Gorgeous Macarons - Real Recipes from Mums

Delicious macarons! Your measuring must be precise for success. Remember these are tricky and practice makes perfect!

Ingredients (makes 20 macarons)

39ml water
128.5 g caster sugar
128g almond meal
128g icing sugar
50g egg whites
50g egg whites
30g castor sugar
dash white vinegar
cup of each desired fillings - Nutella, chocolate ganache etc
assortment gel food dyes

Method

Mix 1 - SYRUP. Combine the water and caster sugar and heat to 115 - 125 degrees to reduce moisture and create a sugar syrup.
Mix 2 - PASTE. Combine the almond meal, icing sugar and egg whites in a clean bowl. Using a spatula to remove all lumps and create a smooth paste.
Mix 3 - MERINGUE. In a mixing bowl add all of the egg whites on a high speed once it is slightly foamy, add a dash of white vinegar, then add all of the sugar.
Once the syrup is at the correct temperature, add to the meringue mixture on high speed. Once the heat is reached and the air has dropped out of the mixture, it should look silky and thick. Add meringue mixture into the almond paste bowl. Mix well until everything is combined.
Add the colours you wish and mix until combined. Place immediately in piping bag. Pipe disks and place in oven.
Cook for 7 minutes on 154 degrees and then reduce to 150 degrees and cook for a further two minutes. (IMPORTANT TO BE PRECISE).
Once the shells have cooled, match up pairs and pipe your desired fillings!

68 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 23 Apr 2022
    8:06 am
They look amazing but as the recipie says that they are tricky means I wont tempt it. I cant stand waste and i would hate to give them a try and waste ingredients.

- - Frankiielot said
  - 30 Nov 2021
    1:06 am
How gorgeous are the galaxy looking ones?!
I’ve always been scared to try and make macarons at home as I went to a macaron school and they said a lot of people who try and make them fail because they aren’t able to rise properly due to over mixing.

- - tessie said
  - 29 Jun 2021
    11:04 am
I love the colourful swirls of the macaroons. Not sure I could do such a great job though.

- - shanika said
  - 24 Jun 2021
    12:37 pm
Lovely blue and purple colours on them.

- - littlehandsofmine said
  - 23 Jun 2021
    10:28 am
I love the swirls of colours. That is so creative and looks so hard to do. Looks amazing.

- - rovermum said
  - 23 Jun 2021
    10:20 am
These look fantastic. I don’t make them as they’re too tempting, but I do like to eat them when I’m out!

- - mummabear said
  - 22 Jun 2021
    8:33 pm
These look so great!!! Cool colours

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 22 Jun 2021
    8:54 am
How beautiful! I don’t know that I’d have the skills to get them this nice!

- - mom319655 said
  - 22 Jun 2021
    6:55 am
These sound easy to make and I have wanted to try them for so long
Thankyou for the recipe

- - Mrs.twinmama said
  - 21 Jun 2021
    8:45 pm
Very pretty. Looks great for a party

- - mom363826 said
  - 21 Jun 2021
    8:45 pm
Wow these look fab! They sound tricky though!

- - Gracey said
  - 21 Jun 2021
    8:44 pm
These look beautiful!! A bit too tricky for me though and I don’t think I could be sure oven was on 154.. I think I’ll buy my macaroons and be envious of your skills from afar

- - Zmijka86 said
  - 21 Jun 2021
    8:07 pm
I love the colour on them. Well done

- - tessie said
  - 23 Jul 2018
    10:19 am
These look amazing.

- - youngoldlady said
  - 17 Jul 2018
    8:35 pm
Ok just read it again, that is confusing it has 50 g egg white twice. Could this be a mistake?
- rachel1970 replied
  
  18 Jul 2018 , 6:41 am
  No it’s not. One lot of egg whites goes in the almond meal to make a paste, the other lot is used to make the meringue. Very different to my recipe, I can’t wait to try it out.
- - maddisonmelkie@gmail.com said
  - 30 Nov 2017
    12:44 pm
Wow the look amazing that looks like who ever made them was very talented!

- - ella12 said
  - 09 May 2017
    4:41 pm
They look lovely but 50 egg whites – whoa!
- youngoldlady replied
  
  17 Jul 2018 , 8:33 pm
  Read the recipe it says 50 grams of egg white, that is maybe 2-3 egg whites.
- - Melissa89 said
  - 30 Jul 2016
    4:56 pm
So colourful!

- - Nas01 said
  - 09 Jun 2016
    10:27 am
These look absolutely delicious.im terrible at making macaroons.

- - sharna_booth_weinrowski said
  - 29 May 2016
    8:39 am
how amazing these look!
I would love to try and recreate these!