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Macarons & Chocolate Ganache Filling

This is one for the macaron beginner! These popular bite-sized macarons are so straight forward to make and they dont break the bank either. Try my delicate almond meringue cookie recipe with a rich dark chocolate ganache centre.Home made macarons are a wonderful way to show how much you care. That special someone will feel the love, so even more reason why you should give the coolest cookies in the world a try. “IIs sont magnifiques”.

Chef Eve Bergazyn

Chef Eve Bergazyn

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Recipe

PRE TIME: 1 hr 20 min

COOKING TIME: 30 min

TOTAL TIME: 1 hr 50 min

4 SERVING

Ingredients:

ㅤ Macarons
3 Large Egg White (90g)
1/4 cup Granulated Sugar (65g)
2/3 cup Almond Flour (85g)
1 cup Powdered Sugar (150g)
ㅤ ㅤDark Chocolate Ganache
8 oz. Dark Chocolate
4 oz. Heavy Cream
1 pinch Salt

Directions:

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Preheat oven to 250°F/120°C.

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【Make the Macaron】Put clean egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer.

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With the whisk attachment, mix egg whites on medium.

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When egg whites are foamy and start to form peaks, slowly stream in granulated sugar.

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Turn mixer up to high and whip meringue to stiff peaks. Do not over whip.

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Stiff peaks.

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Sift the powdered sugar with the almond flour together. If the almond flour is lumpy, pulse in a food processor with the powdered sugar.

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Continue to fold until the mix looks like molten lava, or until batter falls off the spatula in a smooth stream, and you can make a figure 8 with it.

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9

Pipe onto a sheet tray covered with parchment.

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10

Lightly tap the tray to remove air bubbles.

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Rest until a skin forms on top of the cookies, 10-20 minutes, depending on humidity.

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Bake approximately 25-30 minutes until the cookies are set and dry inside.

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【Dark Chocolate Ganache】Break up chocolate.

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Chop chocolate until about chocolate chip sized.

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Bring cream to a simmer.

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Mix cream and chocolate.

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Allow to sit one minute, then pulse, scraping down the sides, until smooth.

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Pour into a piping bag, removing air bubbles.

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Fill macarons.

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Enjoy!

Note:

Note:

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use a high quality dark chocolate at least 75% chocolate .