French Macaroons from scratch - June Cooking Fridays

The last month before (home)school was out B and I came up with Cooking Fridays. He had found some great video tutorials of complicated pastry that he wanted to try.

First up were French Macaroons. <-----  Here is the video tutorial he used. Note that she makes pink ones with raspberry cream. B made his without food coloring and with a chocolate ganache filling instead.

I was his kitchen assistant and my main job was cleaning bowls and documenting with my camera. Oh and taste testing. Yes it was a tough job

Recipe by Beth :
3 Egg Whites
¼ cup white sugar (50 g)
2 cups confectioners sugar (200 g)
1 cup almond flour (120 g) (SEE NOTE BELOW)
pinch of salt

Chocolate Ganache
1 bar of chocolate - B used my favorite: Ghiradelli 60%
Half a cup of heavy whipping cream

See the video for the instructions he used.

Here are my pictures.



















Making Ganache





Sweet, crunchy, chocolaty. What more can you want in a cookie?

Oh and you know how I told you that B doesn't like cookies and cake much? He took a nibble (because a bite would be an exaggeration) and said: "Mmm - good". Me: "have another bite?". B: "Nah, I'm good"

Well more for me and dh

The week after, B made us Eclairs. YUM!

Here are all three of the desserts that B made - links to each recipe under picture:

 
French Macaroons                            Chocolate Eclairs                            Crème Brûlée

More recipes here

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