St Patrick's day Macarons

  Ingredients:

  • Macarons :
    • 3 Egg Whites or (3 Tbsp Agar powder and 3 Tbsp water)
    • 1/4 Cup Sugar
    • 2 Cups Powdered Sugar 
    • 1 Cup Almond Flour
    • 1/8 Tsp Salt
    • 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
    • Green Coloring
  • Chocolate Ganache :
    • 1/8 Tsp Salt
    • 3/4 Cup Heavy Cream
    • 1/2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
    • 1 1/2 Semi-Sweet Chocolate
Direction:

  • Macarons :
    • Mix Almond Flour, Salt, and Powdered Sugar in a Food Processor at low speed until the mix is extra fine.
    • Sift the flour into a different bowl. 
    • In a separate bowl beat the egg whites using a hand mixer until soft peaks form. 
    • Add in sugar and keep beating until you get stiff peaks. 
    • Add a few drops of food coloring and the vanilla extract and mix until fully incorporated.
    • Add the almond flour mixture and fold it in using a spatula. 
    • Keeping folding the flour into the egg mixture until all the bubbles are gone and you can make a figure eight  out of the mix 
    • Transfer the mix into a piping bag.
    • Line 2 baking sheets with wax paper or baking mat make sure to use butter on the pan then put wax paper, this will allow the paper to stick to the sheet. 
    • Pipe  1 1/2 inch circle macrons on the sheet keeping it 1 inch apart. 
    • Tap the baking sheets a few times to let the air out. and leave them at room temperature for 30 to 40 minutes.
    • Pre-heat oven to 280 
    • Bake for 15- 20 minutes. 
    • Transfer to a wire rack to cool. 

  • Chocolate Ganache :
    • In a microwave-safe bowl place all the ingredients.
    • Microwave for 1 minute and let it sit for 5 minutes.
    • Whisk until the mixture is smooth, the mix should be fully melted. if it's not melted heat for 15 more seconds. 
    • Place the mix in the fridge for 20 minutes.
    • whisk until smooth, then transfer to a piping bag 
    • Pipe the ganache to the bottom of  half of the macaroons shells
    • Close the sandwich using the other half of the wheels. 
    • Refrigerate for 24hrs then enjoy

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