I was first introduced to these little French delights (and the highly talented chef Adriano Zumbo) through chocolatesuze.com's blog. Reading food blogs about all these beautiful, interestingly flavoured macarons made me crave them, even though I had never eaten one before. But I also read about the failures... I thought, seriously, how hard could this little innocent-looking-Oreo-type biscuit-y cookie be to make?
Okay, very hard... especially if you are a perfectionist like myself.
After two failed batches in the span of a week, I decided to give it a break and re-evaluate before trying again. Helen from mytartelette is absolutely awesome. I have probably read her Macarons 101 article a thousand times now. And it is thanks to her wisdom (and willingness to share said wisdom) that allowed me to perfect this.
As it was the lovely Claire's 13th birthday yesterday, I decided to make her some almond macarons with bittersweet chocolate ganache. I am so glad she enjoyed them.
Macarons all ready to party
Looking back on my photos of the macarons, I figure I need to work on my consistency. Some were filled with way more ganache than others. Some shells were pale whereas others were lightly browned (that was more the oven's fault, really). I refused to use a piping bag because that's just straight up creating more mess - I already make enough mess in the kitchen as it is (as my hubby Jay tells me)! But overall, they tasted pretty good and I'm happy with how they look.
As I was third time lucky with this batch, I am going to experiment a bit more before posting the recipe, with some tips, just to make sure that I didn't just fluke it this time round. Oh I can't wait.
The colours.. the flavours... the endless possibilities!
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