, I make dumplings*. It’s quite therapeutic really, mixing ingredients and wrapping the little parcels of joy. I think it is the repetitive nature of the process, that…
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Coffee macaron with chocolate coffee ganache
We love Moccona coffee and so I decided to make some macarons with it. I made some simple variations to my basic macaron recipe: Macaron shells 150 g almond meal 140 g icing sugar 58 g egg whites (about 1.5 egg) 1 g meringue powder 150 g caster sugar 38 g water 2-3 drops of…
Matcha green tea macarons with chestnut puree ganache
Right, second go at making these green tea macarons. There are a few things that I have done differently this time: 1) I have now grasped the amount of time needed for the egg whites to become foamy, and need to start whipping it very soon after I start the sugar syrup. I need to…
Matcha Green Tea Macarons
I could hardly wait for the weekend to arrive so that I could make another batch of macarons. This time using my newly acquired bag of green tea powder. Hmmm the fresh grass smell that whiffs out when I open the foil bag…refreshing! To make these I simply weighed out the ingredients for my macaron…
Mango Madness Macarons
A word of warning – this is an incredibly sweet macaron. Perhaps due to the fact that I have not acquired the taste of white chocolate; rather, I have loved the bitterness of dark chocolate from as far back as I can remember. The sweetness of the white chocolate came as a shock to me….
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