De Macaron, een tough cookie om te maken.

Deze in allerlei vrolijke kleuren te maken koekjes staan er om bekend dat ze lastig te maken zijn.
Negen jaar geleden (zie eerdere post) lukte het mij pas na 5 pogingen om het gewenste resultaat te behalen (ik weet nog dat ik een vreugde dansje maakte bij het zien van het perfecte koekje). Negen jaar lang heb ik mij er niet meer aan gewaagd. Tot vandaag. Vandaag lukte het zowaar meteen terwijl ik mij al had voorbereid op een teleurstelling.

Uit de oven kwam echter de perfecte macaron: krokant van buiten, een beetje taai van binnen én voorzien van een "voetje". Yes!

De vullingen van bijgaande afbeeldingen zijn witte chocola ganache en aardbeien mascarpone. Heerlijk. 

Van de 2 werkwijzen waarop je de merengue maakt, Franse of Italiaanse merengue, blijkt de Italiaanse manier, waarbij de suiker verhit wordt, voor mij nog het beste te werken. 

                                

                                                 

               

                                             

Le Rève Ladurée

 

        

Macarons - The Succes Story

Slowly I opened the oven door. I was thrilled beyond words when the Macarons turned out beautifully. I couldn't believe I did it. I finally did it. Yes!

What a fuzz about a cookie you might think. If you've read my first story about the Macarons you know why the fuzz is about and where my fascination for this cookie and my determination to succeed comes from.

I tried 2 different recipes of which one I tried 2 times. At the second time I created the perfect Macaron: a smooth shell, no cracks whatsoever and with a lovely collar. And they taste deliciously.

I'm thankful to Bakerette for sharing her recipe.

Good luck if you also wanna give it a try.

Macarons - the first attempt

A macaron is a thin cookie with a crisp shell, circular in shape, slightly rounded, with tempting colors and a tender interior. From origin it's a French cookie made of almond meal, egg white and sugar and filled with all kinds of soft tasty fillings. I've seen them in the colors red, blue, green, yellow, brown and white.

When I saw a picture of this cookie for the first time I got excited. I wanted to learn more about these cute, little and colorful treasures. I found several recipes on the internet. Almost all of them saying that the first try could be a failure.

They were right. My first baking (cherry & chocolate taste) was not a succes. The shells should be smooth. Mine were cracked despite the fact that I've followed the recipe strictly except for one thing. The humidity in the room. That's one thing I cannot control. It was a hot sunny day when I made them and the humidity was high.

But inspite of the cracked shells they tasted deliciously.
It's certainly worth a second attempt. Or a third or a fourth.
I don't care. I continue until they're perfect.

See how my little nephew enjoys his first macaron.

Cute isn't it?
He doesn't seem to care how the cookie looks like.