Saturday, July 17, 2010

Macarons

Inspired by the challenge in London, I decided to attempt macarons. I couldn't quite locate all the ingredients for Callum's violet macarons so I decided to some simple chocolate macarons instead.

The mixture was pretty easy, just had to make sure that my eggs were beaten to nice soft peaks and I had to be careful to not knock out much of the air. So I managed to get a nice mixture and managed to pipe most of the macrons in the same shape. After I let it stand for about 30minutes, then they went into the oven for about 15 minutes.


Unfortunately, they didn't turn out the best. They didn't get the smooth top (well most of them didn't) and they didn't have "feet". However, the inside texture was quite yummy and slightly chewy which was good and the filling was good too but I forgot to take pics. We ate them before I remembered to take pics...hehe. Anyways, overall it wasn't a complete epic fail but not a complete success either. Then again, it was my first time so I wasn't expecting to master it quite yet. I know for next time that the egg whites cant be cold (straight from the fridge) I need to watch them while they bake, and too much sprinkling of cocoa on top will make them cave in.

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