First Hands On with Macarons!

Macarons and Ice-cream Workshop!

1st time i ever see how this is done was at Shermay's. attended the sit-down demo Japanese French pastry class by Keiko. Watched her do the shells for the green tea macarons and i tot I will never try as it seems challenging as time is a huge factor to have pretty feets for the macarons! Without the feets, its not a successful macaron! But i decided to have a go but with a hands-on session with Sugar Inc. But the method is not french but italian as the chef instructor told us, it much easier, a safer recipe to get the macarons right and to obtain the "happy" feet or skirting on the macarons!

So after we did the macarons, the shells were left to stand. then we watched the chef whipped up the fillings for the macarons. I was mainly attracted to attend the class as i thought we would learn how to make lemon curd itself... but it was not included in the recipe pack but the nice instructor would email me soon her recipe. so 2 types of filling, Lemon Curd Marscarpone cream and sure-win Nutella Swiss Meringue Buttercream. Then there was a Ice cream demostration as to show what we can do with all the egg yolks that is left after all the whites are used for the macarons. the vanilla bean ice cream was pretty sweet! if i make this i prob add vanilla paste as i like the vanilla taste to be stronger!

The group i worked with created beautiful set of colours for the macarons! As a group, we exchanged and got 2 sets of each colours. irene and i ended up with one extra shell and we made a Yin&Yang macaron! we shared it after we took a pic of it! once i got home, i had some time and i dolled up the macarons in ribbons and off went the shutter. but i end up having to wait for Mr Tan as my camera went flat without battery!

the sweet marcaons looked pretty with the bows and long flowy ribbons! when i stacked the purple macarons that i coloured, it reminded me of the Leaning Tower thus creating my very own Leaning Tower of Macarons.... yup corny, i know... not a very good choice to take the photos under orange lighting. then i took the black gel to do some patterns on some macarons! Fun!

Ribbon Bow outlined on Blue macaron. Sweet Heart on the pretty Pink macaron. R for baby Rachel on mummy's Purple macaron. Leafy Print on the Green macaron. saved a pc of the chef instructor's baby pink macaron for my hubby and i decorated it with a ribbon bow.

it was fun making these sweets. many complained that its sweet. but this is a kind of meringue and its suppose to be sweet! still my favourite macarons so far would the ones i ordered for my baby's party. love the 3 types of filling esp the nutty one! hopefully i get to do this again and perfect the "happy" feets on the macarons on my own!