One think I’ve always wanted to learn is how to make french macarons. After spending way too much time “Google-ing” tips and tricks on how to make the perfect macaron, I finally found a recipe that looked promising.
Now it may look like there are a lot of instructions, but making french macarons is actually easier than you think. With my first batch, I neglected to age my egg whites, didn’t sift my almond flour and then tried to fold in gel food colouring that had dried up. However, even with all that, my macaroons still turned out amazingly (the picture below is of the first batch of macarons I ever made)! Not perfect of course, but all things considered, I was super happy with them. Since then, I have been using a bit of trial and error to perfect my basic recipe and came up with the recipe bellow.
For the filling, I chose to pipe strawberry buttercream between the cookies. (You may remember, me using this same recipe to top my pink lemonade cupcakes!) But of course, if strawberries aren’t your thing, the options for filling macarons are endless!
The Perfect French Macaron
210 g powdered sugar
125 g almond meal
Gel food colouring
Directions:
2. The next day, take eggs out of refrigerator and leave on counter for about half an hour in order to bring eggs up to room temperature.
3. Meanwhile, measure almond flour and powdered sugar and place in food processor (this is the one I use). Pulse food processor for 30 seconds – 1 minute to mix together and break up larger pieces.
4. Sift almond/sugar mixture into a bowl and set aside.
5. Beat egg whites with mixer until foamy (I use the whisk attachment on my Kitchen Aid mixer for this). Add in granulated sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form.
6. Slowly begin folding almond mixture into egg whites little bit at a time. Once all of the almond mix has been folded in, proceed to add in food colouring.
7. Pour macaron batter into a disposable piping bag and cut the tip off the bag to create a 1/2 inch opening.
8. Pipe macaroons into circles (about 1.35″ each) on baking sheet covered with parchment paper. To make all of your macarons the same size, it’s a good idea to print a template to slide under the parchment paper while piping.
12. Let macarons cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
13. Once finished cooling, pipe frosting on half of the macaron shells and gently press together.
Strawberry Buttercream
Ingredients:
And there you have it! Your very own home-made french macarons. If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a comment and I will do my best to answer all of them! Happy Baking!
12 comments
I'm sure these are delicious, and I really love the photo! Perfect composition 🙂
http://bellapummarola.blogspot.it/
I'm sure these are delicious, and I really love the photo! Perfect composition 🙂
http://bellapummarola.blogspot.it/
They were soo good. We had some on Christmas Eve. The strawberry ones are my favorites.
They were soo good. We had some on Christmas Eve. The strawberry ones are my favorites.
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Thanks! I'll remember that 🙂
Thanks! I'll remember that 🙂
I've been wanting to try making Macaroons for a while…. maybe next week while I'm house sitting I'll have to give it a go! 🙂 Love your photo, Jennifer! 😉
I've been wanting to try making Macaroons for a while…. maybe next week while I'm house sitting I'll have to give it a go! 🙂 Love your photo, Jennifer! 😉
Thanks! Let me know if you need any help! Trial and error has taught me a thing or two 🙂
Thanks! Let me know if you need any help! Trial and error has taught me a thing or two 🙂