Name: Lemon & strawberry macarons recipe by Sreemoyee Bhattacharjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 16 min
Total time: 86 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Almond flour - 100 gm; Icing sugar - 180 gm; Egg whites (room temperature) - 100 gm; Cream of tartar - 1/4 th tsp (use salt if not available); Castor sugar - 40 gm; Vanilla extract - 1/4 th tsp; Lemon extract - 1/2 tsp; Strawberry coulis - 1 tsp; Yellow gel colour; Pink gel colour; Butter Cream filling:; Butter - 1/2 cup; Icing sugar - 2 cups; Lemon extract - 1/4 th tsp; Strawberry coulis - 1/4 th tsp; Green gel Colour; Pink gel colour

ABOUT Lemon & strawberry macarons RECIPE

Macarons are famous french cookies, made with almond meal/flour. I have made 2 varities of the same by infusing tue flavours of lemon and strawberries into them.

Ingredients Serving: 10

Almond flour - 100 gm
Icing sugar - 180 gm
Egg whites (room temperature) - 100 gm
Cream of tartar - 1/4 th tsp (use salt if not available)
Castor sugar - 40 gm
Vanilla extract - 1/4 th tsp
Lemon extract - 1/2 tsp
Strawberry coulis - 1 tsp
Yellow gel colour
Pink gel colour
Butter Cream filling:
Butter - 1/2 cup
Icing sugar - 2 cups
Lemon extract - 1/4 th tsp
Strawberry coulis - 1/4 th tsp
Green gel Colour
Pink gel colour

Instructions

Sift the almonds flour and icing sugar together. Keep aside.Now whisk the egg whites, add the cream of tartar and whisk to form a foam.
Slowly add the Castor sugar into the above while whisking till it forms stiff peaks like meringue.
Now fold the almond flour+ icing sugar mixture in 3 parts into the egg white mixture. Add the vanilla extract.
Divide it into 2 parts, mix lemon extract along with yellow colour into one part, mix strawberry coulis and pink colour to the other part.
Pour the mixtures into piping bags. Line a baking tray with butter paper, pipe dollops of respective mixtures onto it. Tap the tray to remove any air bubbles. Let it sit for 1 hour till there is an outer coat formed.
Preheat the oven to 160 degree Celsius and bake these for 14-16 minutes.
To make the butter cream filling, Whisk the butter till it is fluffy.Then add the icing sugar and whisk till it is creamy.
Divide this into 2 parts, add green colour and lending extract to one where as, add strawberry coulis and pink food colour to the other. Mix well.
Pour this into a piping bags and pipe green coloured one a little on one lemon macaron and cover with the other. Pipe pink coloured one on one strawberry macarons, cover with the other.

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