How To Make Basic Macarons Shells

Italian meringue by Mauderne

Ingredients

  • 150g icing sugar

  • 150g almond powder

  • 55g white eggs

  • 55g white eggs

  • powder colouring

  • 150g granulated sugar

  • 38g water

Steps

Start with making the Italian meringue

  1. Pour the water and the granulated sugar in a pan

  2. Without stirring, bring to boil until 118°C

  3. Simultaneously, gently start beating the white eggs and increase the speed when the sugar reaches 105°C

  4. Pour slowly the syrup into the beaten white eggs and keep beating until it cools and you get a nice peak texture

While the meringue is cooling down follow the next steps

  1. Sift/Blend Icing sugar and almond powder

  2. Pour white eggs and colouring in the bowl with the powders and start to gently fold in the batter

  3. Fold a third of the Italian meringue then add the rest meticulously

  4. Work the batter like if you want to remove the air ('macaroner') until getting a shiny and smooth consistence

  5. Fill a piping bag

  6. Pipe out regular rounds on a baking sheet

  7. Tap the trail 3-4 times to remove air bubbles and flatten eavenly the macarons shells

  8. Preheat your oven at 150°C (fan)

  9. Leave to form a crust for minimum 20min at room temperature

  10. Bake between 10 and 14 minutes depending on your oven and the round size

Tips

  • Before letting the shells crusting, delicately tap the bottom of the tray to remove air and make all shells even

  • Before you put the shells in the oven, delicately touch the top and you should feel a dried layer

  • Make sure to incorporate the sugar at 118°C and slowly into the frothy white eggs to avoid over cooking the eggs

  • During the cooking class at Mauderne, you learn how to do the 'macaronage' to get the right consistency of the batter

Chef Maud

Hello! I’m Maud. In April 2018. I founded Mauderne Baking School. I’m a French food lover with a special and unique affection to pastry. I’m dedicated about sharing my passion for pastry. “I want to make pastry and cooking classes accessible to everyone even with no past experience.”

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