Well, they certainly don’t look like these, but they’ll do. Practically perfect.
Katey and I (mostly Katey) made these blue macaroons with chocolate ganache last night, and they were successful except that I accidentally grabbed milk chocolate chips and the ganache totally didn’t work. I left a bowl of it out overnight and it kind of hardened, making this photo possible but not really lending anything to the taste.
Determined to try again, I made chocolate macaroons with peanut butter filling tonight, all by myself. It was nerve-wracking. Every time I thought it wouldn’t work, it would. And these are what I came up with:
Cute, huh?
Here’s the recipe I used. I figure you can’t go wrong with Martha, right? But I think there’s a lot of room for improvement and I need a couple more tools (a better pastry bag attachment, for example) in order to make them perfect. I’ll probably be bringing future variations to an event sooner or later… maybe yours?
agnes
August 31, 2010
i thought martha’s macaroon guidelines were TERRIBLE. but i’m a snob. have many tales of trial & error to share with you if you care to continue this tasty fascination further. also many tips on ganache, as i am up to my elbows in it every day. GOSH they’re always just so damn cute, aren’t they? xo.