Lemon Macarons

Brighten your hateful solar daytime amongst these delicious Lemon Macarons decorated amongst a few brushstrokes of purplish icing together with sprinkles to assist usher inwards the foremost warm days of spring.

Darn groundhog. I know he’s non ofttimes right amongst his prognostications, together with manifestly he can’t command the weather, together with who listens to a rodent-forecaster anyway? The reckon of some other calendar month of wintertime is variety of depressing but thankfully I don’t intend it’s going to happen. We convey a yard total of fatty American robins enjoying grouping meet-ups, solid unit of measurement reunions, foremost dates, worm earthworks adventures together with plans for novel nests, eggs together with infant birds to come. The trees are starting to bud, together with we’re only a calendar month away from the boundary equinox. Doesn’t all that audio lovely? We actually don’t need, or want, to a greater extent than wintertime weather! It’s been a grayness wintertime hither inwards Virginia filled amongst blustery winds, bouts of mutual depression temperature together with flu, together with straight off the refreshing rainy days of early on boundary convey arrived. I intend Punxsutawney Phil was wrong. Again. Spring must last only around the corner!

 

It had been such a long fourth dimension since I made macarons, I reckon I’d celebrate our foremost days of spring-like atmospheric condition amongst daisies together with the light, vivid season of lemons. Once in ane lawsuit again I turned to my favorite Italian method of making macarons. To me, it’s a much to a greater extent than forgiving than the French method for making these wonderful petty meringue cookies. The batter doesn’t deflate every bit easily every bit the French mixture together with I can’t say the divergence inwards the flavor, texture or appearance.

 

In early on 2014, I shared a post for Raspberry Macarons with lots of tips together with how-to’s for the first-time macaron maker. Then inwards 2015, I published some other post for Easter egg decorated Macarons amongst White Chocolate-Mint Ganache (pictured above) amongst details together with photos nearly making these cookies using the Italian method. Both posts may assist inwards your bespeak for the perfect macaron recipe. I’ve made several other macarons over the years but experience these 2 posts may assist you lot the most. The to a greater extent than you lot read nearly making macarons, the easier it volition be. They are a elementary cookie to make, if you lot follow the rules. Never build macarons on rainy days or days amongst high-humidity, together with never, ever, e'er add together anything to the batter. I move along to campaign together with defy this rule, but amongst no luck whatsoever.

 

Macarons are a pretty sugariness cookie, thus select a filling that’s non over-the-top sugary.

Dark chocolate ganache is a slap-up alternative for a filling but doesn’t await real pretty on a calorie-free together with vivid daisy covered yellowish macaron. White chocolate ganache industrial plant good too, only last certain to role real practiced character white chocolate every bit the season varies greatly from build to brand. For this lemon filling, I made a buttercream frosting heavy on the cream cheese together with butter, together with used enough of crystalized lemon to add together tartness.  You tin play amongst the ratios if you lot don’t dearest the consistency past times adding to a greater extent than powdered sugar, but in ane lawsuit again caution against making a super sugariness filling.

 

True Citrus crystalized lemon is a natural production I of late wrote nearly inwards a post for our favorite Lemon Coolers. This unsweetened production adds thus much intense lemon season without watering downwards the filling, it was the perfect alternative for this macaron filling. If you lot don’t convey True Lemon available to you, role fresh lemon juice, lemon zest or a pocket-size amount of lemon extract. I hope it volition nonetheless last delicious.

 

 

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Lemon Macarons

Prep Time

30 mins

Cook Time

12 mins

Total Time

42 mins

 

Delicious Italian macarons decorated amongst a few brushstrokes of purplish icing together with sprinkles

Course:

Cookie

Servings: 32 filled cookies

Author: Tricia

Ingredients

For the batter:

• 
  150
  grams
  almond meal, sifted twice, weighed subsequently sifting
  


• 
  150
  grams
  powdered sugar, sifted
  


• 
  55
  grams
  egg whites, aged overnight at room temperature
  

For the meringue:

• 
  150
  grams
  granulated sugar
  


• 
  40
  grams
  water
  


• 
  55
  grams
  egg whites, aged overnight at room temperature
  

For the lemon filling:

• 
  4
  ounces
  unsalted butter, room temperature
  


• 
  4
  ounces
  cream cheese, room temperature
  


• 
  1
  cup
  powdered saccharide (more of less for desired consistency)
  


• 
  2-3
  (.08g) packages True Lemon crystals
  

Extras:

• 
  gel nutrient color, if using
  


• 
  royal icing together with sprinkles for decorating
  

Instructions

To build the macarons:

1. 
   

   Prepare 2 sheets of parchment newspaper to fit a large rim-less baking sheet. To ensure consistent sized cookies, delineate a pocket-size biscuit cutter or shot drinking glass (about 1 1/4-inches inwards diameter) on the parchment newspaper every bit a template together with thus plough it over earlier pipping on the batter. Prepare a pastry purse fitted amongst a large circular tip. Set aside. Each slice of parchment should agree nearly thirty rounds.

   
   


2. 
   

   In a large mixing bowl, sift together the almond repast together with powdered sugar. Make a good inwards the middle together with add together 55 grams of egg whites. Fold the mixture together amongst a spatula until it becomes a thick, paste-like batter. Set aside.

