Strawberry Macaron

As much as I like to bake Macarons, they aren't the friendliest of bakes. I've succeeded a couple of times and failed a couple of times. The hubby loves macarons and seeing that my beloved March holiday was coming to an end, I decided to give this bake another try. I took notes from a good number of websites and plunged into it with caution. 

This bake took me about 2 hours in all to complete and I'd rate it a difficulty 3 out of 5. This is a HIGHLY sensitive bake. I do not recommend that you reduce/replace any of the ingredients and steps in this recipe. 

Nutella Macarons

Macarons.. my nemesis which made me fail twice. Today, we did another attempt at Sharron's place and I'm thrilled to present these Nutella Macarons to you. I'll be doing another blog posts on the possible reasons why macarons fail based on what I've experienced so far. In any case, these are by far the toughest things to bake due to the many technicality issues to combat when baking them. Every step requires somewhat some precision. 

I'm not gonna lie to you. They're not easy to bake. I've failed these French macarons twice myself and this method/recipe that I've used today is troublesome.. But, what's a little work for these precious gems that are sold at $3.80 a pop from Ladurée? Even a decent one from Bakerzin or Canelé costs $2.50! But! These methods and recipe that I've worked out after 2 times of failing should work real well. So.. click on and learn more! I did not photograph each step of the recipe but I will do so soon.. so do come back and check this page for a detailed image to image recipe!

The recipe is rated difficulty level 5 out of 5 and takes about 1 h 30 mins in all to complete. Recipe proportions were taken from a recipe that Sharron had but methods were assisted by some guidance advised by Jong (: