Often, too many people are not aware of the lengthy time required to make a proper macaron from scratch. Although, macaron can be whipped up in just under 30 minutes or so if made by a skilled pastry chef. However, a proper macaron is sadly not a 30 minute recipe, nor is it an hour or two or three, or a full day. The proper macaron production time is actually a minimal of three to four days. Yup! Surprised? Betcha' didn't know that! Did ya~ Haha. I know I speak like I am an "know-it-all" for macarons, but really.. I'm just as surprised as you are right now when I found out this fact just a few days ago.
Lately I've been doing a lot of researching, and practice on the arts of macarons, and I've been obessed with it's traditional ways of production. Along with also knowing the differences between a French method and the Italian method, which both certainly bring forth a different texture, density and perhaps even a different range of shelf life.
In the past, I've been taught to make it the French method, hence the restaurant that I worked at was a French one, Auberge du Pommier. But I've come quick to learn about the Italian method and in the next 2 or 3 posts, I will sharing them with you what I've discovered about macarons!. And even perhaps.. a recipe or two =D
i have been back from Paris where i took a short cooking class for macaron in Italian style (actually i didnt know that they use italian technique instead of french) :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to reading your new entries
@cookingpractice - hey, i think you are the only dedicate reader I have on my page haha. I appreciate it, thanks! Partly my fault that I don't update so much. I make and work with desserts/pastries all day long, sometimes the last thing i want to do is write about it lol. But Yah, I am going to write a few part series about macarons! so stay tuned!
ReplyDeletehaha~ i just asked for macarons recipe and here it is.. u are talkin about it.. omg~
ReplyDeleteyou have a very good space and all the recipes are so interesting:)
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