Italian Meringue Part 1. [For the French Meringue Macaron 101 click HERE] It feels really wrong writing this, after all I've only been making macarons for a few months.
People have been asking for tips though, in the comments and via email so I'm going to make a How-To guide of sorts. I do have some tips and I'm going to share them with the humility of someone who only barely knows what they are talking about. I'm still learning every time I make a new batch. Like today, where I learned that putting almond praline crunch on top of a mac shell was a really, really dumb idea. So with that in mind, let us get down to it. Macarons? For many home bakers these are a challenging cookie. How do you bake something that you've never seen in person or even eaten? Now, Italian meringue macs don't have quite the same taste and texture of the French meringue macs. The cookies should have a nice compact foot (French meringue tends to have a higher foot than Italian meringue, well at least for me) and a meringue like interior. 1.
Happy Chinese New Year « The Pleasure Monger. As Chinese New Year approaches, you’ll see a flurry of activities in every Chinese household.
We spring clean to rid of ill-fortune and welcome good luck. We deck our homes in red and gold, both auspicious colours for the Chinese, to celebrate the most important traditional Chinese festival. We cook, we bake, we feast and we grow fat with our dear family and friends, all in the name of the new year. It is a time to gather with loved ones, particularly so on the eve of the Chinese New Year when we have reunion dinners with our families. It is a time when we say, out with the old, in with the new. As we bid farewell to the Year of the Tiger and give a warm welcome to the Rabbit, we find ourselves somewhat wedged in no man’s land for Chinese New Year.
Although our home severely lacks decorations, we are on our way to putting up three miserable couplets that we bought years ago. With this in mind, I thought it might be interesting to put a twist in the traditional Chinese New Year snacks. Clementine Macarons with Citrus Cream Filling. The holiday season is not official for me until I buy my first crate of Clementines.
Their flavor and zesty scent will be forever linked in my memory with childhood visits to my grandparent’s home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. You could always expect to find baskets overflowing with homemade cranberry orange muffins, and if I was lucky I would be called into the kitchen to zest the oranges and help my Grandma with the latest batch. Ahhh…happiness! So after I picked up a box of fresh Clementines at the store (and realized very quickly that I would not be able to eat them all before they turned bad) I went on the hunt for a tasty recipe that would be suitable for both Thanksgiving and the Christmas holidays.
Luckily I spotted this delicious recipe for Clementine Macarons…and have since made multiple batches. Click below for the recipe on the Ladie’s Home Journal website: I started out by followed the recipe for the cookies. …Like so. Be sure to make enough for snacking. Enjoy! How To Make Macarons. Who does not love a Macaron?
These chewy, delicious French cookies are truly a sweet treat. Filled with almonds, sugar, egg whites and a creamy ganache. They can be made into a variety of flavors, chocolate, vanilla, almond, pear mousse; the list goes on and on. We had so much fun with our Do It Yourself Meringue featuring the culinary skills of Caitlin Knoop that we just had to get together for another amazing treat! All of the beautiful table decor you see was provided by our very own Hand-Picked Boutique Rental Company – Casa de Perrin.
Steal worthy idea: Make macarons for your wedding guests. How To Make Almond Macarons Yields 30 sandwich cookies 1 ¾ cups plus 2 Tbs. Prepare the Batter: It is very important to have all your ingredients in place ( literally, put in place the preparation and assembly of ingredients, utensils, pans, plates or serving pieces needed for a particular dish) ready before beginning to make the macarons.