Holiday Season of Chocolate 2022 #2, Chocolate Macarons make you relax your brain and touch to your heart! It is quite simple to make than you think and enjoy the most. Winter home kitchen is normally pretty dry, so it should be no problem to make puffy macarons, however you need to ground the blanched almond very fine powder (need to ground some powder sugar with it.) if you are trying to make almond powder from scrutch. Also, the egg whites should be at room temperature, so you need at least 30 minutes on the kitchen counter, if they were refrigerated. 

MACAROONS, CHOCOLATE

Recipe adapted and modified from Gourmet Magazine December 2001

Makes about 40 sandwich cookies

For Macaroons: 1⅓ cups (8oz./ 225g) whole blanched almonds, very fine ground or use almond flour 3 cups cups (13oz./350g) confectioners’ sugar ⅓ cup (30g) unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder 1 cup large egg whites (180g /from 6 whole eggs), at room temperature, must A pinch of salt A few drops of lemon juice 2 tablespoons granulated sugar

For Ganache filling: ⅔ cup (180g) heavy cream 2 tablespoons unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder 5 oz. (140g) bittersweet chocolate (65% to 70% cacao content), finely chopped ½ stick (2 oz./ 55g) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces

Equipment: a pastry bag fitted with a plain ¼-inch tip. Parchment paper

Preheat oven to 375° F(190°C) bake for about 10-112 minutes