Rocky Road Macaroons

I've somehow been inundated with MACAROONS recently. I've been reading about them everywhere. It's almost like the macaroons are screaming... 'Make Me! Make Me!'.

To be honest I am slightly intimidated with macaroons because I've known them to be something that looks easy to make but is actually not.

After I got my Kitchenaid, one of the first things I wanted to make was ...macaroons! One afternoon with nothing to do, the macaroon making begun.




Here's how they turned out:



They are not exactly the 'perfect' macaroons because they don't have the trademark smooth skin on top, crown of crust on the base and light but slightly chewy texture. But, they taste pretty damn good despite looking abit rocky road like. Between J and myself, we finished all 30 of them.

I won't put a recipe on here because I believe I can find a better one so look out for it next time.

The most famous macaroons are from France. Pierre Hermés 'Ispahan's' are on my list of things to eat before I die and Chez Pim has a great writeup on it. Laduree is also said to make excellent ones plus on their website they have great pictures and some information on The Story of Macaroons if you are interested.

Anyway, it was really fun making them and J actually baked with me. He was the one who did all the piping and hes hooked. Today he said to me," you know what? Let's make the most 'kickass best-est macaroons'!"