Last night I was sitting on the sofa when the idea of a Christmas Mac came to me. Lightly spiced crisp shells filled with warming Christmassy flavoured buttercream. First thing this morning I was up and off to the supermarket to get supplies and away I went. I must say they are lovely, even Santa would exchange a mince pie for one and the reindeers, well carrots are a thing of the pasted I'm sure! These Mac's are so simple. I promise I've tried so many and this recipe seems fail proof.
75g Ground Almonds Makes about 16
115g icing sugar
1 tsp mixed ground spice
50g caster sugar
2 egg whites
Filling
Buttercream (200g icing sugar, 2 tbsp milk & 50g softened butter)
3 large tablespoons of mincemeat processed to a paste
Zest of an orange
1 tbsp brandy
Sieve ground almonds, mixed spice and icing sugar into a bowl
whisk egg whites until soft peaks, slowly add caster sugar until nice and glossy
Add a third of almond mix and fold, add next third fold until combine, then combine the last third.
Spoon into a piping bag. Pipe onto prepared trays (I use the reusable liners)
Bang trays sharply onto the work surface, leave to firm for an hour
preheat oven to 160
Bake for 10-15 mins
Leave to cool on trays
Add all the filling ingredients together beat then spoon into a piping bag and sandwich macaroons together.
I finish mine with a little brush of gold Lustre dust.
They look yummy and so Christmassy. Good plan.
ReplyDeleteAli x
wow these sound delicious! do you know how long they would last/ if they need to be kept in the fridge etc?
ReplyDeleteRobyn x
@ Ali thank you a real nice christmas treat
ReplyDelete@ Robyn they keep for about 5 days in the fridge x
5 days! they'd be lucky to last 5 minutes in my house ;) Gorgeous idea, have just made some mincemeat too. Yum!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous idea Jo and I love the styling of the the pic too. Really festive. xx
ReplyDeleteOh Jo, these look and sound lovely, I am going to give them a go, love christmas flavours. Hope you're well.
ReplyDeleteHugs Jill xx
These look yummy, I may have to try them when the toddler is in bed. Agree with Cornish blonde re. how long they would last.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely idea and they look lovely. Agree with Holly the styling's great x
ReplyDeleteThese look amazing. Feeling very festive so definitely want to give them a try! x x x
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the flavours x
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your lovely comments, i've got to say they have got me into the christmas sprit xx
ReplyDeleteYum, I shall be making these Jo!! xxx
ReplyDeleteYou're so talented!
ReplyDeleteI've not yet attempted macaroons, but I have to say these look wonderful and look quite Christmassy too. I'd love to attempt them, but the trouble is I need more people around me to share, as there is a danger that I woudl scoff them all myself.
ReplyDeleteI love macaroons - what a great flavour for Christmas! I must try them! Thanks for the recipe
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I was on the search for a christmassy macaroon recipe- thanks Jo!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I still have not conquered my fear of macarons. Might start with this recipe. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm so pleased you all like my idea, I love Macs now, I was terrified to begin with, After the 500 in the week leading up to GBBO mac week I thought i'd never want to try one again LOL xXX
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