Chocolate Macaroons
I have to admit… I am not usually a fan of “French patisserie,” not at all because I don’t like it, but rather because it generally involves a lot of precision, patience and “delicate-ness” – three things of which I don’t really do well, but to be a well rounded cook, I thought I couldn’t neglect this French traditional treat (based of course on a traditional french recipe)
Ingredients
- 100gm of Almonds meal
- 150gm of Icing sugar
- 3 egg whites
- 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder
- 50 gm of caster sugar
- 50 gm of chocolate
- 50ml of cream
Method
- Mix together the icing sugar and almond meal
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks forms and mix, add the sugar in three times, then add the cocoa powder
- Gradually add the eggs to the almond and icing sugar powder mix and mix with a spatular until smooth
- Next place small, equal spoonfuls of the mix onto a macaron tray (or else baking paper, but make sure they are all equal and placed at equal distances apart)
- Leave them for 30 mins before placing in the oven (see what I mean about patience! But this step is very important)
- Pre-heat the oven to 150°C
- After the 30 min have passed, bake for 20 min and let cool before taking off the try
- Bon appétit!
