Coal Macarons
Coal macarons for kids who have been bad this Christmas!
Posted by Cat Morley
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I wanted to make a naughty or nice macaron tree for our Christmas party, so I made white chocolate macarons for the good guests and coal ones with dark chocolate for the bad.
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You Will Need (6 things)
- 115 g Icing Sugar
- 75 g Ground Almonds
- 50 g Caster Sugar
- 1 tbsp Activated Charcoal
- 2 Eggs (at room temperature)
- Ganache to fill
Steps (9 steps, 60 minutes)
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1
Whisk together the ground almonds, cocoa and charcoal in a bowl.
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2
Tip the mixture into a blender and grind into a fine powder.
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3
Tip into a sieve above the previous bowl.
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4
Sieve back into the bowl, to get a super fine mixture.
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5
Separate the eggs and whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks. Add the caster sugar, a little at a time, and whisk until the eggs form stiff peaks.
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6
Add half of the charcoal mixture then fold in.
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7
Fold in the remaining charcoal mixture and then scoop into a piping bag.
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8
Pipe out 24 circles onto baking paper of a macaron mat, bang against your counter to remove any air bubbles and then leave for 30 minutes to form a skin on top. Bake at 150'C for 12 minutes and leave to cool.
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9
Fill with dark chocolate ganache, or any filling you like and serve to your Christmas party guests!