Macaroons | Meringue Cookies With A Chocolate-Nut Layer

 French crispy almond meringue cookies, you can experiment with the filling

Taste is sweet almond chocolate. Aroma of chocolate and nuts

 Cooking method: mix + beat + bake + cool

 Basic household appliances: mixer, stove + oven, refrigerator

 Basic kitchen utensils: saucepan (0.5 l), bowl, baking sheet, dish, boat / pastry bag, baking paper / silicone baking mat

 Main products: chocolate, almond flour, chicken egg (proteins)

 Cooking time: 1 hour +

 Difficulty: medium

 Type of dish: dessert (cookies)


 Ingredients (60 halves, 30 finished macaroons)

 For cookies:

 Almond flour - 100 g

 Sugar - 110 g

 Powdered sugar - 110 g

 Cocoa powder - 10 g

 Egg - 2-3 pcs. (protein - 80 g)

 Water - 30 ml

 Food coloring (red)

 For chocolate ganache:

 Chocolate - 150 g

 Cream 33% - 70 g

 Butter - 20 g

 Nut paste - 50 g


How to cook it?

 1. Cooking halves of cookies (60 pieces):

 - sift almond flour, cocoa powder and powdered sugar (several times)

 - separate the egg whites, divide into two parts of approximately 40 g each (white of 1 egg - 36 - 41 g)

 - add to the almond first part of the egg whites (40 g), mix until smooth

 - beat with a mixer or whisk the second part of the egg whites - until soft peaks

 - put sugar and water on medium heat, add dye, bring to a boil, stirring, boil for no more than 1 minute.

 - pour the sugar syrup in a thin stream into the beaten egg whites, beating them at maximum speed

 - add the almond-protein mixture, continuing to beat already at medium speed - the mass should become homogeneous, viscous, spread well

 - pour the dough into a pastry bag, form 60 cookies on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or, better, on a silicone mat (it is easier to remove the meringue from it)

 - let stand for 1 hour so that the crust becomes weather-beaten and does not crack during baking, and also so that a lower “skirt” forms on the cookies

 - bake in an oven heated to 130 ° C until cooked (it is advisable not to brown the crust)

 - let stand for some time on a baking sheet at room temperature, then remove from parchment


 2. Cooking chocolate layer (ganache):

 - fatch (bring) the cream to a boil (do not boil)

 - add chocolate, broken into pieces, cover with a lid for 2-3 minutes.

 - mix the creamy-chocolate mass until a homogeneous consistency

 - add a piece of butter and nut butter (almond or hazelnut)

 - mix warm ganache until the oil is completely dissolved, put in a cold place before use


 3. Cooking macaroons:

 Arrange 30 room temperature cookie halves on a tray

 - put the filling of a dense consistency on one half - with a spoon or with a pastry bag

 - cover with the second half, pressing down a little for better grip.

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