Macarons

Quantity:
30-40 Macarons

Ingredients:

  • 160g Egg Whites
  • 150g Castor Sugar
  • 190g Almond Meal
  • 170g Icing Sugar
  • Food colouring

Method:

  1. Preheat the over to 120c
  2. Blitz 190g almond meal and 170g icing sugar in a food processor until a fine powder
  3. 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.
  4. Whisk on high until the bowl is cool to the touch (10-12minutes)
  5. Sieve almond meal icing sugar into the meringue. Add desired colouring.
  6. Whisk on low, scraping down the sides until a you can figure of 8 with the mixture.
  7. pipe onto lined baking tray, bang tray to pop any air bubbles
  8. place macarons in oven for 3 minutes with the door cracked
  9. 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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