   
   


3. 
   

   Place the remaining 55 grams of egg whites inwards the large mixing bowl of a stand upwards mixer fitted amongst the whisk attachment. Set aside.

   
   


4. 
   

   In a pocket-size to medium saucepan, combine the granulated saccharide together with H2O over medium heat. Stir until the saccharide is dissolved. Attach a candy thermometer to the pan together with estrus to 225 degrees. Once the syrup reaches 225 degrees, plough on the stand upwards mixer together with trounce the egg whites on high.

   
   


5. 
   

   Continue to trounce the egg whites piece cooking the syrup until it reaches 239 degrees. You wishing the meringue to last at soft peak phase thus if it reaches that earlier the syrup reaches 239 degrees, plough the mixer downwards to low. Once the syrup reaches 239 degrees take it from the estrus together with piece of cake pour the syrup into the egg whites piece the mixer is running on low. Try to current the syrup straight into the whites unopen to the side of the bowl thus it won't cool likewise quickly.

   
   


6. 
   

   Once all the syrup has been added, whip on high for ane minute, together with thus cut back the speed to depression together with move along beating until the bowl has cooled slightly together with glossy rigid peaks convey formed.

   
   


7. 
   

   Add one-half the meringue to the cookie batter, gently folding until combined together with somewhat smooth. Add one-half the remaining meringue to the batter (and whatever nutrient color if using) together with gently bend until incorporated. Finally add together the remaining meringue together with bend together until the batter is smooth. To exam the consistency, pick upwards the spatula together with if the batter ribbons dorsum into the bowl, it is ready. It should last similar lava blending dorsum into itself subsequently nearly a minute. If the batter is nonetheless likewise thick, bend amongst the spatula a few to a greater extent than turns, together with thus exam again. Continue until smoothen but non deflated.

   
   


8. 
   

   Preheat oven to 300 degree.

   
   


9. 
   

   Fill the prepared pastry purse amongst the macaron batter. Pipe the batter onto the prepared parchment newspaper rounds, but do non fill upwards completely. The batter volition spread a chip thus alone fill upwards each circular nearly two-thirds full. Once the foremost canvass is filled rap the pan on the counter transcend a few times to rupture whatever air bubbles trapped inwards the cookie. Rotate the pan together with rap again. If using a rim-less baking sheet, you lot tin straight off slide the parchment onto the counter-top to residue for 30-60 minutes which allows a difficult outer shell to form. If you lot don't convey a rimless baking sheet, you lot volition ask 2 prepared pans. 

   
   


10. 
    

    Bake the cookies for 12-14 minutes (depending on size) or until you lot tin gently elevator the cookie off the parchment coming away clean. If the transcend separates from the bottom, they are non ready. Watch the cookies carefully every bit you lot don't wishing them to brown, only laid upwards until set.

    
    


11. 
    

    Remove the entire canvass of parchment, amongst cookies intact, to a wire rack to cool. Once completely cooled, separate the cookies into pairs amongst others of similar size, together with thus pipage ane side amongst the desired filling.

    
    

To build the filling:

1. 
   

   In a pocket-size mixing bowl, trounce together the butter together with cream cheese until blended. Add the powdered saccharide together with lemon crystals if using. Blend until combined. Scoop into a piping purse fitted amongst a circular tip. Pipe filling onto the apartment side of ane cookie, together with thus transcend amongst a matching size cookie, apartment side to the filling. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Allow cookies to residue fifteen minutes at room temperature earlier serving. Macarons are best a hateful solar daytime or 2 subsequently beingness made.

   
   

To decorate amongst flowers or daisies:

1. 
   

   Make a pocket-size batch of purplish icing using the recipe on the Wilton Meringue Powder container. Transfer a heaping tablespoon of purplish icing to a pocket-size finger bowl. Cover the remaining icing amongst a damp towel until needed. Using a pocket-size food-safe brush, decorate the tops of the macarons amongst flowers, designs and/or sprinkles every bit desired. Allow the icing to dry out completely earlier storing inwards an airtight container.

   
   

Recipe Notes

• If you lot can't notice True Lemon crystals, substitute 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, together with the zest of 1 lemon. You tin also campaign using 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract inwards house of the crystals if desired.


• True Lemon is made from crystalized lemon, amongst no added sugar, or preservatives. It tin last institute nigh the artificial sweeteners inwards the baking aisle of most grocery stores. Don't confuse this amongst the True Lemon Lemonade mix.


• Pre-measure all ingredients earlier beginning


• Read over all directions (multiple times) earlier commencement to ensure you lot sympathize the menses of the recipe.

 

Special Equipment you lot ask to build macarons:

• A digital scale amongst grams


• Candy thermometer


• A stand upwards mixer is easiest 


• Sifter / sieve


• Parchment paper


• Piping bags (2) amongst large circular champaign tip 


• Gel nutrient color


• Cookie or biscuit cutter or shot drinking glass for measurement 1 1/4-inch rounds


• Food condom brushes for decorating

 

 Here are some of my favorite tools used when making these macarons:

   

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Tricia

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