Comments on: Macarons au chocolat et cointreau

By: Lady Macaron

Lady Macaron — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:25:22 +0000

Yuum cointreau sounds devilish with chocs. PH does have great recipes, I just got his Macaron book, was sold out last year, but ohhh im am having a ball following his recipes. Great post!

By: Sara - Piperita

Sara - Piperita — Thu, 17 May 2007 04:49:00 +0000

@Sue: in the meaning that you take an empty baking sheet and you place it under the one where you macaron are standing, so you have a double base…

By: sue

sue — Wed, 16 May 2007 17:58:00 +0000

absolutely love yr macaroons . Will try to bake then soon but i do not understand this verse- Pre-heat the oven at 250° C. Once is hot enough, place your baking sheet over another baking sheet.How do i place one sheet over another.
Will you be trying the coloured macs such as yellow or the pink ones.
rgds

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:10:00 +0000

Thanks… If thats the case, I will try find other fillings…
Anyway I should work out the shell first.. That will be my 10th tries! I am a poor baker..

By: Sara - Piperita

Sara - Piperita — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:08:00 +0000

@Eileen: I’m afraid that’s the right texture…

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 10:06:00 +0000

Thanks Sara, I will try it out again.. hope it will came out well…:)
Bt the way, have you try making buttercream filling for macarons?
I did try before but the taste is very weird and the texture is very airy .. hmm … very strange…

By: Sara - Piperita

Sara - Piperita — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:26:00 +0000

@Eileen: absolutely it does effect! Do not change proportion, or you will end up with something different! You can work on the filling if you want something less sweet, but not on the macaron proportion: patisserie is a precise science, after all!

By: Eileen

Eileen — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:57:00 +0000

Yum yum.. These macarons really makes me feel hungry..
I love macarons very much, and i also try to make them, out of 9 times i had make, only the 4th time came out perfect.. the rest either flat or no feet or very airy i still can’t figure out how i get it right for that one time…
After looking at your recipe which is slightly different with the folding method…I decide to try out again!!:)
But one question:
Do the amount of sugar affect the quailty? 160g sugar(do you mean icing sugar?)this is abit too sweet for me.. I normally uses 80g to 100g of sugar.

By: ooishigal

ooishigal — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:19:00 +0000

great idea!

By: avital

avital — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:52:00 +0000

i’m not a huge fan of macarons.. but i have to admit that yours are so gorgeous and above all are made with my 2 magic words: chocolate+cointreau, an orange liquor soooooooo good when associated with chocolate!! ti sono venuti benissimo!! grazie per la ricetta!