CNY is around the corner.... Part 2

Chocolate Macarons (Walnutcarons)

Credits for this recipe goes to ( http://www.chocoparis.com/chocolate-macarons/ ). Thank you for helping out with making my 2nd attempt a success.


Chocolate Macaron Recipe
Ingredients:
90g of egg white
125g of almond flour
125g of icing sugar
25g of cocoa powder
125g of castor sugar
125g of dark chocolate
100ml of heavy cream
25g of unsalted butter

Steps:
1) Mix the almond powder, icing sugar and cocoa powder together. Sift the mixture into a large bowl and set aside.
2) Beat the egg whites till it is slightly fluffy and then add the castor sugar slowly. Continue beating all the while adding the castor sugar till you see stiff peaks form.
3) Mix the almond mixture into the egg whites and fold gently. Once all the dry ingredients are mixed with the egg whites, beat it up a little bit to get most of the air out (so it doesnt puff up like a pavlova). They liken it to a 'molten lava' like consistency... Look it up on Youtube to get it right.
4) Add the mixture into a piping bag and pipe onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Pipe out about a 10cent piece leaving about 1 inch apart from the mixture. Let the mixture then sit for 20-30mins to form a 'skin'. The skin means that when you touch it you dont get anything sticking to your hands.
5) Bake for 20mins or longer depending on your oven @ 160celcius. Use fan oven as it spreads the heat more evenly. The macaron is ready when the top does not move when you touch it and should remain completely on its food.
6) Remove and leave to cool.

Next up, the sauce!
7) Chop up the chocolate and butter into fine pieces for melting.
8) Heat up the heavy cream in a pot and pour on the chocolate+butter mixture when it boils.
9) Let it cool and then add it to the macaron like a burger filling :)

I have only ever had the Macaron's from Haighs.... so I am not sure what macaron's are really meant to taste like. But according to 'someone' it tastes fine :D. So all in all, a success....not really on the presentation part. BUT WHO CARES!!!

Enjoy reading and have a good day.

PS Christine thinks these look like walnuts. And she hath named it WALNUTCARONS!

Your MASTERCHEF buddy,
Doug.