Colorful Macarons

arpik
arpik @arpik
Yerevan, Armenia

You'll need a food thermometer for this recipe - Italian meringue

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Ingredients

about 35 macaro
  1. 150 galmond flour
  2. 150 gpowdered sugar
  3. 110 gegg whites (room temp), approx 3 large eggs
  4. 150 ggranulated sugar (divided to 25g and 125g)
  5. 37 gwater
  6. Food coloring
  7. For ganache - 100ml 33% cream
  8. 100 gchocolate - white or dark

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Sift the almond flour and sugar powder separately then mix.

  2. 2

    Take half of the egg whites and mix with the flour mix with a spatula.

  3. 3

    Add drops of the food coloring to the mix.

  4. 4

    Separately mix the water and 125g sugar in a saucepan and heat in medium, checking the temperature to reach 110º, but continue to heat till 118º, but meanwhile..

  5. 5

    Start mixing the second half of egg whites with the 25g sugar, until stiff on high speed....

  6. 6

    ...Not stopping the mixer, check the caramel syrup temperature and as it reaches to 118º, take out and start adding to the egg whites on the same speed.

  7. 7

    The temperature of the meringue should lower to 50º.

  8. 8

    Add the meringue to the flour mixture slowly mix with a spatula, doing round motions until the dough becomes runny like a ribbon.

  9. 9

    Pour the dough into a bag, then squeeze into the (preferably) teflon/parchment paper, into small 2-3cm pieces

  10. 10

    Tap the pan a couple times on the table to release the air and set to "air" for at 20-40 mins. Tap the macarons to make sure they don't stick.

  11. 11

    Place the pan in the preheated oven 150º and bake for 13-15 mins.

  12. 12

    Let the macarons cool and make a chocolate ganache-

  13. 13

    Heat the cream in a saucepan for up to 60º.

  14. 14

    Pour the cream into a separate pan and add the chocolate pieces - stir to mix.

  15. 15

    Pour into a cream bag and put into the fridge to cool for at least 2 hours.

  16. 16

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