Sunday, June 6, 2010

Chocolate Macarons - P & Q

14 comments:

  1. Excited to make these.. :)
    I will not be working all summer..so i hope i do a better job at following everyone.I tried to (finally) get to everyone's blog for the blinis.

    i guess i should host a month?..

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  2. I am so excited that I'll finally be trying macarons this month! Right now, I'm on vacation but I wanted you all to have a few links that I think are good:

    I don't have my book with me so I don't know if we're making French or Italian meringue macarons, but here's a great, detailed post on French meringue macs:
    http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2010/04/macarons-101-french-meringue.html

    Here is the corresponding post on Italian meringue macarons:
    http://notsohumblepie.blogspot.com/2010/02/macaron-101-italian-meringue-part-2.html

    Here is the quintessential Tartlette 101 on macarons:
    http://dl.dropbox.com/u/546793/Demystifying%20Macarons%20-%20Desserts%20Magazine.pdf

    They scared the heck out of me when I read them but I'm going to make them anyway! I hope you'll join me...it will be a blast!

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  3. I am excited to try these. The ganache sounds great too.

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  4. Watch the oven temp and time...my first batch got a bit scorched on the bottoms. And, I made half a batch and ended up with close to 50 cookies. Guess I piped them too small? I thought they were quarter sized. :)

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  5. thanks susan! great tip..I will be baking mine this week :)

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  6. I did not get a chance to make my macarons ...(yet) However, I did bake Charlie's chocolate pudding cake..on page 174..and it was rich and delicious ! :)_

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  7. Is it possible to halve this recipe when it calls for nine eggs? There are just the two of us so I am sure we do not need 50 of these! help anyone?

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  8. i'm sure you could.. I am not making a full recipe!

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  9. Peggy, I don't see why not (but they do last for at least a week in the fridge). One egg white weighs 1.05 ounces/30 grams. You could crack enough eggs to get the weight of egg whites you need.

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  10. Hello Ladies! I just wasn't meant to make these this month. It's 96 degrees here with a heat index of 105. I am just not sure about these in this weather, it's humid, too. Besides that I have a nasty virus on my computer. Also, think I am making a quick trip to KC tomorrow to see my 91 year old father who is in the hospital. Can't wait to see everyone's posts on these. I will make them when the "tides" are more in my favor!

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  11. Take Care Julie! Hope everything works out well with your family .

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  12. Julie, Take care-my prayers are with you for your father.

    And fellow Francois followers, sorry my post is going to be a few days late..Sandy

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  13. I am regretting not making these last week! I'm going to make these but will be about a week late. Sorry!

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  14. Finally finished my macarons ! And I promise to be more timely with this month's recipe !
    Sandy
    PS that recipe makes a ton of macarons !!

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