{Pistachio icecream macarons}
Prep time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 10 min
Yield: 25-30 macarons
Ingredients
- For the shells:
- 90 gr egg whites (about 3), room temperature
- 30 gr granulated sugar
- 200 gr powdered sugar
- 110 gr powdered almonds
- green food colouring (powdered food colouring is the best option, about 1/2 tbsp)
- homemade pistachio icecream
For the filling:
Directions
- Prepare the macarons: in a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites to a foam, gradually add the sugar until you obtain a glossy meringue.
- Weight the powdered almond, powdered food colouring, and powdered sugar, and sieve it. This is an important step.
- Sieve again through a fine sieve, and add them to the meringue.
- Give it a quick fold to break some of the air and then fold the mass carefully until you obtain a batter that falls back on itself after counting to 10.
- Fill a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip (Ateco #807 or #809) with the batter and pipe small rounds (1.5 inches in diameter) onto parchment paper or silicone mats lined baking sheets. You can use this template, placing it under a paper parchment, so that all shells have the same size.
- When finished piping the macarons, remove little bubbles on shells surface by pinching them with a wooden skewer.
- Let the macarons sit out for 60 minutes to harden their shells a bit and bake them at 270º F for 10-12 minutes, depending on their size, and let cool.
- Once baked and if you are not using them right away, store them in an airtight container out of the fridge for a couple of days or in the freezer.
- To decorate them, I have used a stencil and food colouring spray
- To prepare the pistachio icecream, please follow the instructions on this post
- To make the sandwiches, spoon some ice cream onto flat side of each macaron. Top each with flat side of another macaron; press lightly; cover and freeze.
NOTES:
- Macaron recipe adapted from Tartelette
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Just wanted to thank you for so many delicious recipes. Great pictures also. I really really appreciate that you translate to US measurements and from your Spanish to English.
Divine! We love pistachio macaron and ice cream in our household 🙂
Wow these macaroons looks like little jewels…How could you even think of eating them? Lovely lovely lovely…they look so gourmet, Love the spray painting….love the colours..
Shobha
Thank you all 🙂
hello! i love your website!!! can i ask how you paint on the macaron? it looks so even like it was spray painted on!