MACARON (FRENCH MACAROON)
This is the quintessential macaron (NOT macaroon) recipe. I am a baker's apprentice, and after much trial and error, we (the baker and I) finally perfected the technique. We decided to share with you all. Pipe your choice of filling on a cookie and sandwich another cookie on top. These are like cloud cookie sandwiches and are delicious if done correctly. If you want to do it the super-easy way, just fill with your favorite flavor of frosting. Enjoy!
Provided by Liz
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 2h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.
- Beat egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment until whites are foamy; beat in white sugar and continue beating until egg whites are glossy, fluffy, and hold soft peaks. Sift confectioners' sugar and ground almonds in a separate bowl and quickly fold the almond mixture into the egg whites, about 30 strokes.
- Spoon a small amount of batter into a plastic bag with a small corner cut off and pipe a test disk of batter, about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, onto prepared baking sheet. If the disk of batter holds a peak instead of flattening immediately, gently fold the batter a few more times and retest.
- When batter is mixed enough to flatten immediately into an even disk, spoon into a pastry bag fitted with a plain round tip. Pipe the batter onto the baking sheet in rounds, leaving space between the disks. Let the piped cookies stand out at room temperature until they form a hard skin on top, about 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 285 degrees F (140 degrees C).
- Bake cookies until set but not browned, about 10 minutes; let cookies cool completely before filling.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189.5 calories, Carbohydrate 36.4 g, Fat 2.6 g, Protein 6.9 g, SaturatedFat 0.3 g, Sodium 22 mg, Sugar 31.9 g
FLAVORED FRENCH MACAROONS
To learn how to make the French macaroons that I tasted at many bakeries and homes in Paris, I asked Sherry Yard, executive pastry chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago, for guidance. Spending a day with Sherry and her staff, I had the opportunity to witness how American pastry chefs are learning from the macaroon-crazy French. The first of these dainty macaroon sandwiches filled with chocolate ganache was developed by the pastry chef Pierre Desfontaines Ladurée at the beginning of the twentieth century. Today almost every pastry shop in France makes them in a dizzying array of flavors and colors with jam, chocolate, and buttercream fillings. Some pastry shops make certified kosher versions. Here is a master recipe for the chocolate macaroon, with suggestions for making them vanilla- or raspberry-flavored. I have given a recipe for chocolate-mocha filling as well. You can also fill them with good-quality raspberry jam or almond paste. After you have made a few macaroons, use your own imagination to create others. And do serve them for Passover.
Yield 24 to 30 sandwiched macaroons
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- An hour before making the macaroons, separate the eggs and let the whites sit in the bowl of an electric mixer to reach room temperature. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Put the confectioners' sugar and the almonds in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Pulse them together until they become a fine powder. Add the cocoa powder, and pulse until well mixed.
- Whip the egg whites at low speed until they start to foam. Add the cream of tartar, and increase the speed to medium. After 2 minutes, gradually add the granulated sugar. Continue to beat until stiff and shiny peaks form.
- Put the almond-sugar mixture in a large bowl, and, using a rubber spatula, fold in the egg whites. This will take about forty strokes (after twenty strokes, the egg whites will deflate; after another twenty, the batter will be mixed and runny).
- Fill a pastry bag with the batter (it is easiest to use a 1/2-inch-diameter tip). Pipe out 1 tablespoon, or enough batter to make silver dollar-sized circles, an inch apart on the lined cookie sheets. The best way to do this is by holding the pastry bag straight up and squeezing until about 1 1/2 inches of batter runs out for each macaroon. Let the macaroons sit at room temperature, uncovered, on the baking sheets for 1 hour, or until they dry and are less glossy.
- While the macaroons are drying, make the mocha filling. Stir together the butter or margarine, honey, and coffee in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, and remove from the heat. Stir in the chocolate, and, using a hand mixer or a whisk, beat until slightly stiff. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 275 degrees, and arrange the racks in the two lower thirds of the oven. Put the sheet pans in the oven, and bake for 15 minutes. Switch the positions of the baking sheets, and continue to bake for 5 to 10 minutes more, or until the macaroons are no longer wobbly and sticky.
