Macaron

A macaron, often called a French macaron, is a delicious meringue dessert made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond flour, and food colouring. The macaron is said to have been introduced to France by Queen Catherine de Medici’s Italian cook.

Is it possible to make macaron with natural colors?

Definitely it is possible you can use various natural color to make macarons. Ingredients like freeze dried fruit powder, turmeric, hibiscus powder, and beet root powder, gardenia blue, gardenia yellow, sodium copper, carmine cochineal, paprika red, vegetable carbon black could also be used as natural food colouring.

You can use any of the natural food color to make macarons but today we will be making macaron with beet root. If you would like to try another color you can also do that no worries.

Is natural food coloring is ok ?

Yes, its completely safe to use. Natural dyes have been used to colour food for ages.

Way to make macaron with natural color

You will need few things to make macaron . You should have

• 3 beaten egg whites
• A quarter cup of white sugar 1 cup flour made from almonds
• 1 and a half cups powdered sugar
• Natural colors from ( Santacolor) (any color you desire)
• Baking mat for macarons made of silicone

Now you will need to follow these steps after

1. On a cookie sheet, place a silicone macaron baking mat.
2. In a mixing bowl, whip the egg whites using a stand mixer until they are frothy. Mix in the white sugar until the egg whites are glossy and frothy. The egg whites should have soft peaks.
3. Add drops of beet root color until the desired shade is achieved.
4. Whisk together the egg whites, powdered sugar, and almond flour in a large mixing bowl. With a large spoon or spatula, do this by hand. Approximately 30 strokes.
5. Fill a piping bag halfway with the mixture. So that the disc space is cover, pipe the batter onto the silicone baking sheet.
6. Allow piped cookies to stand at room temperature until they create a hard skin on top once the baking sheet is full (about 1 hour).
7. Preheat the oven to 285 degrees Fahrenheit and bake cookies for 10 minutes. The cookies should be bake but not overbake. We recommend keeping a tight check on them because they can quickly burn.
8. After the cookies have completely cooled, sandwich two cookies together with jelly or cream filling.
9. Wow, people, with your incredible macaron-making abilities… or keep them all to yourself. Enjoy!

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