Just finished making my macarons for this weekend’s Farmer’s market. While making my crunchy chocolate souffle flavor, I had some leftover macaron batter that wouldn’t exactly fit on a full tray so I decided to experiment with bigger macarons.
The above macaron is about 7cm and made with the Italian Meringue. Normally, for this method, you [...]
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Random thoughts about macarons and other sweet stuff
October 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Chocolate, Macaron Chronicles, Pies and Tarts
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The French Housewife’s Chocolate Mousse
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Macaron Chronicles VII: And the saga continues
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Chocolate macarons frequently do not taste like macarons because of the cocoa powder. the solution is to use melted unsweetened chocolate in your Italian Meringue.
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If you like crumbly chocolate cookies…
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Friends, you have to bear with me a bit longer as every post my keyboard types out seem to be of the French pastry demi-god. By this time I don’t think I even need to mention his name. Maybe I…
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Bouchon Redux
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There are recipes you make once and then there are those that you couldn’t leave well enough alone. When I first made Thomas Keller’s chocolate bouchons, all I had were big 3-ounce timbale molds from Sur la Table. This chocolate…
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When the wind blows…
March 8th, 2008 · 18 Comments · Chocolate
The wind has been blustery today in Richmond, Va. Gusts up to 55 mph have me cowering at home, almost believing that something was going to fly into the window any minute. Not to mention that it had been raining…
