Chocolate macaroons

Chocolate macaroons

But if you are going to get there! Try it, following the steps, you will tell me! Let's start with a 100% chocolate recipe, we will try to make other flavors later! Here are the chocolate macaroons.

List of ingredients

 For 8 medium or 16 small macaroons
150 g icing sugar
90 g almond powder
15 g cocoa powder
2 medium or 3 small egg whites (75 g in all)
10 g sugar (icing or normal)
100 g dark chocolate
10 cl liquid cream
20 g butter

Recipe steps

Sift the sugar, cocoa and almond powder several times to obtain a very fine mixture (some pass everything through the blender!)
Whip the egg whites until stiff. When they start to be firm, add the icing sugar (10 grams), in 2 batches.

Add the whites to the powder (cocoa / almond / sugar) and mix to obtain a smooth, shiny dough, but with staying power (mix enough but not too much;)
Using a pastry bag, make small circles on a sheet of parchment paper or a silicone plate
Let "poach" in the open air 20 minutes
Preheat the oven to 150 ° C
Bake the macaroons for 20 minutes (15 min if they are small macaroons)
Make the ganache by heating the cream and pouring it over the chocolate pieces. Mix, then add the butter, mix again and keep cool
Take out the macaroons: they should be dry on the collar and above, still "wet" inside. Let them cool for a few minutes, peel them off and garnish them
Place the macaroons in the fridge overnight, covered with cling film or in a box. If you respect this expectation (unbearable, I know ...), the macarons will be even more tender!