What’s a Macaron, Anyway?
February is here! I’m pretty pumped about it. I mean there’s Valentine’s day and warm weather in Georgia already and I’ll be making sweets all month! Excellent.
Before I get started with our month of macarons, I want to clear something up.
There is a difference between macarOn and macarOOn. And it’s not just the extra O.
MACARON:
a sweet, little confection made with egg whites, ground almond and sugar. they look like little round (heavenly) sandwiches and can be filled with jam, buttercream or ganache. easily melts in the mouth.
(photo via chocolateandginger.com)
MACAROON:
little, round cookies made primarily of egg whites and coconut. they are dense, moist and sweet. sometimes dipped in chocolate, sometimes include nuts. always delicious.
(photo via freecoconutrecipes.com)
I’m not here to tell you which one is better than another- they’re both tasty.
I’m just here to tell you I’ll be making macarOns this month so you know what to expect.
Can’t wait!
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So sweet! Do you have a recipe for macaron? I would love to try.
Caroline- I’ll be posting macaron recipes all month! We’ll tackle time together. 🙂
Can we make these when I come for my visit???? They look heavenly.
Can’t wait to see your recipes!
You know my address girlfriend, send the products on over.
Great to know, this should be fun! 🙂
good to know! which one are you going for? or both?
i vote both 😉
-meg
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Fabulous! I tried to make macarons a few weekends ago – what a challenge! What’s your trick for getting them perfectly round? Most of mine were totally lopsided. Hah! But in the end, they still tasted OK.
I can’t wait to see your posts this month – I can use all the macaron help I can get! 😛
Macaron equals pasta in polish language. It’s hard to look at those deliciously sweet little things and think about their name. By the way, here in Poland we’ve never heard of them, let alone eat them. I heard cause I surf the Net like a crazy person. Anyway, I wish I could try them sometime.