French macaroons

Today I want to show you one of the most delicious dessert of all time: French macaroons. I think most of you know that dessert. Here is a recipe, but you have to be very careful, they are on French meringue, which is difficult to make. The recipe is easy to prepare, but requiring skill and precision.

Ingredients for about 36 individual macaroons:

• 70 grams of ground almonds without peel,
• 100 grams of powdered sugar,
• 50 grams of whites,
• a pinch of salt,
• if you want a color, use food colouring or cocoa. 

A method of preparing:   

Mix almonds with half the powdered sugar, grind and sift through a sieve. Set aside. White precisely weigh and beat with a pinch of salt to stiff foam. Continue mixing and gradually add powdered sugar. Blend until the mixture is smooth and shiny. Now you can, depending on the recipe, add a little food colouring or cocoa and blend briefly until a uniform color. Turn off the mixer and add the almonds with sugar in two portions, stirring gently with silicone spatula. Slowly stir farther from the bottom to the top of the bowl until the mixture will flow down of a spatula. On baking tray put baking paper. The mass put into a piping bag with a round tip. Hold the sleeve upright confectionery, squeeze the mass creating macaroons 3 cm in diameter.

 Leave the baking tray for 20-60 minutes to let them dry. Macaroons are ready to bake when a gentle touch of a fingertip macaroon area will not stick to it. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees. Bake macaroons about 15 minutes. After baking, leave the macaroons to cool completely, then carefully take off from the baking paper. Prepared macaroons layer with filling.


Bon appétit !

Interesting fact: There are 500 types of cheese produced in France.