A Valentine's macaron from Adriano Zumbo
Anyone who's seen MasterChef knows that when it comes to sugar, Adriano Zumbo is Australia's king. He's a much cuter, younger version of Willy Wonka, and his famous macarons (sold at his patisseries in Rozelle, Balmain and Manly) see queues forming before the doors have opened for the day. Lucky for us, he's created a special macaron recipe just in time for Valentine's Day. Spoil yourself, or someone you love, with these very precious treats.
The Musk and Rose Macaron by Adriano Zumbo
Musky Rose Ganache Filling
120g cream
180g white chocolate
45g unsalted butter
15g rose water
15g musk oil
• Break the white chocolate into pieces and place in a large
bowl
• Boil the cream on the stove with the rose water and musk
oil
• Take the cream mixture off the stove and pour over the
white chocolate stirring until the chocolate has melted
• Leave the white chocolate, rose and musk mixture to cool to
50 degrees
• Blend in butter with a wooden spoon
• Cover with cling film and cool further in the fridge
Macarons
125g caster sugar
40g water
50g egg whites
135g pure icing sugar, sieved
135g almond meal, sieved
45g egg whites
Few drops of red colouring (to create pink colouring)
• Pre-heat oven to 150 degrees Celsius
• In a medium based saucepan, boil caster sugar and water to
118 degrees on the stove top
• Place 50g egg whites in an electric mixer fitted with whisk
attachment. Slowly stream hot sugar mixture down side of
bowl, whisk until it reaches around 50 degrees to create a meringue
mixture
• In a large bowl place icing sugar, almond meal and 45g egg
whites on top
• Add meringue mixture to this and hand mix until combined
and then place into a piping bag
• Pipe 20 cent sized pieces of the meringue mixture onto a
baking tray lined with baking paper or silicone mat
• Let dry for 30 - 60 minutes until a skin forms and they are
dry to the touch
• Bake in oven for 16 minutes at 150 degrees
• Remove from the oven and let shells cool, then flip them
onto a clean baking tray and place in pairs
• Place ganache into a piping bag and fill one shell from the
pair, then place the other side on top to make a sandwich
• The macarons are now ready to be enjoyed
Catch Adriano in his very own show, Zumbo, from Thursday
February 10 at 7.30pm on SBS.
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