10 Easy Steps Recipe to Make French Macarons
It’s amazing how these delicious bites of heaven only contain 3 basic ingredients: almond flour, sugar, egg whites. Here are ten (10) easy steps to making authentic French Macarons. The possibilities are endless when it comes to the filling, the traditional filling is buttercream and you can also make a ganache.
Ingredients for the Macarons
- 1 cup /150 grams ground almonds aka almond flour
- 2/3 cup/75.3 grams powdered sugar
- 2 medium egg whites, at room temperature
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 cup/50 grams granulated superfine sugar
- 1 or 2 drops food coloring (if desired)
Ingredients for the Filling – Basic Buttercream
There are a variety of fillings from buttercream, to ganache with infinite flavor possibilities from traditional to the more exotic (vanilla, chocolate, coffee, caramel, pistachio, Nutella, mango, orange, lemon, lavender, thyme, jasmine etc…)
- 1 1/2 cups/340.5 grams unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup/150 grams of powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 300 F/140 C
Easy Directions
Step 1 – Mix the almond flour and powdered sugar together
Step 2 -Whip the egg whites, salt and sugar into a firm meringue consistency
Step 3 -Incorporate the almond mixture into the meringue gently folding
Step 4 – Fill with the macaron mixture in a 1/3-inch (1cm) nozzle piping bag,
Step 5 – Pipe 1.5 inches rounds of Macaron mixture on a baking tray covered with parchment paper (or use a silicone mat)
Step 6 -Tap baking sheet on counter to eliminate air bubbles and let stand 15-60 minutes
Step 7 – Bake about 20 minutes
Step 8 – Make the filling mix the butter and powdered sugar
Step 9 – Fill a piping bag with your choice of filling
Step 10 – When cool assemble the macaron with filling in between
This is a cool silicone mat baking set to make your macarons:
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