“French macarons are the new cupcakes.”
I definitely agree! Not to be confused with macaroons (English style cookies that the Famous 5 and their ilk liked to scoff), macarons are soft, pretty and tasty! Think of them like a delicious sandwich – 2 sides of delicious cookie, with a chewy ganache filling. The cookie parts are made out of ground almonds, egg white and sugar. The ganache flavours range from the original almond to lavender, pistachio, orange blossom; practically any delicately exotic flavour you can think of!
The macaron mothership is the famous Ladurée bakery, with locations across the globe: from Paris to London and Tokyo. It was founded in 1862; rose to fame sometime in the mid-century and today they sell over 15,000 macarons every day of the week…! That’s a lot of pleasure!
If Ladurée is the celadon queen of macarons in Paris, then Pierre Hermé is the playful delivery boy. They deliver their sensational macarons and baked goodies all over Europe – packaged in cheeky, stylish gift boxes.
Are you nowhere near Europe like moi, or just want to try making your own dainty cookies? Here’s a recipe for making some Ladurée style chocolate treats. Serious Eats also offer up a really complete guide to making macarons, accompanied by tasty pictures that will make your mouth water.
Macaron Ring by Le Pink Chocolat
I reckon soon we’ll be seeing a lot more jewellery and images inspired by the wee macaron, as evidenced by Le Pink Chocolate’s etsy accessory treats… Yummy! So there you have it, macarons, the new cupcake… watch out for them everywhere!
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OH MY GOD THE FAMOUS 5!!!! I LOVED THEM!!!!!
i never realised macaroons and macarons were different. hahaha! oops!!
Gilda: I love them too!! And I signed up for your newsletter last night – loved the reference <3 I’m actually working on a Famous Five fashion post, watch out for it ;)