Raspberry Lemonade Macarons

Cuisine: Italian

Cook Time: 45 Minutes

Serves: 2

Have you ever wondered what summer tastes like? Raspberry Lemonade Macarons is the answer. Fresh, tangy, crispy, and melt-in-your-mouth — they’re a one-of-a-kind delicacy. Here’s all you need to do to make raspberry lemonade macarons-

List of ingredients:

For the macarons:

Egg whites - 3
Granulated sugar - ¼ cup
Icing sugar - 1 ⅔ cups
Almond flour - 1 cup
Raspberry extract - 1 teaspoon
Pink food coloring

For the filling:

Softened butter - ¼ cup
Melted white chocolate chips - ½ cup
Icing sugar - 1 ½ cups
Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
Zest of 2 lemons

A Bite of Summer

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Using a sieve, sift the almond flour and icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
In a different bowl, use an electric mixer to beat your egg whites until you have stiff peaks. Add the granulated sugar, raspberry extract, and food coloring and beat them until they are combined.
Now, add your flour & sugar mixture to the egg mixture until you have a smooth consistency.
Transfer a tablespoon of your macaron mixture to a piping bag. Use a regular round tip for the bag.
Pipe a small circle of about 1/5″ diameter onto your baking sheet. If it stays as is, then your macaron mixture needs to be folded in some more. If it spreads out into a disk, you’re good to go.
Pipe out all your macarons, leaving space between them. Let them sit for an hour.
Preheat your oven to 280˚F (140˚C).
Bake your macarons for 8-10 minutes.
Once done, place them on a wire rack to cool.
To make the buttercream filling, start by mixing the butter, ⅓ of the icing sugar, and the vanilla extract in a bowl.
Next, add in the melted white chocolate.
Mix in the remaining icing sugar and the lemon zest until combined and smooth.
Transfer your buttercream to a piping bag with a round tip.
Pipe the buttercream onto the inner side of a macaron cookie, and then cover it with another cookie. Repeat this for the remaining macarons.

Chef Tip: If you can get your hands on vanilla bean paste, use that instead of the vanilla extract in the buttercream. You’ll end up with a richer vanilla flavor that takes these macarons to a whole other level.

This Raspberry Lemonade Macarons Recipe is simple and exquisite. You’ll leave an impression on everything you serve them to. Share pictures of your creations with us — we’d love to see how they come out!

Quick Bites

Fun Fact

• Macarons are famed for being difficult to make because the recipe is highly susceptible to tiny changes in the ingredients and environmental conditions like temperature and humidity.

Historical Fact

• Culinary historians write that macarons can be traced back to an Italian Monastery of the 8th and 9th centuries. The monks came to France in 1533, joined by the mastery chefs of Catherine de Medici, wife of King Henri II. Later, two Benedictine nuns, Sister Marguerite and Sister Marie-Elisabeth, came to Nancy seeking asylum during the French Revolution. The two women paid for their housing by selling macaroon cookies, and thus became known as the “Macaroon Sisters”.

Nutrition Fact

• Macrons support tissue and muscle healing and repair, which means they can repair sore muscles after a heavy workout, enabling the body to endure heavy exercise. Egg white is also a rich source of albumin, a protein with high biological value.

• The main ingredient in any macron, almond is rich in vitamin E, required for the vitality of skin.