French Macarons. French macarons are delicate cookies with a crunchy exterior and weightless interior. If there's one thing to know before beginning French macarons at home, it's this: these cookies are not simple. This French macaron recipe makes a batch of the most dainty, delicate, and delicious cookies that will float right into your mouth and disappear.
You can cook French Macarons using 7 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of French Macarons
- It’s 1 cup of powdered sugar.
- Prepare 3/4 cup of almond flour.
- You need 2 of egg white room temperature.
- It’s 1/4 cup of sugar.
- You need of Food coloring (optional).
- Prepare of Whipped cream.
- It’s of Cream cheese.
French macarons have made a huge increase in popularity lately. I'm not particularly mad about it since they are super tasty and delicious. The first time I tasted a French Macaron I wondered why they were so popular. It wasn't until my son brought me a box of Pierre Herme's.
French Macarons step by step
In a bowl add in icing sugar, almond flour.
In a different bowl add in egg whites. Whisk on high speed till stiff peaks.
Start adding sugar a little at a time. You can add food coloring if you like.
Start adding the dry ingredients to the egg mixture a little at a time and fold..
Note : do not beat the mixture you will loose all that bubbles in the eggs, fold it in.
Put in a piping bag and line baking tray with parchment paper.
Pipe the macaroons. Tap the baking tray to remove all air bubbles.
Leave it for about an hour to dry before you bake.
In a bowl whip the cream till stiff peaks. Add in cream cheese and whisk for 3 mins.
Pipe in the middle of the macarons and it’s ready.
The soft, melt-in-your-mouth cookie is like nothing else. It is in a league of it's own. So what are French Macarons made of? They are made with such simple ingredients — egg. No matter how experienced you are.
