Macarons made with an Italian meringue.
Ingredients
- egg whites
- sugar
- water
- icing sugar
- almond flour
- egg whites
Instructions
- Sieve the caster sugar
- Mix with ground almonds and add the egg whites
- Beat the egg whites until stiff
- Cook the sugar and water to 118°C
- Pour the cooked sugar over the egg whites
- You obtain an Italian meringue.
- Mix the hot meringue with the first mixture (almonds + caster sugar + egg whites)
- Start with 1/3 and then add the remaining 2/3
- Pipe the mixture for a few minutes until the mixture starts to spread slightly
- Pipe about 70 cookies of 3.5 cm diameter
- Tap the baking sheets as needed, the macarons should be the size of the templates
- Let them rest for about 15 minutes
- Bake at 150°C without humidity and with minimum ventilation
- Open the oven door every 5 minutes and bake for a total of 18 minutes
- Let cool
- Fill the cookies with raspberry jam
- Refrigerate for 24 to 48 hours in a refrigerator with 90% humidity
- Consume within 3 days or freeze
- It is preferable to temper the macarons 15 to 30 minutes before serving.
