So, my sister went to London not too long ago and came back telling me about these 'macaroon things' that are all over the place, and how good they are - that was the first time i had heard of them. Then they were one of the tasks on Masterchef - the contestants had to produce a 'macaroon tower',,,and thats what inspired me! They are the coolest looking things, so today Michael and I took up the challenge.
The recipe was one of the easiest I could find (http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/multicoloured-macaroons) I wanted to make blue and green ones, but the shop didnt have any flavouring to go with it, so i went with chocolate and lemon. As the the lemon batch came out of the oven, I was so disappointed! They were more like squashed-too-much-sugar biscuits, but didnt taste tooo bad. Michaels batch - the choc ones, looked similar, but tasted soooo good!, crunchy on the outside and deliciously chewy on the inside! We filled the lemon ones with lemon butter-icing, and the chocolate ones with Nutella (Nutella makes everything ok ;) ..once we put them together, they looked a hundred times more like macaroons and tasted much better!
It was a fun experience, but definately not worth the time and effort, I would rather buy them at R7 each from the bakery up the road! Anyway, here is my version of a macaroon tower.........
