Peach & Ginger Macarons

Peach & Ginger Macarons
Shells adapted from Tartelette's recipe
Filling recipe by Dragon

Spring is here and my thoughts have returned to all things Macaron. I wanted to play with the colours and flavours that remind me of Spring. This macaron is a gorgeous pale yellow shell with a lovely peach and ginger cream filling. I can feel the sunshine just looking at them. Can't you? Enjoy!

Makes: 24

Ingredients:
For the macaron shells:
2/3 cup (75 gr) ground almonds
1 1/2 cup (150 gr) powdered sugar
3 large egg whites
5 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 drops yellow food colouring

For the filling:
4oz package of cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cup to 2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons Peach jam
2 tablespoons Stem Ginger marmalade

Prepare the macarons:

1. In a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites to a foam, gradually add the sugar, vanilla, food colouring until you obtain a glossy meringue. Do not overbeat your meringue or it will be too dry.

2. Place the almonds and powdered sugarin a food processor and give them a good pulse until the nuts are finely ground. Sift the mixture and add it to the meringue, give it a quick fold to break some of the air and then fold the mass carefully until you obtain a batter that falls back on itself after counting to 10.

3. Give quick strokes at first to break the mass and slow down. The whole process should not take more than 50 strokes. Test a small amount on a plate: if the tops flattens on its own you are good to go. If there is a small beak, give the batter a couple of turns.

4. Fill a pastry bag with the batter and pipe small rounds (1.5 inches in diameter) onto parchment paper or silicone mats lined baking sheets. Preheat the oven to 350F. Let the macarons sit out for 30 minutes to an hour to harden their shells a bit and bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on their size. Let cool.

5. For the filling: Beat together softened butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the jam and marmalade. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until you get the desire consistency.

6. To assemble the macarons, pipe or spoon some of the filling in the center of one shell and top with another one.

These Macarons are part of this month's MacTweet round up in celebration of Macaron Day on March 20th. Go check out the other amazing Macarons!

13 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

Those macarons are marvelous! I love that choice of flavors!

Cheeres,

Rosa

Patsyk said...

so pretty and definitely spring-like!

Joy said...

Your macarons are definitely spring-y! And what interesting choice of flavors -- sounds yummy!

Deeba PAB said...

OH PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY! Yes, they are dragon's own, and I love the choice of fresh flavours! Very very nice!

Ana Powell said...

Wow, so sweet and pretty.
Awesome work x

Peter M said...

Me thinks you're confidence in making macarons is full-on...glorious!

NKP said...

You are amazing. They look perfect!

copper apron sink said...

What an interesting choice of flavoers! Those macarons look so delicious!

Kerstin said...

What a lovely spring treat - your macarons look perfect!

Elle said...

Pure Springtime awesomeness. :)

Marv Woodhouse said...

These are really interesting flavour combinations... They look fantastic! Well done!

Patty said...

What a perfect spring dessert, thanks for posting I can't wait to try it out!

Bonnie said...

Beautiful colors and love the flavor profile.

 
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