- Allow to cool. To serve, spoon about a heaping teaspoon of filling on one cookie, and top with another.
- For white macaroons, omit the cocoa powder and proceed as above.
- For raspberry-flavored macaroons, replace the cocoa powder with 2 tablespoons raspberry powder, and add a few drops of red food coloring when you whip the egg whites. Alternatively, you can make your own raspberry, strawberry, blackberry, or cherry powder by pulverizing a few dehydrated (not dried) berries in the food processor. Dehydrated fruits and raspberry powder are available from www.justtomatoes.com and are also sold at many supermarkets. Although the Just Tomatoes products are not certified kosher, they are processed in a facility that is purely vegetarian.
- Chocolate-ganache: Heat 3/4 cup heavy cream with 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, and stir until the chocolate melts and the mixture thickens slightly.
- Chocolate-orange: Substitute 1/4 cup orange juice for the coffee.
FRENCH MACAROONS
Fantabulous colored, bite-sized macaroons. Divide batter into thirds and color one-third pink and flavor with raspberry flavoring; color one-third yellow and flavor with lemon flavoring; color one-third pale blue and flavor with vanilla. Fill and make sandwich cookies with filling of choice, like peach jam or strawberry preserves.
Provided by crazymary98
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 1h35m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 320 degrees F (160 degrees C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
- Whisk egg whites in a clean metal mixing bowl until thick, about 5 minutes; whisk the superfine sugar into the egg whites until thick, glossy, and the mixture holds stiff peaks, 5 to 8 more minutes. Place a sieve over the bowl containing egg whites and sieve both amounts of almond meal and confectioners' sugar into the egg white mixture. Gently fold the almond meal and confectioners' sugar into the egg whites, retaining as much air as possible.
- Separate the meringue into separate bowls to flavor and color, if desired. Spoon the meringue into a piping bag fitted with a 3/8-inch tip. Pipe 1-inch disks of meringue onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
- Let the cookies stand at room temperature for about 15 minutes to form a thin skin. Pick up the baking sheets and let drop from several inches above the work surface to adhere cookies to the baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops are dry, about 15 minutes; let cool completely on the baking sheets before peeling off the parchment paper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 61 calories, Carbohydrate 11.4 g, Fat 0.9 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 7.4 mg, Sugar 9.9 g
MIX-AND-MATCH FRENCH MACARONS
Macarons are light-as-a-feather French cookies that can be assembled using any sweet fillings and bases that you please. Our best, step-by-step recipe for this sophisticated French dessert offers variations for vanilla bean, chocolate, peanut buttter, coconut, raspberry, and pistachio macarons.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cookie Recipes
Yield Makes 35 macarons
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Pulse confectioners' sugar and almond flour in a food processor until combined. Sift mixture 2 times.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Whisk whites with a mixer on medium speed until foamy. Add cream of tartar, and whisk until soft peaks form. Reduce speed to low, then add superfine sugar. Increase speed to high, and whisk until stiff peaks form, about 8 minutes. Sift flour mixture over whites, and fold until mixture is smooth and shiny.
- Transfer batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain round tip, and pipe 3/4-inch rounds 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets, dragging pastry tip to the side of rounds rather than forming peaks. Tap bottom of each sheet on work surface to release trapped air. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees. Bake 1 sheet at a time, rotating halfway through, until macarons are crisp and firm, about 10 minutes. After each batch, increase oven temperature to 375 degrees, heat for 5 minutes, then reduce to 325 degrees.
- Let macarons cool on sheets for 2 to 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. (If macarons stick, spray water underneath parchment on hot sheet. The steam will help release macarons.)
- Sandwich 2 same-size macarons with 1 teaspoon filling. Serve immediately.
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