Chocolate Macarons With Chocolate Ganache Recipe

INGREDIENTS

Chocolate Macaron:
60g cacao pâte
150g ground almonds (ground to a powder)
150g powdered sugar
55g egg whites (1)
2g red food coloring
150g sugar
32g mineral water 55g egg whites (2)


Chocolate Ganache:
100g dark chocolate
150g double cream


DIRECTIONS
For the macarons, prepare 4 bowls:

Sifted powdered sugar and ground almonds. 
55g egg whites (1)
150g sugar and mineral water
55g egg whites in the bowl of the mixer (2)

Chop chocolate for shells and melt in a double boiler, remove from heat once melted.

In a saucepan, bring the water and sugar to a boil (bowl c). At the same time, place egg white into the bowl of a mixer (bowl d) with the whisk attachment. When the syrup reaches 118°C, simultaneously start whisking the egg whites into soft peaks. When the sugar reaches 118°C, pour it over the egg whites.

Whisk until stiff peaks form and when egg whites are cooled. Add liquid colouring and continue to mix at low speed till well incorporated.

Combine the sifted powdered sugar and ground almonds (bowl a) with the 55g egg whites (1) (bowl b). Fold in the stiff egg whites into the egg white and powdered sugar mixture till there is a “magma consistency.”

Pipe rounds of batter that measure about 3.5cm in diameter staggered 2cm apart from each other on baking sheets lined with parchment or baking mats. Bang your baking tray to remove any air bubbles and help flatten each shell a bit. Leave to stand for 30 minutes until a skin forms on the surface of the batter.

Bake for about 12 minutes at 180°C. Take the shells out of the oven, let cool on the tray for about 1 minutes and carefully slide the parchment or baking sheet off and onto a hard work surface to cool completely.


For the chocolate ganache, melt dark chocolate in a double boiler. Bring double cream to boil and pour it over the dark chocolate and mix well. Put it in the piping bag and let set in the fridge, about 4-6 hours.

Fill the chocolate macarons and leave it in the fridge until ready to eat.