Macarooni
Here is my first attempt at Parisian Macaroons:
Here is what they should look like:
Mine are so bumpy and lumpy and puffy! I know what went wrong. Sorta. I don't think that I have the ablilty to grind my almonds fine enough to make them not grainy, which is cool. I am not going to make myself crazy over these things. Also, the recipe called for 6 tablespoons of egg whites, and quite frankly I don't think that is enough compared to the amount of dry ingredients one is supposed to add. I though the batter was awfully thick, and it was a little hard to squeeze into little one inch rounds. Which, in turn, made me add too much batter per round and they ended up puffing up quite a bit. I am going to try these again, this time making sure I have more egg whites and less dry stuff. I think the batter needs to be a little runnier than I had it. They sure tasted good.
Here is what they should look like:
Mine are so bumpy and lumpy and puffy! I know what went wrong. Sorta. I don't think that I have the ablilty to grind my almonds fine enough to make them not grainy, which is cool. I am not going to make myself crazy over these things. Also, the recipe called for 6 tablespoons of egg whites, and quite frankly I don't think that is enough compared to the amount of dry ingredients one is supposed to add. I though the batter was awfully thick, and it was a little hard to squeeze into little one inch rounds. Which, in turn, made me add too much batter per round and they ended up puffing up quite a bit. I am going to try these again, this time making sure I have more egg whites and less dry stuff. I think the batter needs to be a little runnier than I had it. They sure tasted good.
3 Comments:
Tasting good - isn't that what it's all about?
Erica,
They look good to me! I think Trader Joes sells ground almond meal that is really finely ground.
When you made them, it looks like you needed to maybe smooth them out on top before you baked them. You just dip your finger in a little water and smooth out the tops. To me, your cookies look fine like they have that right texture, they are a dry cookie, but they just looked a little lumpy and the water will take care of that.
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