French Macarons.
French macarons are delicate cookies with a crunchy exterior and weightless interior. If there's one thing to know before beginning French macarons at home, it's this: these cookies are not simple. A macaron (/ˌmækəˈrɒn/ mak-ə-RON; French: [makaʁɔ̃]) or French macaroon (/ˌmækəˈruːn/ mak-ə-ROON) is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar.
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The soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookie is like nothing else.
It is in a league of it's own.
You can cook French Macarons using 12 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of French Macarons
- You need of Macarons.
- It's 110 g of or 1/2 cup Egg white.
- It's 100 g of or 1 cup Almond flour.
- Prepare 200 g of or 1 1/2 Cup Powdered sugar.
- You need 40 g of or 3 tablespoons Refined sugar.
- Prepare 1 of teaspoonful Vanilla.
- You need of Vegetable coloring (never put more than 10 droplets).
- Prepare of Classic filling.
- Prepare 190 g of or 1 bar of cream cheese.
- You need 45 g of or 1/2 Unsalted butter.
- Prepare 200 g of or 1 1/2 Powdered sugar.
- You need 1 of lemon's juice.
So what are French Macarons made of?
They are made with such simple ingredients — egg.
French macarons are also normally made with a dreamy filling sandwiched in between.
A macaron filling recipe can be made up of flavors like caramel, chocolate, and raspberry, just to name a few.
French Macarons instructions
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Mix the 100g of Almond flour with the 200g of powdered sugar on a bowl..
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Put the almond flour with the powdered on a blender And mix it. You take it out and shake the blender, you put it again and you mix it again. You have to do this process 3 times..
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Then, we soft the mixture 2 times.
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We need yes or yes a Tray that have Teflon (Plastic material that is highly resistant to heat) too we will use Parchment Paper we draw some circles 3 centimeter in diameter. We put the Parchment paper on the opposite side and stick it with butter..
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In other bowl we put the 110g of egg white and we mix it for 1 minute then we mix again while we put the sugar we mix for 3 minutes more. The bowl has to be very dry and the mixer on high speed..
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We put in the mixture vegetable coloring and vanilla we mix just 30 seconds. It has to be vegetable coloring because with another it will ruin it. And no more than 10 droplets or it will ruin it..
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In a bigger bowl we put the mixture of egg. We divide in 3 parts the bowl of almond flour and powdered sugar. We put the first part of the almond flour and powdered sugar on the mixture of egg and we mix only 6 times. We put the second part of the mixture and again, we mix it only 6 times. We put the third part of the mixture and we mix 30 times. All with envolvent movements and slowly..
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Optional step. You don't know if it is going okay? Well you just have to take your mixture and do a line in the middle. The mixture will come together but the line must be marked, if you see that, You are going okay!!.
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We put the mixture in a sleeve with duya number 12. And we put the mixture in the Parchment paper, remember, no more than 3 centimeter in diameter. They are in total 48 macaron caps..
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Let's hit the tray to the table to get the air out and with a toothpick we take out the bubbles..
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We let the mixture dry until a small crust form on top (you can put a fan). vary between 30 minutes up to 2 hours, it may Also take longer, it depends on how much humidity is in your country..
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Preheat the oven 15 minutes before to 150° degrees celsius. You have to know your oven, because if the heat is not so strong you can increase it just a little bit more, but if your oven has a strong heat it is not necessary. Always bake them on the penultimate level of your oven. In 15 minutes they would be, but better check every 5 minutes..
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When they come out they have to feel firm. Let them cool and then take them out much easier..
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Classic filling: We put the cream cheese, the butter, the powdered sugar and the juice of a limon on a bowl. We mix it..
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And we have finished!! Now we just assemble the macarons and that's it!! Good job, one tip is to leave them in the refrigerator for 24 hours and they will be richer..
By following these tips and the recipe you'll be a pro macaron baker in no time!
French macarons have made a huge increase in popularity lately.
I'm not particularly mad about it since they are super tasty and delicious.
This French Macaron recipe is less sweet than the usual and easier to make.
With tips for those who would like to try making french macarons for the first time.