Colors are way nicer in person; my scan is a good one, but it hates the fresh green Ladurée color, and silver painting....too bad.
Uglier and uglier, YEAH ! my camera is the winner, but you can see the silver painting slightly shimmering.
This is the approximate translation for the tips, but they are very important for success :
1/ Leave the egg whites in the fridge for one night before starting the recipe
2/ Choose an electric mixer instead of a kitchenaid while beating the egg whites.
3/ Mix (in the kitchenaid!) the almond powder with the ice sugar, and chocolate - if you bake chocolate flavoured macarons - a very very very very very long time.
4/ Before baking them in the oven, leave the macarons for an hour or more, in a peaceful and cool place.
5/ Make a stack with 3 baking trays in the oven, this is weird but will help macarons having a "collerette".
Many good tips here
Mmmm that looks yummy... and the illustration as great as always :)
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Leny !!!
ReplyDeleteThose look delicious, Lucile. I'll have to get my courage up one of these days. :)
ReplyDeleteI watched the 'Hairy Bikers' on their 'Bakation' show visit a bakery where they made these (somewhere in Europe, it was a womans bakery, very famous) It was fascinating to watch, I've never tried one, but they do look yummy! They seem to be quite popular at the moment! Your photo looks brill!
ReplyDeleteMacarons are intimidating (and delicious). Your tips look good.
ReplyDeleteLucile, many thanks for your beautiful blog. I come to visit almost every day, just to enjoy the beautiful colour and line you use in your space. Often I will look at your older posts: it's easy to enjoy them again.
Someday I will travel, and it is your Paris I look forward to seeing. Your posts are filled with light, and a real vrai love for your city. So it is *your* Paris I want to see. Not the Paris in the guidebooks. In the meantime, I enjoy seeing your beautiful city through your eyes.
thanks, Lucile.
-Carol S-B
@ Kathleen and Julie : You have to try baking them, I swear you will succeed !
ReplyDelete@ Carol : Many many thanks for your thoughtful words, you really make my day !!! You are welcome in Paris, I hope I will be able to show more about my city in the next few weeks :)