In my opinion, not only are macarons the best thing to eat but they're the best things to look at (gotta love those pastel colours) and touch (smooooOOOoooth shell baby). I bought Kate some for a birthday a while back and I was gutted I didn't order extra for me : (
But i've always thought they would be THE hardest thing to make, they are the epitome of french baking after all. But they're not as scary as i thought!
I've been practising making meringues on and off for a few months now and I am free of my fear of anything containing egg whites! Personally, I think that's how my first attempt at macarons (salted caramel if you're interested) looked and tasted perfect- I wasn't afraid. Always believe that fear can infiltrate the end bake.
I chose salted caramel because I'm addicted to salted caramel. For the filling I didn't want anything like butter creamy, i thought it would be too heavy. I had the idea of whipping homemade caramel. Essentially it is buttercream but mousse like and lighter. The butter in the caramel whips fantastically.
Topped the macarons with a little sprinkle of caster sugar and used a wee bit of ivory colour gel (gel is by far the best way to colour anything) just to make them look a little better.
Here they are:
And they tasted bloody yummy too!
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