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Macarons

I did it! I finally tried and it wasn't a failure! Wasn't a full success, but not bad for my first try! I made sure I found a recipe tried and tested by either Singaporean or Malaysian cos of our humidity, and I've found a recurring recipe which seems safe to try. Furthermore there was a step by step guide! I found a chocolate version too which is basically the same thing but replace 10g of almond meal with cocoa powder.

Ingredients

Egg whites from 2 large eggs, 80g (I used AA size) at room temperature
65g caster sugar

80g almond meal
140g icing sugar
colouring
vanilla essence (few drops only)


  1. Before anything else, line baking trays with baking paper with the shape drawn. Recipe says 20 cent coin, I used 50 cent but was still kinda small. And at the end of it I just did free hand which somehow was better. Next time I'm not wasting time drawing haha.
  2. Sift icing sugar and almond meal. Was hard to sift almond, so next time grind the icing sugar with the almond again before sifting.
  3. In a mixing bowl, whisk egg whites at max speed. Once foamy, add caster sugar a little at a time while still mixing, and stop when stiff peaks form. It took 3 minutes for me.
  4. Remove the whisk attachment. Add the sifted almond and icing sugar 1/4 at a time to the whisked egg white, using a spatula to mix. Add colouring and vanilla at this point.
  5. Transfer to a piping bag, and pipe! My first few trays I did a swirl piping, and realise that wasn't pretty at all. What I should have done was to just stay at the centre, pipe out until the circle size that I want and that's it. Try to flatten the pointed tip if possible, since somehow mine wasn't fluid enough to fall nicely. Keep at 2 - 3 cm gap between macarons.
  6. Let the macarons rest for about half an hour before baking.
  7. Bake at 140 degrees Celsius at 9 minutes for top tray, 10 minutes for bottom tray. I tried 150 degrees but was slightly burnt.




2 drops of light blue colouring, turns out into this sweet Tiffany blue!


First tray with drawing vs last few trays (dah malas) and no drawing. Wayyy better after practice


Was so glad I saw feet when they were baking in the oven! This was an attempt at 150 degrees at 11 minutes and the top is slightly brown, blue became greenish. Needs adjusting of temperature.


Tada! The prettiest batch :) Now I have to make the filling, which I kinda dread. Probably slather some Nutella instead HAHAHA.
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