Elle & Vire Recipes
by Nicolas Boussin Executive Pastry Chef at La Maison de l'Excellence Savencia® Best Pastry Craftsman in France

Recipe Macaroons with Fresh Mediterranean Flavours

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Ingredient list
Macaroon mixture
300 g almond powder
300 g icing sugar
110 g egg whites
110 g egg whites
30 g sugar
100 g water
grated white chocolate
lime zests
300 g sugar
Lemon jelly
250 g pear puree
200 g lemon pulp
150 g water
25 g lemon peel
7 g ground thyme
250 g sugar
20 g dextrose
13 g pectin NH
Cream garnish
400 g Original american cream cheese 34% fat
100 g whole milk
100 g Excellence whipping cream 35% fat
150 g white couverture chocolate
8 g gelatine
Elle & Vire products used

The recipe,
step by step

  1. 1

    Macaroon mixture

    Mix the icing sugar and the ground almonds together. Heat 300 g of sugar and the water to 110°C and pour onto the egg whites (A) that have been warmed and lightly whisked with 30 g of sugar. Continue whisking until almost completely cool. Fold in the ground almonds and icing sugar, add the egg whites (B), and work the mixture until smooth and shiny. Pipe macaroons onto a silicon mat using a 10 mm nozzle. Sprinkle over the lime zest and grated white chocolate. Bake in a fan-assisted oven at 150°C for approximately 12 mn, with the releasing valve open. Transfer to a cooling rack, leave to cool before detaching the macaroons.
  2. 2

    Lemon jelly

    Bring the water to the boil and infuse with the ground thyme and lemon zest. Add the lemon pulp and pear puree. Mix the pectin with a little sugar and add. Bring to the boil then add the dextrose and remaining sugar. Heat to 52°C, using a refractometer. Set aside.
  3. 3

    Cream garnish

    Bring the milk and the cream to the boil. Add the gelatine, which has been softened in water, pour onto the white chocolate couverture then gradually add the cream cheese. Refrigerate to set then beat until of the desired consistency.
  4. 4

    Assembly

    Spread the cream onto the flat side of the macaroon, add a dot of jelly in the middle and cover with a second macaroon.

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A few words about the author…

Nicolas Boussin

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