How many calories are in those Laduree macroons?

[جوري]

still no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it to stiff peaks :skeleton: it fell flat and I added way too much sugar I'll get some young kid to taste it first

 

[Hulk]

That looks soooo sweeet! lol would love to steal a lick.;D


plsppls take a pic im sure it looks awesome

 

[جوري]

Came out a mess .. Gonna try another patch today in shaa Allah

 

[Hulk]

Sounds good, don't give up and InshaAllah you'll get it right :statisfie

I bought a packaged(not fresh) macaroon just now but it doesn't look like the one in the pics instead it looks like this

I just had 2 cause I was sharing it with someone but man it was sweeeeet. Tastes like coconut and condensed milk. Next time I will check if the one you're eating is available or not :statisfie

 

[Galaxy]

I'm going to step back into the past a bit and say...those remind me of the episode of Spongebob where he sells colourful crabby patties called pretty patties...wow I didn't know they were real.

 

[~Zaria~]

still no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it to stiff peaks :skeleton: it fell flat and I added way too much sugar I'll get some young kid to taste it first

Nice try ukthi : )

I have no idea what 'Laduree macroons' are, but just felt like sharing my own baking disaster from today.....

Dont you just hate it when you are baking for a group of people.......and your cup-cakes come out lop-sided?

And then, when you try to make icing to conceal the 'defect'/ 'smooth out the edges'.......you cant, cos the butter is frozen?

And then, when you try to make icing using just sugar, water and vanilla (as per recipe that you just found thanks to google).......its sweet enough to induce diabetes to all who are brave enough to eat it?

And so......you decide to leave home without the cup-cakes......

And give them to your family to eat (cos the defective cup-cakes are still tasty, and they still love you for it!)

And decide to try again that evening insha Allah.

Cos you tell yourself: Dont ever give up! (even if the kitchen looked like a tornado had hit that morning)

Take 2......

Everyone read 'bismillah' with me.......#sigh#

 

[جوري]

Dont you just hate it when you are baking for a group of people.......and your cup-cakes come out lop-sided?

well my dad especially likes to remember all the disasters and none of the successes like that pretty awesome chicken pot pie with fennel I made not a week ago. You know I am new at this, all throughout medical school I had this Indian roommate who would make me all sorts of good stuff and if she wasn't in the mood I lived on sandwiches ... so now I just bought a few books and trying to be completely self-sufficient (at everything I do thank you very much) except I don't the part where I can conceive a child on my own but nonetheless I am now officially a jack of all trades and a master of none
I think the things that come out of failure are amazing they just add to your experience so don't give up .. for what it is worth anyone here is a better cook than me..

I'm going to step back into the past a bit and say...those remind me of the episode of Spongebob where he sells colourful crabby patties called pretty patties...wow I didn't know they were real.

:haha: brilliant.. and those laudree ones must be sold by Mr. crabs - they're pretty d@mn expensive and only taste yummilicious for two days or so

 

[جوري]

Sounds good, don't give up and InshaAllah you'll get it right :statisfie

I bought a packaged(not fresh) macaroon just now but it doesn't look like the one in the pics instead it looks like this

I just had 2 cause I was sharing it with someone but man it was sweeeeet. Tastes like coconut and condensed milk. Next time I will check if the one you're eating is available or not :statisfie

The original macaroons are indeed made of coconut which is a middle eastern dessert but the 'french' one is made from almond flour. I just saw an Italian recipe as well but don't think I'll attempt it, requires melting the sugar etc. and my meringue is always runny as is probably would go completely flat with a hot liquid added (chemistry has always been the bane of my life) =((

 

[جوري]

2nd batch I made is even worst than the first lol.. which I didn't think was possible but at least the taste is there and not so eggy like the first batch.. they're rosy and sweet but odd crunchy and thin can't figure out what is wrong.. maybe it is the quality of eggs here I don't know =(

 

[~Zaria~]

can't figure out what is wrong.. maybe it is the quality of eggs here I don't know =([/COLOR][/FONT]

Of course it is!

Yep, blame it on the eggs...... lol

 

[Hulk]

is it like too runny??? :s

if its too runny would adding more flour help lolll.

 

[جوري]

Of course it is!

Yep, blame it on the eggs...... lol

well what else could it be?

is it like too runny??? :s

if its too runny would adding more flour help lolll.

I do too know what I am doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but I do look like that when I am cooking indeed...
I can't add more flour the eggs need to be stiff they're never stiff they're creamy.. Maybe it is the sugar I don't know I bought new type of sugar. Let's see what the third time around will be like.. :raging:

 

[yahia12]

Meánwhile in Africa.

 

[جوري]

Meánwhile in Africa.

 

[Hulk]

Hehehe I found this video about making macarons and it doesn't seem too bad so I thought I'd put it here in case you haven't seen it and maybe you might find it useful!

 

[جوري]

Hehehe I found this video about making macarons and it doesn't seem too bad so I thought I'd put it here in case you haven't seen it and maybe you might find it useful!

You know it is all about the conquest for me. I can't stand the idea of not being able to do something (well) it is really bugging. I lost interest in the suckers too and after all the supplies I got to make them perfect. But I intend to do it again in shaa Allah- I'll post the pix and do my victory dance (in shaa Allah) the latter in private.

Thanks for the vid. I watched a zillion of those I wish I could get back time lost :embarrass

 

[جوري]

glad this professional pastry chef girl said she too had difficulties over the years. I did use a little bit of cream of tartar last time but I think the timing is always off, the meringue has always always been runny for me and that's what the problem essentially is.

 

[جوري]

I

had several takes today so I'll post the pix of a couple of failures lol.. bottom line is it is cheaper to buy the $4.00 a piece macaroon than to make at home, that's what I have concluded :skeleton:

always starts simple just four ingredients gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hehe.. ok so this went into the garbage after spending $$$$$$$$$$ on caster sugar and amond flour

last attempt for today.. waiting for them to develop a 'crust' but I think I know where they too are headed

 

[جوري]

oh my God I just checked on those guys in the oven and they turned into a cake.. ;D
I have to have a sense of humor about this .. it is unbelievable. I feel like organic chemistry lab all over again.

 

[Hulk]

hahahaha! well at least you got a surprise cake out of it!;D

The last picture actually looks really good, I thought for sure it was gonna happen this time. The second last pic was funny ;D
For real though I admire your persistence! I would've probably threw in the towel halfway through my first try. At the end of the day at least you know you have tried your best :statisfie

I bet that surprise cake tasted pretty good!