Macarons

SHELL

INGREDIENTS

  • 450 g almond flour

  • 450 g confectioners sugar

  • 170 g egg whites

  • 500 g sugar

  • 220 g water

  • 175 g egg whites

Directions

  1. Sift the almond flour.

  2. Combine the almond flour, confectioners sugar, and egg whites together with a paddle in the     Kitchen Aid.  Add color.  Cover surface with plastic and set aside.

  3. Make an Italian Meringue- Cooking the sugar syrup to 118 C.

  4. Whip the meringue to 40 C.  

  5. Add 1/3 of the meringue into the Macaronade using the paddle on the Kitchen Aid.

  6. Fold in the rest of the meringue.

  7. Cover the surface with plastic.  Pipe.

  8. Rest 40 minutes- until the macarons form a skin.  

  9. Bake 285°F for 11 minutes, low fan.   

APRICOT MACARON FILLING

INGREDIENTS

  • 1000 g apricot puree

  • 225 g sugar

  • 7 g pectin NH

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat the puree with half of the sugar to 50°C.

  2. Add the rest of the sugar mixed with the pectin NH.

  3. Bring the temperature to 103°C.

  4. Allow to cool.

  5. Mix with a spatula to make smooth and fill.

BLACKBERRY MACARON FILLING

INGREDIENTS

  • 1000 g blackberry puree

  • 225 g sugar

  • 7 g pectin NH

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat the puree with half of the sugar to 50°C.

  2. Add the rest of the sugar mixed with the pectin NH.

  3. Bring the temperature to 103°C.

  4. Allow to cool.

  5. Mix with a spatula to make smooth and fill.

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Jessica Sigmundsson