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Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Great article! Outside of Bordeaux, in a little town called St. Emilion, they have their own style of Macaron. It is like a very large, light, and airy cookie. It doesn't look like the Parisian because it lacks cream, and it isn't like the one in Aix because there is only a single layer. It comes in two or three flavors, I can't remember what they are, and they sprinkle it with slivered almonds.
That cookie is one of my fondest memories from living in France...I took a picture of it to remember it by!
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
I thought about this easy and quick recipe from Emeril, made with almond paste when I read the article. The wonderful Macarons above sound like it:
http://www.emerils.com/recipe/3050/Almond-Macaroons
A few weeks ago I made copies of a more complicated version - I hope I'll get around to it (I've got a pile of recipes and books I say this about):
Little luxuries - French macaroons
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/10/FD1I17CUG2.DTL#recipe
If anyone has recipes for cinnamon and vanilla, I'd appreciate them.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Does anybody have a recipe for something like this??
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Mee Mee bakery (http://www.meemeebakery.com/cookies.html) in San Francisco makes a Almond macaroon that looks similar..but I don't recall them being soft...however their chocolate bon bons are crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside...they are addictive. Great now I want some!
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
They are sold at the Calissoun booth at the Aix-en-Provence market. The exact location is in the link. Enjoy!
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Kerry, where abouts in Provence is this market? I'm dying to go there now!
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Crispy-chewy rustic macarons are also available in Paris, albeit slightly adorned. Sometimes – of course, not all the time – they have them at the magnificent Aurore-Capucine in the 10th. I have had orange and violet ones.
Once while ordering at Aurore-Capucine, with its hand-stamped business cards with the hours handwritten on the back (tuesday to saturday, 10 to 8), a woman in line asked me, “how do you know this address?” The truth is I found it when I was just wandering around on a Saturday afternoon.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
I don't usually read the author's name before I read the article, but I wasn't two sentences into this before I knew who had authored it.
Kerry, your writing makes me smile. Thanks.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
oooh I bet those are good! I have to say, I can appreciate a macaron sans any fancy fillings. I like to make chocolate macarons sprinkled with fleur de sel and eat them just as is - no ganache, no buttercream. The texture is so lovely and the flavor of just the macaron alone really comes through.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
sigh, these are my favorite. i've never bee able to find anything quite the same in the u.s.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
I love this article! I want some of these diminutive sexy cookies.
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
so great! such a delicious article to read in the morning!
now where can i find myself one of these gems in nyc?
Snapshots from the South of France: Rustic Macarons
Excellent piece. Glad to see the writing elevated here a bit.
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Great article! Outside of Bordeaux, in a little town called St. Emilion, they have their own style of Macaron. It is like a very large, light, and airy cookie. It doesn't look like the Parisian because it lacks cream, and it isn't like the one in Aix because there is only a single layer. It comes in two or three flavors, I can't remember what they are, and they sprinkle it with slivered almonds.
That cookie is one of my fondest memories from living in France...I took a picture of it to remember it by!