Showing posts with label Macaroons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macaroons. Show all posts

11 November 2009

Colors of the rainbow ~ ~ maCarOOns

1 day, that is all I have in Zurich. Cold and rainy, not the best weather for getting out of bed. Although I was quite determined to get some macaroons from Sprüngli and Ladurée when I found out I was due for a trip to Zurich. Clean and comfy in my pyjamas, I knew it would be a fruitless attempt at persuading myself to change and head out. Every time I attempt to crawl out of bed, I sinked further into the warmth of the comforter. I was destined to lose the battle against the comforter. I sulked at the though of missing the chance to taste some great macaroons. 


But I was pleasantly surprised when I found a Sprüngli counter somewhere near my boarding gate, nothing was going to stop me from buying the macaroons this time. Without a though, I bought the largest box of macaroons I found find, a hefty 33 swiss francs for 36 small macaroons but I knew it was going to be worth it. The moment I got home, I shamelessly indulge in the macaroons, oblivious to the happenings around me except for the decision of picking the next macaroon to savour.








05 November 2009

Macaroons

Macaroons... Something that I thought of baking for quite awhile but been putting it off as I had no time to age the egg whites. I know... excuses... excuses... Finally, the day has come for me to face the challenge and I was excited to know if I would be lucky to achieve the highly sought after "feets" that all macaroons are supposed to have and without these "feets", it can't live up to its name of being a macaroon.

True enough, it was a challenge, and my first batch of macaroons was destined to fail miserably with no "feets" and a bubbled surface as you can see below... *sigh* but still delicious with the chocolate hazelnut ganache.



The second batch came out with "feets"! Hooray!! But the temperature of the oven was too hot and browned the pretty pink macaroons... Another failure...



The task of achieving the purr..fect little macaroons will never cease...