Macaron is a small round cookie that is soft inside and crispy on the outside. The dough for it is prepared from egg whites, powdered sugar and almond flour. Coffee, chocolate, vanilla and fruit jams are often added to cookies.
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Cookies macarons (macaron) came to us recently and fell in love with both adults and children.
Dessert story
Macaroons began to make cookies a long time ago in Italy or in France. We do not know exactly where this dessert was first made. Perhaps his homeland was Venice of the 16th century. According to another version, France became the birthplace of cookies, where nuns prepared it.
The idea to glue two halves of cookies with a cream appeared not so long ago, in the thirties of the 20th century. Since then, the appearance of the dessert has not changed. Cookies are baked in different colors and served with coffee or hot chocolate.
Macaroons are baked in different colors and with a wide variety of toppings, from vanilla and cloves to grapefruit, cherries and lime. You can buy this dessert in a cafe or pastry shop, or you can cook it yourself. Here is a recipe for macaroons with grapefruit, very tender, with a light citrus note.
Macaroons with Grapefruit
Products that will be required:
- Almond flour - 200 g
- Powdered Sugar - 350 g
- 130 g egg whites
- Orange food coloring
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of water
For cream:
- Grapefruit zest - half a teaspoon
- 200 g white chocolate
- 75 ml grapefruit juice
1. Cooking cream. Heat the juice (do not boil). Melt the chocolate in a water bath. Add juice and zest to chocolate, mix until smooth. Allow the cream to cool, cover with foil and clean in a cool place.
2. Cooking the dough. Combine almond flour and icing sugar (200 g). Divide the mixture into two parts. Divide 70 g of protein into two parts, add dye to one. Add protein to a mixture of flour and icing sugar. Mix water and sugar in a separate bowl, bring to a boil over low heat. Beat the remaining protein until an elastic mass is obtained, add sugar syrup into it with a thin stream, continuing to whisk until the mixture cools. It should become thick and shiny. Divide the resulting mass, add to the dishes where the mixture of flour and powdered sugar is located, mix.
3. Baking. Place the finished dough in a pastry bag, place on a baking sheet covered with parchment. First, the dough is white, then with dye. Bake 12 minutes at 180 degrees, then transfer the parchment to the table. When the macaroons have cooled, carefully remove them, combine in pairs and start with cream. The filling should not protrude beyond the borders of the cookie.