There's a bliss, a candy-like rainbow coat that gives people a heart-pounding feeling; there's a sweetness that hides a honey-like almond flavor under a soft and silky exterior, a treasure in the dessert world.
Macarons are a French dessert made from egg whites, almond flour, granulated sugar and icing sugar. Between two cookies there is a filling of various flavors, usually cream or fruit spread.
In addition to having a good-looking appearance, what other characteristics do macarons have?
1. Raw materials are more expensive.
The main ingredients of macarons are egg whites, almond flour, white sugar and icing, and the cakes with fruit jam or cream are more expensive.
2. The production process is very troublesome.
Making macarons is very troublesome.
A beautiful macaron, its production process is very strict, the complex production of 12 processes, if there is a little error, it will be abandoned.
The procedures, proportions, and weights of each step require constant attention to details. This is just an entry-level macaron. If you want to improve the taste and style, it will be more complicated.
Therefore, the success rate of macaron production is particularly low.
3. It is difficult to save.
The preservation and transportation of macarons are relatively difficult, which increases the cost.
Next, I will introduce a simple and easy macaron making method. Dessert lovers must not miss it!
Ingredients: 40g almond flour, 40g powdered sugar, 33g protein, 22g sugar.
Filling: 35g cream cheese, 15g butter, 15g powdered sugar.
1. Cut cream cheese and butter into small pieces, soften at room temperature into a paste, strain into powdered sugar.
2. Beat with an electric egg beater. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate.
3. Strain the powdered sugar and almond flour.
4. Add 22g sugar to the egg whites, beat with an electric egg beater until stiff. If you want it to color, add a drop of food coloring and mix well.
5. Add the meringue to the powdered sugar and almond flour mixture and mix well. If they are not easy to mix at first, you can also use pressure mixing to mix them together first.
6. Place in a piping bag and squeeze onto a baking sheet. Gently tap the baking pan a few times to shake out the air bubbles inside, and use a tool to pick out the unshattered air bubbles.
7. Turn on the hot air function of the oven, heat up and down at 70 degrees, and put it into the baking pan to dry the skin for about 20-30 minutes. The surface is stretchy, not sticky, that's it.
8. After the skin is dry, take out the baking pan, preheat the oven, set the fire up and down to 170 degrees, and put it in the oven after preheating. Bake for about 7 minutes, then lower the heat to 120 degrees and bake for about 13 minutes.
The time and temperature are for reference only, you can adjust it according to your own oven temperature.
9. Fill with filling after cooling.
Sweet macarons, just like sweet you.