How to make French Macarons Recipe

I think macarons are fast becoming one of my favourite treats. Served either on their own or used to decorate a cake I just love the hard shell with the soft chewing middle sandwiched between a yummy filling. For today video I really wanted to share with you how I made these french style macarons…

Macarons are an almond – meringue based treat, or you might know them as a French pastry or biscuits or even cookies. Now these are not to be confused with the Macaroon which is made from coconut and although equally as tasty these are very different.

How to make macarons – video instructions

You’ll find the full recipe below

The macaron template

I printed the template onto an A4 sheet of paper, so each of the circles measures 3cm. Just remember to place this under some parchment paper, but to remove it before baking.

Now macarons can be a little tricky to get right, but I personally found once I had practised a few times I found it alot easier to work out the perfect amount to whisk your egg whites, how many times to fold in the mixture, how long to leave them to set and so on. The one piece of advice I can give is to keep an eye on them in the oven as some ovens tend to run a little hotter or cooler than what it says, so you may need to adjust the time or the temperature as 30 seconds too long may be all it takes to over do them.

With the macarons I filled them with a delicious white chocolate ganache and added them to this 6 inch buttercream cake. I love how fun the macarons make the cake look and teamed with some matching meringues and sprinkles they finish off this cake perfectly.

Macarons can be made in so many different colours to match your party theme. I really hope you like this recipe and find it helpful if you are looking to create some macarons for yourself. Plus once you’ve mastered the original macaron why not try adding some different flavours. Below is the full video tutorial where I go through every step of the making process:

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French Macarons Recipe

Author: Cakes by Lynz

Macarons make the perfect treat or add them to your cakes for the perfect cake toppers!

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Decorating TimeDecorating Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Servings 30 Complete Macarons

Recipe Type Sweet Treats

Keyword French Macarons, Ganache, Macarons

Ingredients

  

For the Macarons

• 85 g Icing Sugar
• 80 g Ground Almonds
• 80 g Caster Sugar
• 60 g Egg Whites (Usually around 2 medium eggs)
• Flavouring of your choice if you choose

For the Ganache Filling

• 250 g White Chocolate
• 100 ml Double Cream

Instructions

• Into a mixing bowl sift in the plain flour. Add the bicarbonate of soda, the ground cinnamon and the ground ginger and pop to one side.
• Into a saucepan add the butter, caster sugar, the brown sugar and the golden syrup and place this onto your hob until all the ingredients have melted together.
• You then want to add your melted ingredients to your dry ingredients in your mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or spatula mix this all together until it forms a dough. You can finish this off mixing it with your hands to make sure the ingredients are all combined.
• Take a piece of cling film / plastic wrap and push down your dough, coving it over. Place this into the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Whilst your dough is in the fridge you will need to print off and cut out your template pieces. You can find my template here.
• After 30 minutes take your dough out of the fridge. You can then dust your surface with a little flour and roll out your dough until its around 5mm in thickness. Then use a knife to cut out all of your shapes and place on a baking tray.
• Place your cut out shapes into a preheated oven set to 180 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. You want the edges just to start changing colour.
• After 10 minutes you can take your shapes out of the oven to let them cool. I like to use my templates and carefully (they will be hot) cut around the template a second time, to cut off any areas that have spread in size. This will help your house fit together a little easier.
• You then have all the pieces for your gingerbread house. I like to use royal icing to stick my pieces together. Watch how to decorate your Gingerbread house in my tutorial above.

Notes

How to store your Macarons

To store your macarons store them in an airtight container in the fridge.

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