Recipes of Macarons

Orange and Poppy Seed Macarons

Ingredients :

- 120 grams of icing sugar / confectioner's sugar

- 80 grams of almond flour

- 2 egg whites

- 1 pinch of salt

- 20 grams of castor sugar / berry sugar

- 1 pinch of orange powdered food colouring 

For Orange cream :

- 1 egg

- 100 ml of orange juice

- 60 grams of castor sugar / berry sugar

- 10 grams of cornflour / cornstarch

- 1 tablespoon of poppy seeds

Method :

* Make macaron shells according to the basic recipe

* Prepare orange cream : in a bowl mix cornflour / cornstarch and castor sugar / berry sugar. Dilute with orange juice. Add beaten egg and mix well.

* Transfer the mixture to a saucepan and cook for about 5 minutes on medium heat, whisking constantly until cream thickens. Stir in the poppy seeds.

* Pour the cream into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and let cool to room temperature.

* To assemble garnish 1 macaron shell with orange cream and then cover with another macaron shell. Assemble remaining macarons accordingly.