Hello people! Salam 1 Ramadhan!
Ok so today I'll be sharing the first recipe that I use when I first started,
that is the macaroons!
Ok so maybe my macaroons didn't turn out like these,
but it's now almost perfect.
Did you know that if u buy it in the shops or bakeries,
they sell it for RM 2.50 per piece. PER PIECE!
Anyways, one day while watching my all-time-favourite series 'Gossip Girls',
one of the characters,
Blair Waldorf ate these beautiful and delicious looking cookies (like the above),
then me and my wifeys (our cool nicknames for me & my girlfriends)
were discussing on how we can find these beautiful macaroons.
One day, 1 of my wifeys, (yup! its u anis!), said she bought it at a shop called 'Whisk!' in the Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang. They cost about RM2+ for a small piece.
And when all of us finally tried it, it was heaven! and very2 sweet, mind you.
So me being a curious one, found the recipe of this french cookies,
and tried it!
and failed miserably!
No wonder it cost a lot! The ingredients are simple but if I use the method incorrectly,
my macaroons will be like the above. Fail.
I've tried it so many times it all end up like these.
that is the macaroons!
but it's now almost perfect.
Did you know that if u buy it in the shops or bakeries,
they sell it for RM 2.50 per piece. PER PIECE!
Anyways, one day while watching my all-time-favourite series 'Gossip Girls',
one of the characters,
Blair Waldorf ate these beautiful and delicious looking cookies (like the above),
then me and my wifeys (our cool nicknames for me & my girlfriends)
were discussing on how we can find these beautiful macaroons.
One day, 1 of my wifeys, (yup! its u anis!), said she bought it at a shop called 'Whisk!' in the Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang. They cost about RM2+ for a small piece.
And when all of us finally tried it, it was heaven! and very2 sweet, mind you.
So me being a curious one, found the recipe of this french cookies,
and tried it!
No wonder it cost a lot! The ingredients are simple but if I use the method incorrectly,
my macaroons will be like the above. Fail.
I've tried it so many times it all end up like these.
Its not a disaster, it taste good, but it doesn't look at all presentable.
So after countless attempt of baking these cookies, inspired by Masterchef Australia ,
Tadaaaaaaa!
Perfect macaroons! :D
Ok so after all the ramblings, let me share with you the recipe that I used for this perfect chocolate Italian macaroons.
1. Hand Mixer.
3. Spatula.
2.Sift the almond meal together with the icing sugar and cocoa. Mix in 1&1/2 of the old white eggs into the dry ingredients until they form a paste.
So after countless attempt of baking these cookies, inspired by Masterchef Australia ,
Tadaaaaaaa!
Ok so after all the ramblings, let me share with you the recipe that I used for this perfect chocolate Italian macaroons.
Ingredients:
160g of Almond meal
160g of Icing Sugar
160g of Granulated White Sugar
3 old Egg Whites (age it in the freezer)
1 teaspoon of chocolate food colouring
20g of water
20g of cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar
Chocolate ganache (for the filling)
Utensils:
1. Hand Mixer.
2. Pot.
3. Spatula.
4. Piping Bag (or you can also use a ziplock plastic bag and cut thebottom tip of the plastic).
5.Parchment paper.
6. Baking sheet.
Procedures:
1. Preheat the oven to 130 degrees Celcius.
2.Sift the almond meal together with the icing sugar and cocoa. Mix in 1&1/2 of the old white eggs into the dry ingredients until they form a paste.
3. Put the granulated white sugar and water into a pot, then bring to a boil. When it has reach the boiling point, put in the chocolate food colouring.
4.While the sugar is boling, put the remaining old egg whites and the cream of tartar into a mixing bowl and with a hand mixer, mix the egg whites on medium speed until soft peaks form.
5. Remove the boiling sugar from the stove and pour into the mixing bowl in thin strips. Make sure you pour it slowly into the mixing bowl.
6. When the mixing bowl is cooled, stop the mixer.
7. Pour half of the meringue (egg whites) mixture into the almond-sugar paste and mix it to loosen the paste out. Then pour the remaining meringue mixture until the mixture forms a batter.
8. Put the macaroon batter inside the piping bag and pipe the batter onto a parchment paper according to the size that you want. Make sure you pipe the macaroons with the same size for easier assembling.
9. Tap the parchment paper on the table to let all the air bubbles out. Let it rest for 30 mins before you bake them in the oven for 15 mins.
10.When its done, put in on a cool rack to let it cool. Then assemble the macaroons like a burger with the ganache as the fillings.
P/S: Sorry for the terms yeah! This what you get when you ask an Engineering student to write a recipe :D
Wow, it's great to see how you've progressed in making Macaroons. They seem difficult to make. Maybe once I get something to weigh the ingredients, I might try my hand at it.
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