Fresh strawberries and cream macarons recipe!

For my first practical in my tech lesson, I have decided to make fresh strawberries and cream macarons!
I am not a big fan of macarons, as I always think that they are too sweet due to the buttercream fillings. So I have decided to try something different and found this recipe, using fresh strawberries and fresh whipped cream as the filling instead! It is also less fat and calories :D!

 

Ingredients

 100g Icing Sugar

75g Ground almonds

2 Large egg whites (Room temperature)

75g Granulated sugar

 

For the fillings

200ml double cream

10 Strawberries

 

1) Preheat oven to 150oc

2) in a food processor, mix the ground almonds and icing sugar together until fine

3) In a large bowl, whish the egg whites until stiff peak

4) Keep whisking the egg whites and add the granulated sugar in a little at a time, make sure its whishing well between additions. The meringue should be really stiff after adding all the sugar.

5) Gently fold in the almond mixture a spoonful at a time.

6) Transfer it to a piping bag and pipe it in circles of the size you want it to be.

7) Bang the baking sheets down a few times if there are any peaks left in the centre.

8) leave the shell for around 10 minutes until it form a non sticky shell

9) bake in the middle of the oven for 18-20 mintues

 

Fillings

 

Just basically whisk the double cream until stiff peak and cut the strawberries into slices!

 

Enjoy!