Strawberry Macaron Recipe

Strawberry Macaron Recipe

Make 30-40 small macarons
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes and 1 hour for the rest mixture

Ingredients:

For the Italian Meringue

• 150g (5oz) aged egg white (make by leaving egg white in a bowl on a bench for 2 days)
• 400g (14oz) caster sugar
• 100ml (3 fl oz)water
• Add food colouring to the meringue if required.

For the Almond Mixture

• 150g (5oz) fresh egg white
• 250g (8oz) almond meal / almond flour
• 250g (8oz)icing sugar

Shell Colouring

• Pinch of pink food colouring

Used the above ingredients to make the macaron shell.

For ganache:

• 100g (3.5oz) of white chocolate
• 60g (2oz) of strawberry puree
• 30ml (1 fl oz) of heavy whipping cream

Direction:

1. First, create macarons shells based from the basic macaron recipe.
2. Then prepare the ganache by melting the chocolate with cream in a saucepan under a low heat.
3. Add some strawberry puree and let it cool in room temperature.

Assembly of the macaron

1. To assemble your macarons, start by garnishing one macaron shell with ganache and cover it with another shell.
2. Do the same with the rest of the shell.