Add some purple pizzazz to a simple sweet treat recipe, these Macaroons are vibrant, colourful and dairy-free. Easy to make, infused with bilberry powder to create the gorgeous meringue shell with a creamy vanilla and beetroot buttercream sandwiched inside. Perfect for parties, as presents or just to jazz up your food!
Equipment
- Sieve
- Mixing Bowl
- Electric Whisk Mixer
- Spatula
- Piping Bag
- Scissors
- Baking Tray
- Baking Paper
- Oven
- Teaspoon
Ingredients
For the macaroons
- 2 Egg Whites (Room Temp)
- 75g Caster Sugar
- 80g Icing Sugar
- 75g Ground Almonds
For the buttercream
- 100g Unsalted Butter (Room Temp)
- 200g Icing Sugar
- 2 Tsp Natural Vanilla Extract
Method
- Firstly, to make the macaroon shells - sieve the ground almonds, icing sugar and bilberry powder into a mixing bowl.
- Meanwhile in an electric mixer whisk the egg whites until they look like foamy bubbles.
- Gradually add in the caster sugar to create a thick glossy meringue type of mixture.
- Using a spatula, combine the meringue with the icing sugar, ground almonds and bilberry powder in a figure of 8.
- The mixture is ready when it drizzles like a ribbon.
- Next, fill a piping bag and cut the bottom off across at 180 degrees in a line.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper and pipe 24 small even circles of the macaroon shell mixture along the baking tray.
- Allow to dry for 15 minutes before baking.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 150 degrees c, whilst you make the filling.
- To make the beetroot butter cream filling - combine all the ingredients together in the cleaned electric mixer and whisk together on a medium speed. You will get a lovely pink mixture, thanks to the beetroot powder.
- Using a teaspoon, spoon a little bit of the mix onto the flat side of a baked and cooled macaroon shell and sandwich together with another shell - pushing them slightly together so that the buttercream inside reaches the edges.
- Do this with all of the butter cream and 2 macaroon shells each.
- Leave for a few moment to stick together well and for the buttercream to dry a little.
- Share & enjoy!
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