Macarons~

The art of gourmet delicacy is the embodiment of today’s French Macaron which has taken the culinary world by storm.

 Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cup+1 teaspoon of icing sugar,
• ¾ cup of ground almonds,
• 6 tablespoons of eggs whites,
• ¼ cup of granulated sugar,
• food color according to need.
• pinch of salt.

Ingredients for filling:

• ¾ cup of butter,
• ½ cup of nutella,
• ¾ cup of icing sugar,
• pinch of salt.

Instructions:

1. At first whip the egg whites on a bowl until it is foamy and add the granulated sugar and beat on high speed until it forms a glossy peak.
2. Then mix the food color and fold in the dry ingredients and place in a piping bag (pipe the 1 inch and circles space 2 inch) apart on a baking sheet.
3. Now leave the baking sheets to set for 30 minutes.
4. Bake it in a pre-heated oven at 145°C lower to 135°C and bake for 8 minutes.
5. Rotate the baking sheet every 8 minutes.

Filling:

1. At first beat the butter with the nutella & salt until it is smooth and add the icing sugar and beat it properly until it is fluffy.
2. The macarons should easily peel away from the parchment after cooled.
3. Now fill the decorator bag with the filling and pipe a circle of filling in the centre of the macaron and sandwich with another.
4. Lastly serve the color full macarons and enjoy :)