Macarons
Quantity:
30-40 Macarons
Ingredients:
- 160g Egg Whites
- 150g Castor Sugar
- 190g Almond Meal
- 170g Icing Sugar
- Food colouring
Method:
- Preheat the over to 120c
- Blitz 190g almond meal and 170g icing sugar in a food processor until a fine powder
- Heat a pot of water until lightly simmering over the stove. Combine 160g egg whites and 150g caster sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer. Cook on a double boiler until mixture comes to 50c.
- Whisk on high until the bowl is cool to the touch (10-12minutes)
- Sieve almond meal icing sugar into the meringue. Add desired colouring.
- Whisk on low, scraping down the sides until a you can figure of 8 with the mixture.
- pipe onto lined baking tray, bang tray to pop any air bubbles
- place macarons in oven for 3 minutes with the door cracked
- Close oven and bake at 145c for 15 minutes. Turn oven off, crack door and let sit in oven for 3 minutes before removing.
Tips:
- Separate eggs in a separate bowl to prevent a dud egg.
- Best after 24 hours stored in an air tight container
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