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Because Everything Is More Fun on a Stick: How to Make Macaron Pops
[Photograph: Bakerella] Want to make macarons look ever cuter? Put them on sticks. Like pies, the round shape lends itself well to lollipopification; unlike pies, most macarons are already the perfect size to be eaten off a stick. All you have to do is lay a stick in the filling before you stick the two macaron cookie halves together. Check out the recipes and photos at Tartlette and Bakerella for more guidance. [via @am3thyst] Related Introduction to French Macarons How to Make Macarons Macaron Glacé = Ice Cream Sandwich with Macarons and Gelato Blogwatch: Bakerella's VOTE Cake Pops...Photo of the Day: Smashed Macaron
[Flickr: mariannaf] Paris-based food blogger Marianna of Swirl and Scramble shot a series of photographs called BAM! featuring dainty macarons being smashed by not-so-dainty tools. I can almost hear the macarons screaming for help. Of course, if I got my hands on the macarons, they'd meet a similar fate in my mouth. Related Macaron Glacé = Ice Cream Sandwich with Macarons and Gelato Mitzy's Macarons From New Jersey: The Best Macarons Outside of Paris Macaron Week Round-Up...French Macarons Coming Soon to Starbucks
[Photographs: Robyn Lee] I've loved French macarons ever since 2006 when I spent a semester stuffing my face with them in Paris. Since then, they've slowly gained popularity in the U.S., but not to the point of being available in McCafés or regular supermarkets like I saw in Paris. However, they will soon be available at Starbucks—maybe American domination isn't too far away. The 12-piece macaron boxes made in France by Château Blanc will only be sold for a limited time, from December 13 until December 25. The Serious Eats office got a box of the macarons to try before they hit the shops....Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
"Between the two cookie halves was no cream, no chocolate, no jam. It just was what it was. And it was perfect." I never knew it before, but the macaron is a lot like Eliza Doolittle. Imagine you met Miss Doolittle at the end of My Fair Lady, when she can talk, dress, and dance like all of the other society girls. It is in this altered, Pygmalion state that I first encountered the macaron, a two-bite cookie gem, in Paris. All you see is the polish. You have no idea that this girl, or this cookie, has an underside anything other than pure luxury, hauteur, entitlement. But indeed, you are mistaken. There is much that you do not know....Ketchup Macarons, a Savory French/American Snack
Photograph by David Lebovitz If you think these macarons are raspberry flavored, don't bite into them just yet; they're filled with ketchup and cornichon-flavored filling. Pastry chef David Lebovitz makes Pierre Hermé's ketchup macarons with pretty good results. "The taste wasn't bad and I could imagine these as a savory-sweet hors d'œuvre, rather than for dessert—which I think is what they're intended for," says Lebovitz. He shares the recipe in his post, but you can find this recipe and more in Hermé's French book, Macaron. Related The Best Pastry Class Ever, Taught by Pierre Hermé Mitzy's Macarons From New Jersey: The Best Macarons Outside of Paris Macaron Week Round-Up...Valentine's Day Giveaway: Macarons from Itzy Bitzy Patisserie
We first tried Mitzy Budiono's French macarons last September before her macarons were even on the market. Since then we've watched Budiono's business grow as she established Itzy Bitzy Patisserie and started selling macarons at the Brooklyn Flea and Tafu in New York City. This week, for the first time, she is offering overnight shipping so macaron lovers around the country can enjoy her creations. For Valentine's Day, Budiono is offering a box of a dozen macarons with two of each of her February flavors, plus an additional non-macaron treat, to two Serious Eats members. February's flavors are Champagne, chocolate strawberry, chocolate hazelnut, coffee, Earl Grey, and houjicha. If you want to buy her macarons at her website, mention...Killer Macarons on the Magnificent Mile
View larger map Macarons, two airy meringue half domes glued together with creamy filling, always seemed the province of dainty ladies who lunch. Unable to jet off to Pierre Hermé, the wonderful sweets boutique in Paris, on a moment’s notice, I figured that’s just how they’d remain. Chicago, despite its many sugary accomplishments (including the apple fritter from Old Fashion Donut that's as big as my curly blond afro or the soothing Cake and Shake dessert of Mindy Segal at Hot Chocolate) is not a macaron capital. To my knowledge, outside of a few mignardise trays at the four-star level, no one really made a decent one. Then a couple of weeks ago, Andres Lara, pastry chef of NoMi, launched...A Look at the Macaron Class at L'Atelier des Chefs in London
Photograph by Su-Lin on Flickr London-based food blogger and Serious Eats community member Su-Lin shares her experience at last weekend's L'Aterlier de Chefs' macaron class on her blog, Tamarind and Thyme. Considering how prefect the macarons came out, it seems like a good class. She includes some macaron-making tips, such as banging the trays with the piped-out batter to get rid of the air bubbles and letting the batter dry out before putting the trays into the oven. I did neither of these things when I made my first batch of slightly malformed macarons, which explains a lot. Learn how to make your own macarons with our macaron recipe. And if you don't know what this "macaron" thing is,...The Latest in Pierre Herme's World of Macarons
I've never been a fan of wasabi—it gives me the sensation that my nasal passages are on fire—but if anyone could make it taste good, it'd be master French pastry chef, Pierre Hermé. Wasabi-flavored macarons are a part of his fall pastry line, found at his shops in Paris and Tokyo. He just opened a new shop last month in Paris at 4 rue Cambon, in case Parisians need another reason to get to Pierre Hermé (not that they should). Can't get to his shops in Paris or Japan? Maybe you can get some help from his recently released macaron recipe book, Macaron. It's available at amazon.fr for €28.41 ($39.22). Related Introduction to French Macarons Where to Find Macarons...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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