we.made.macarons.

I love macarons. In Paris, they easily won me over as ... la pâtisserie favorit... j'aime macarons... j'aime france.

Last year, my sweet friend, got me a macaron book with a tutorial on how to make these tasty little gems. Brian and I bought all the ingredients and read up on how to make a perfect macaron. About 327 days later, we decided it was about time to make them!

Macarons have their own terminology and were quite particular to make! Altogether, it took about 5 hours, although that was mostly due to making the icing SIX different times! Who knew microwaving sugar and water was so precarious. I think I gave Brian and I cancer when I microwaved the mixture in a plastic cup for 5 minutes... oops!

 

This is when I found out my macarons have "pieds" I am obviously oozing with happiness here, because if the macarons don't have the little feet on the bottom of the cookie.. well then they just are not allowed to be classified as a macaron.

We did forget to put food coloring in the cookie, so they stayed a boring white, but other than that,  I am delighted at how well they turned out!

Someday, I can hopefully return to Ladurée with Brian to show him just exactly how I feel about macarons :)