Chocolate Macaron

Ingredients

Serves: 10

• 1 pinch salt, to taste
• 3 egg whites
• 120g almond meal
• 1 cup (185g) icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• Chocolate Filling:
• 130g dark chocolate, cut into pieces
• 40g double cream
• 85g unsalted butter

Preparation method

Prep: 30 minutes | Cook: 13 minutes | Extra time: 30 minutes, resting

1.

Add a pinch of salt to egg whites in a bowl and whisk until stiff.

2.

In a bowl, mix the almond meal with the icing sugar and cocoa powder. Stir this mixture into the egg whites in several batches and whisk until smooth.

3.

Line a baking tray with baking paper.

4.

Pour the batter into a pastry bag. Pipe about a spoonful of batter onto the baking paper at regular intervals. Set aside for 30 minutes.

5.

Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C.

6.

Bake the macarons in the oven for 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.

7.

Add a teaspoon of chocolate filling on the flat side of a macaron, take a second macaron and put it on the filling. The 2 macarons will stick to the filling.

8.

Chocolate Filling: Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and stir in the double cream and butter. Mix well then cool.