Who doesn’t like the taste of Macrons. Crisp on the outside and chewy in the middle. You can add what filling or flavours you like.
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Servings
25 pieces
Prep time
20 minutes + 30 mins for drying
Cooking time
20 minutes
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Ingredients
1/4 cup /55 grams caster sugar
1 1/4 cups / 200 grams icing sugar
3/4 cup / 90 grams almond meal
1/4 cup cocoa powder
Use food gels to colour your mix
- Dark Chocolate Ganache
150 grams dark eating chocolate, chopped finely
1/4 cup/ 60 ml cream
Directions
- Pre-heat oven to 130 C. Grease oven trays lined with baking paper.
- Beat egg whites in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
- Add caster sugar, beat until sugar dissolves, transfer mixture to a large bowl. Fold in sifted icing sugar, ground almonds and sifted cocoa, in two batches.
- Pour mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm plain tube. Pipe 4 cm rounds about 3cm apart onto
trays. Tap trays so macaroons spread slightly. Stand for 30 minutes. - Bake macaroons for about 20 minutes. Cool on trays.
- Dark Chocolate Ganache
- Bring cream to boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat, pour over chocolate and stir until smooth. Stand at room temperature until spreadable.
- Sandwich macaroons with the chocolate ganache or what ever fillings you like.
