Looking for home-econ recipes and happened to see this recipe and yes it really looks good.
Strawberry macaroons(:
number of macaroons made:~25
total time needed;30mins
ingredients you need:
-50 ground almonds
-140g icing sugar
-2 large egg whites
-i tbsp caster sugar
-pink food colouring paste
-3 tbsp strawberry jam
1(:preheat the oven to 190 degree celcius.line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2(:sieve the ground almonds and icing sugar together in a large bowl.put the egg whites into a separate bowl,and using a whisk beat to soften peaks.add the caster sugar and continue whisking until glossy.fold into the almond and icing sugar mixture.along with a very small amount of pink food colouring.mix until just combined and evenly pink.the mixture would reduce as the air bubbles in the meringue burst.
3(:put the mixture into a disposable piping bag.snip off 1cm from the end.pipe small blobs onto the baking paper.spaced apart so that you have 50 in total.set aside for 10mins to dry.bake again for another 4 minutes.remove from the oven and cool.
4(:peel off the baking paper from the macaroons.then sandwich 2 together with a tiny blob of strawberry jam in the centre.repeat until you get 25 macaroons.
