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Macaron Milieu

Photos from Behind the Scene

The Process - Start to Finish

egg whites

First I separate my egg whites

measuring granulated sugar

I weigh all my ingredients, including granulated sugar

Sift dry ingredients

I sift the dry ingredients

Dry ingredients to the side

sifting ensures there are no lumps

wet ingredients

Next, I get everything ready to make the meringue

whipping egg whites

I use a hand mixer to whip up the egg whites

adding sugar

While mixing, I slowly add in sugar a little at a time

add gel color

I only need to add a little gel food coloring

mix in color

I make sure I get the color I want and if needed, I will add more color

add dry ingredients

I dump all the dry ingredients into the wet

folding in (macaronage)

Carefully, I fold in the dry ingredients

folding 2

It takes patience and experience to know how much to mix

folding 3

I want to reach ribbon or lava-like consistency

prep piping bag

Once I reach the proper consistency, I prep the batter by putting it in a piping bag

baking tray prep

I get my baking trays ready by putting parchment paper on them

piping

I do my best to ensure the circles I pipe are consistent in shape and size

piping 2

I make sure there is enough space between macarons so they don't touch

before banging trays

After all the macarons are piped, I bang the tray on the counter or bang the bottom of the tray to smooth out the macarons and get rid of any bubbles

after banging tray

This is what they look like after banging and before baking

go in oven

Now they're ready to go in the oven

in oven

I bake them at a specific temperature for a specific time and those temperatures/times vary oven to oven

out of oven

This is what they look like right after taking them out of the oven

prep filling

Here I am starting to make the filling. The filling for this batch is cake batter

mix filling

Using a hand mixer, I combine the butter with the dry ingredients in the filling

filling before sprinkles

This is what it looks like once I achieve the texture I want

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