How can something so sweet, so teenie tiny be so stinking terrifying?
Seriously I have been wanting to make these macarons for ever but have always been to scared. Which is silly, it’s just egg whites and sugar really . . . what’s so scary about that?
Scary delicious, yes but scary, scary . . . not really sure why but I. was. terrified!
Big time!!!
Finally, I decided to suck it up . . . I pulled out my apron, assembled ingredients, took a deeeeeeeeeep breath and gave it a red hot go.
Umm winner, winner chicken dinner!
Honestly these macarons are insane.
Insanely delicious with their crunchy chocolately shell, soft chewy centre and then theres the salted caramel filling . . .
oh.my.word . . . YES!
and not at all scary, difficult or tricky to make. You. Can. Do. It.
Totally worth it – totally!
Embrace the fear people, its only egg whites and sugar after all . . .
what’s the worst that can happen?
Chocolate Macarons with Salted Caramel {Dulce De Leche}
Ingredients –
Makes 25 individual Macarons (12.5 sandwiches)
55g (3/4 cup) Almond meal (ground almonds)
8g (1 1/2 Tbsp) Cocoa powder
100g (1cup) Icing sugar
55g egg whites (from approx 1 1/2 eggs)
15g (1 Tbsp) granulated sugar
A pinch of Cream of tartar
Dulce De Leche
Salt FlakesMethod –
Into the bowl/jug of a blender place the almond meal (ground almonds),
icing sugar
and cocoa powder
and pulse until just combined. Set aside.
In a medium size bowl place egg whites
and whisk until foamy.
Add the pinch of cream of tartar
and whisk until soft peaks form.
Sprinkle in granulated sugar
and whisk until you have stiff peaks.
Sift almond meal/cocoa mix into egg whites
and gently fold until well combined.
Pour batter into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (if you don’t have a piping bag you can just use a large zip lock bag and snip off one corner.
Line 2 baking trays with baking/parchment paper and pipe circles approx 1 inch in size and also 1 inch apart.
Allow to sit a room temperature for about an hour, until a crust forms. The macarons should no longer be sticky to touch.
Preheat oven to 140’C (275″F)
Bake for 15-18 mins, until they rise slightly.
Allow to cool on baking sheets.
Once completely cool match macarons up into pairs of similar sizes as best you can, make a little production line on whatever surface you like . . . I went with my wire rack . . . no idea why . . . it felt good at the time?
Top one half of each macaron pair with a teaspoon of Dulce De Leche.
Smooth the delicious mound of caramel out with either the back of a spoon or knife.
Sprinkle on a pinch of salt flakes
and top with a macaron of similar size . . .
MmmmMM holy bite size deliciousness batman.
Enjoy 🙂
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Printable Version –
Chocolate Macarons with Salted Caramel {Dulce De Leche}
Ingredients –
Makes 25 individual Macarons (12.5 sandwiches)55g (3/4 cup) Almond meal (ground almonds)
8g (1 1/2 Tbsp) Cocoa powder
100g (1cup) Icing sugar
55g egg whites (from approx 1 1/2 eggs)
15g (1 Tbsp) granulated sugar
A pinch of Cream of tartar
Dulce De Leche
Salt FlakesMethod –
Into the bowl/jug of a blender place the almond meal (ground almonds), icing sugar and cocoa powder and pulse until just combined. Set aside.
In a medium size bowl place egg whites and whisk until foamy.
Add the pinch of cream of tartar and whisk until soft peaks form.
Sprinkle in granulated sugar and whisk until you have stiff peaks.
Sift almond meal/cocoa mix into egg whites and gently fold until well combined.
Pour batter into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip (if you don’t have a piping bag you can just use a large zip lock bag and snip off one corner.
Line 2 baking trays with baking/parchment paper and pipe circles approx 1 inch in size and also 1 inch apart.
Allow to sit a room temperature for about an hour, until a crust forms. The macarons should no longer be sticky to touch.
Preheat oven to 140’C (275″F) and bake for 15-18 mins, until they rise slightly.
Allow to cool on baking sheets.
Once completely cool match macarons up into pairs of similar sizes as best you can, make a little production line on whatever surface you like . . . I went with my wire rack . . . no idea why . . . it felt good at the time?
Top one half of each macaron pair with a tsp of Dulce De Leche. Smooth the delicious mound of caramel out with either the back of a spoon or knife.
Sprinkle on a pinch of salt flakes and top with a macaron of similar size . . . MmmmMM holy bite size deliciousness batman.
Enjoy 🙂
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Nutritional Info (approx per Macaron with filling) obtained using fatsecret.com –
Cal – 106
Fat – 4.3
Carbs – 8g
Protein – 2g
Fiber – 1
Nutritional Info (approx per Macaron only – no filling) obtained using fatsecret.com –
Cal – 37
Fat –1.8 g
Carbs – 1.2g
Protein – 1g
Fiber – 0.4
Nutritional Info (approx per serve of Dulce De Leche only) obtained using fatsecret.com –
Cal – 32
Fat – 0.3
Carbs – 6g
Protein – 1g
Fiber – 0
