Project: strawberry green tea flavored French macarons

EN I honestly can't get enough of baking French macarons. I have baked these colorful tough cookies before here and here but they keep challenging me. Maybe because I don't want to lose my mojo on succeeding baking macarons and so a while ago I've made another batch of French macarons in the flavors strawberry (I've used Dr. Oetker instant pudding!) and green tea.

NL Ik kan niet stoppen met Franse macarons bakken. Ik heb deze kleurrijke koekjes met een hoge technische moelijkheidsgraad eerder gemaakt zoals hier en hier en ze blijven me uitdagen. Simpelweg omdat ik het gewoon niet wil verleren en dus bakte ik een tijdje geleden weer macarons in de smaken aardbeien (ik gebruikte Dr. Oetker kookpudding!) en groene thee.

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Ingredients

2 egg whites (2 days aged and room temp.) ½ cup sugar ¾ cup almond flour 1 tbsp. strawberry flavored instant pudding powder ½ cup icing sugar Matcha green tea spread optional: food coloring

Preparation is key, so make sure you have a baking tray ready with baking paper and a piping bag already settled up. Though you don`t need to preheat the oven from the start since you need to rest and dry the macarons for 30 minutes before baking.

Sieve icing sugar + almond flour + the powdered instant strawberry pudding 2-3 times.

When using liquid food coloring, add a few drops on the spatula before you fold the almond flour mixture to the egg whites.

Very important: let the macarons rest and dry before baking! This will create that lovely feet at the bottom of the macarons.

Fill it with green tea

Or with something else you desire but I`ve used this delicious matcha green tea flavored milk spread for toast & bread. Super easy.

The Steps

1. Get a large baking tray and line it with baking paper. Sieve the almond flour, icing sugar and the powdered instant strawberry pudding 2-3 times and set a side. 2. Beat the egg whites in a large clean bowl on medium speed and once there are foam forming add the sugar gradually. Stop beating the egg white when it reached high peak and stiff. 3. Add ⅟₃ of the sieved almond flour mixture into the egg white and fold gently. Once the almond mixture is well combined add the next ⅟₃ of the almond flour mixture and repeat this whole process. The batter of the texture should be thick but still able to drip off your spatula. The longer you fold the runnier the batter will be so careful not to over fold it. 4. Fill the piping bag with a round nozzle with the batter and pipe circles on the prepared lined baking tray. Once everything is piped tap the baking tray on a surface to release air bubbles inside the macarons. Let it rest for 30 minutes before baking. Meanwhile pre-heat the oven to 180°C. 5. Lower the temperature to 160°C and bake the macarons for 10-12 minutes. I`ve noticed that the baking process can be different because of how different each ovens works so keep an eye on the macarons. Also check if the macarons are baked through, you can check it out of how easy the macarons lift up without sticking. If it sticks/has wet bottom bake the macarons at 130°C for 2-3 minutes. 6. Let the macarons cool down before filling it with the green tea spread. When it is ready, spread a teaspoon amount of filling on a macaron side top it with another macaron to finish the macaron.