This video is about french macarons. Everything in the video I have learned by trial and error. It has taken me about 9 months to be successful at macaron making! It takes time and practice and I hope this video can help someone else in their macaron journey!
You will need:
Mixing bowl, spatula, baking pan, silicone mat or parchment paper, piping bag with tip, stand or hand mixer, food scale, food coloring
Recipe- depending on size will make about 18 macarons
Almond flour 100g
Powdered sugar 145 g
Granulated sugar 60 g
Egg whites 85g
5-6 drops food coloring
Recipe for ganache
100 g semi-sweet chocolate
50 g heavy whipping cream
Preheat oven to 300 F/ 37 C
1. Sift almond flour + powdered sugar together.
2. Add egg whites to bowl of stand mixer with a pink of salt. Whisk until soft peaks form.
3. Sprinkle in granulated sugar into egg whites a little bit at a time.
4. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Keep an eye for when the stiff peaks form and add the drops of food coloring.
5. Whisk until color gets dispersed, don’t over whip!
6. Fold half of meringue into dry ingredients. Once combined, fold in other half of meringue.
7. Fold to ribbon like consistency and add batter to piping bag fitted with round tip (good size is Ateco 804).
8. Pipe macarons on to silicone mat or parchment paper and tap tray 3-4 times.
9. Let macarons rest 15-30 depending on humidity in your area.
10. Bake for 16-18 minutes. * you may need to adjust baking time depending on your oven*
11. While macarons bake, prepare chocolate ganache by heating heaving cream in microwave or stove and pouring into chocolate.
12. If chocolate doesn’t fully melt, put it in microwave in 10 second intervals until it does. Cool the ganache and whip if you’d like.
13. Let macarons cool completely before removing from baking tray. Removing them while tray is still hot may cause them to stick to the mat.
14. Once cooled, fill with chocolate ganache and sandwich together.
15. Mature the macarons in the fridge for 24 hours to get the true taste of a macaron, or if you can’t wait, ENJOY them right away!
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