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    Home » Desserts

    Published: Jul 11, 2016 · Modified: Mar 10, 2022 by Smruti · This post may contain affiliate links · 14 Comments

    French Macarons

    Blogging Marathon #66 Week 2 Day 2

    Theme: Sandwiches without bread

    Dish: French Macarons 


    Everytime I walk into a pastry store and get myself a cake or pastry I order one that is served with a Macaron on top. Lately I became biased to Paris Baguette, a store that has almost all pastries served with a macron. And each time I visit Costco, I want to grab the colorful Macarons from the frozen aisle. A lot of my Foodgawker favorites also includes various kinds of macarons. This has been my love for the French dessert. Finally this week, I  made the dish that has been on my to-do list since the longest time. Today is the second day of the Blogging Marathon and my theme is Sandwich without bread. So a Macaron Sandwich fits the bill!

    Am I an expert in Macaron making? No. Have I made it multiple times? No. Do I think this recipe is no-fail? Maybe! Is this my original recipe? Definitely not. Did my Macarons come out just as expected? YES YES YES. So with this background, let me redirect you to a couple of sources I used to make this dessert. First is this video that a friend redirected me to, and second is this recipe by Manali. 

    Before narrowing down to this recipe, I looked online for recipes and found multiple options. Those options included aging the egg whites, using egg white powder and many other ingredients I was not sure I could pull through. These two recipes were straightforward and simple; ingredients that are easily available, method that is fairly simple and results that looked promising. A lot of recipes called for a macaron sheet, I did a small DIY for that. Just search for google images on macaron sheet and print out a sheet of your choice. I used a 1.5 inch macaron sheet. Place that under a parchment paper and pipe the macarons on the parchment. Worked perfectly for me, and the printed sheet of course is reusable. 

    Before diving into the recipe, here are my learnings from making them:

    * Separate the egg whites and yolk when they are cold and then let the whites come to room temperature before you start using them

    * Sift the flour very well, else the big particles will come in the way and spoil the Macaron piping. I made my own almond meal and it took a while to sift it all, but the effort was worth it!

    * I was scared that I would burn the Macarons and sat like a hawk in front of the oven. You need to do that as it only takes a few seconds to waste all your effort! But do not underbake the macarons. They will be gooey inside. If they come off the parchment paper easily, they are done right.

    * Measure all the ingredients well. And I trust more of the eyeball than theory. So I did not follow any of the ideas of folding in the eggs to almond flour in 30 strokes or 45 stokes. It worked pretty well for me

    So here is the recipe I used combining various online tips and tricks and the outcome was just as we hoped it to be!


    Ingredients


    For the crust

    Almond Flour (home-made or store bought) ½ cup 

    Eggs 2 (whites only)

    Powdered Sugar ¾ cup

    Granulated Sugar 6 tbsp

    Gel Color a few drops

    For the filling

    Fresh Cream ¼ cup

    Dark Chocolate ½ cup

    Method


    Sift almond flour through a thin sieve. Remove all big particles. Then, mix with powdered sugar and sieve a couple of times. This helps to mix the two well and remove any of big particles of almond or sugar.

    Beat the egg whites till foamy. Slowly add the granulated sugar, one tablespoon at a time and beat till the mixture is thick. Add gel color and mix till the mixture is evenly colored. The thickness is perfect when it does not fall off even when the bowl is overturned. 

    Slowly add one third egg mixture to almond and sugar and fold it in. Mix in and add second part and third part while folding in the mixture. Mix well but do not over mix. 

    Transfer the mixture to a piping bag fitted with round nozzle. Place a non stick baking tray, then the printed sheet with rounds and finally a parchment paper. Pipe the rounds. Tap the tray a couple of times on the counter to remove any air trapped. Let the macarons dry for 30 minutes. Hopefully the tops will dry by then. Touch one and check. If the tops are not dry, let them dry for another 10 minutes. 

    Preheat oven to 300 F/ 150 C. Place the macarons in and bake for 12-15 minutes till the bottoms are light brown. The macarons should rise and develop feet. Keep a close eye as it takes just a few seconds to burn. Mine took 14 minutes to bake. Remove and let them cool. They will come off the parchment paper quickly.

    Let the macarons cool completely. Meanwhile, make the ganache filling. To do so, microwave cream and chocolate for a minute. Mix well and if chocolate is still particulate, microwave for another 30 seconds. Mix and refrigerate till thick. Transfer to a piping bag. 

    When ready to make the macarons, match the macaron shells by size. Pipe the ganache on one and cover with the other. Refrigerate overnight and serve at room temperature.




    Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#66

    « Tofu Tikka Naan-Wich
    Easy Crusty French Bread »

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. vaishali sabnani says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Kudos on achieving what you wanted, macaroons look pretty and come out perfect, to make an eggless version is on my to do list !

      Reply
    2. Srividhya says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Love that color and yummy macarons. between loved your background.

      Reply
    3. Srivalli says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Wow the feet as they refer has come out well..perfectly made...and the colour is bewitching no doubt!..

      Reply
    4. rajani says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      It's a wonderful idea for the theme and it's come out so well! But I can never imagine making macaroons..too much work:D

      Reply
    5. Unknown says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Looks nice n yummm.....but what would be the substitute of egg...as i would love to make an eggless one

      Reply
    6. Unknown says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Substitute of eggg

      Reply
    7. www.annapurnaz.in says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Made to the perfection...well done!!

      Reply
    8. Unknown says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      loved all your clicks. and nice to know that you achieved your long-waiting to-do list...

      Reply
    9. Priya Suresh says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Wow, you nailed them prefectly. And those macarons looks absolutely stunning as like we get from french pastry shops here. well done.

      Reply
    10. Pavani says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Perfectly made macarons Smruthi. Beautiful clicks too.

      Reply
    11. Unknown says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      By powdered sugar do you mean icing sugar?

      Reply
      • Smruti Ashar says

        March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

        Yes you can use icing sugar. Else, just powder regular sugar.

        Reply
    12. Foodoholic says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      What a perfect creation of macaroons. Looking at your photos, even the French will feel like learning again their own recipe 😀 Awesome job. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
    13. Smruti Ashar says

      March 10, 2022 at 8:02 pm

      Thanks a lot!! Missed seeing this comment earlier!

      Reply

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