MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Chocolate Macarons
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Chocolate, Dairy
      Yield: 24 servings

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    120 g  Almond meal
    200 g  Powdered sugar
     20 g  Unsweetened dark cocoa
           - powder
    100 g  Egg whites; room temp
     30 g  Caster sugar
      2 g  Cream of tartar
      3    (to 5) drops Dark red food
           - colour

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     60 g  Nutella or any chocolate
           - spread
     60 g  Dark chocolate
    160 ml Heavy cream

  Set oven at 100°C/355°F.

  Place parchment paper on it then almond meal on it.

  Now dry almond meal in it for almost 30 minutes.

  Take out and cool almond meal.

  In a food processor add almond meal, powdered sugar and
  cocoa powder. Pulse for 20 seconds.

  Sieve it from a fine sieve. Set a side.

  In a clean bowl of a stand mixer add egg whites and
  cream of tartar.

  Start whisking until foamy then add 1/3 of caster sugar
  and keep whisking for almost 10 minutes.

  After 10 minutes add the remaining caster sugar and
  whisk on high speed for 1 minute.

  Add food colouring, give it a final whisk.

  Add in sifted almond meal, icing sugar and cocoa powder.
  Fold it with spatula until mix.

  Then keep folding it until the batter is shiny and fall
  from the spatula in ribbons.

  Fill in the pastry bag fitted with 10 mm round tip.

  Pipe on to macarons baking sheet or silicone molds.

  Let it sit for 30 to 45 minutes.

  Then bake them at 150°C for 13-14 minutes.

  Take out and let them cool completely before taking off
  from mat.

  Now for filling, heat double cream until slightly
  simmer. Take off from heat. Add in Nutella and
  chocolate.

  Mix well and let cool in the fridge until thick.

  Pipe in macaron shells.

  Recipe by Aini Amin; Warrington UK

  RECIPE FROM: https://cookpad.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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