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…

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Travel delays – epiphany


Firstly this is a rather long winded story but I had to write it out in such detail that those reading could understand my internal turmoil to appreciate my whole experience. I had to fly to my Wellington head office today for meetings and had a pretty full on day. I was really looking forward…

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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…

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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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Matcha green tea ice cream


Matcha green tea ice cream is one of my favourite flavours of ice cream. It’s been quite hard to find good quality green tea powders so I have not had the opportunity to try it until recently. I had some egg yolks left over from my Mango Madness Macarons so this is perfect timing. Ingredients:…

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