Name: French Macarons
Prep time: 60 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: Francesa
Ingredients: 6 egg whites; 1 pinch salt; 400 grams icing sugar; 250 grams almond flour; 2 drops gel food coloring, in your favorite color; stuffed; 350 grams icing sugar; 240 grams butter, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons whipping cream; 1 tablespoon lemon zest; 1 tablespoon pistachios, ground; 1 tablespoon cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon strawberry jam

Preparation

45 mins

15 mins

Low

Place the egg whites in a metal bowl and add a pinch of salt. Beat with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Add 1 tablespoon of powdered sugar and continue beating. Sift half of the remaining powdered sugar over the egg whites; beat on high speed until they look shiny. Sift the rest of the sugar and beat again until combined. Fold in the ground almonds with a spatula. Divide the mixture into four different bowls. Incorporate 1 or 2 drops of food coloring in each bowl to have different colored batters. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Fill a piping bag with one of the mixtures and form small circles of 2 centimeters in diameter. Repeat the process with the remaining mixtures, ensuring to use a clean piping bag for each one. Preheat the oven to 170°C. Let the macarons rest for 30 minutes while you prepare the filling. Beat the butter until creamy. Add the powdered sugar and continue beating until you have a smooth mixture. Incorporate the vanilla, cream, and beat again until you achieve a light and fluffy consistency. Divide this cream among four different bowls. Incorporate cocoa, lemon zest, pistachios, and strawberry jam into each of the bowls to have four different flavors. Set aside. Bake the macarons in the preheated oven for 14 minutes. Remove from the oven and let them cool on the same baking sheet. Once cooled, spread the flat side of one macaron with the corresponding filling and place another macaron of the same color on top, like a sandwich. Serve immediately or place in an airtight container and refrigerate.