Description
Delightfully sweet and elegant strawberry macarons, perfect for special occasions or gifts.
Ingredients
Scale
- 100 grams egg whites
- 100 grams white granulated sugar
- 105 grams almond flour
- 100 grams powdered sugar
- 5 grams freeze dried strawberry powder
- One drop of fuchsia food coloring
- 56 grams unsalted butter, softened
- 187.5 grams confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 30 grams freeze dried strawberry powder
- 2 to 4 tbsp milk or water, as needed
- 56 grams white chocolate
- 5 grams powdered freeze dried strawberries
Instructions
- Beat egg whites until foamy.
- Gradually add granulated sugar.
- Whip until stiff peaks form.
- Mix almond flour and powdered sugar.
- Sift the flour mixture into the egg whites.
- Fold gently until combined.
- Add strawberry powder and fuchsia food coloring.
- Transfer mixture to a piping bag.
- Pipe small circles onto a baking sheet.
- Let them sit for 30 minutes to form a shell.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 300°F for 15 minutes.
- Cool completely before removing from the sheet.
- Cream softened butter in a bowl.
- Gradually add sifted confectioners’ sugar.
- Mix in strawberry powder and milk or water.
- Melt white chocolate and cool slightly.
- Fold melted chocolate into the buttercream.
- Pipe buttercream onto half of the macaron shells.
- Top with the remaining shells to form sandwiches.
- Dust with powdered freeze dried strawberries to decorate.
Notes
Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Freeze unfilled shells for up to 1 month.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 macaron
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg