MACAROONS =P

16/7/10

Was a really good day for me
Bcuz I learnt to make macaroons from
The one & only
Chef Karam
from Taylor's Uni College

If u dont know wat are macaroons
These are d all so lovable macaroons!
Made by Chef Karam

250g almond powder
250g icing sugar
180g egg white
250g sugar
That's a whole lotta sugar
That's y it's so yummy!!!
LOL

Steps :
1. Mix almond powder + icing sugar
2. Add in 90g of egg white
3. Add colouring
4. Boil sugar until 117.C-120.C
5. Whisk 90g of egg white until fluffy
6. Add sugar to egg white once temperature is reached
(step 4-6, Italian Meringue)
This is how it looks like
7. Add meringue to almond powder mixture
8. Pipe it out baby!
9. Let it rest for at least 10mins
10. Bake it at 150.C - 160.C with double tray
Chef Karam's look so pretty!!

My 1st try =/
2nd try
=/ well, at least it looks better
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D next day,
I made my own macaroons!
This is wat happened :
Because d temp was 2 high n i 4got 2 put double tray =/
d next batch turned out better
But there were stil cracks



Look at d beautiful layer =)

A few days later..
I tried again..
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TA-DA!!!!!!!!

Special thanks to Chef Karam

That's all for now
(",)/'