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Mouth Watering Macaroons

July 29, 2009 By Spoonful of Sugar - 42 Comments

I have made up a batch of the most amazing Chocolate Macaroons, filled with a chocolate ganache. The only problem was that they were all eaten within 24 hours! Next time I will make up double the quantity so there is some left to take to school in my lunchbox. I used Nigella Lawson’s recipe from “How to be a Domestic Goddess”. You can find the recipe here.

For Technology and Enterprise at school this term, we had to build and race our own Billy Carts. Yesterday my Dad came to school to help my team put together our Billy Cart. We made it out of items we found during a recent kerbside bulk rubbish collection in our neighbourhood. We had fun racing them today at school.

Posted By Sarah

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  1. Karens Hopes says

    July 29, 2009 at 12:51 am

    mmmm they look delicious I’m not suprised they all went quickly.
    Karen

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  2. Christy says

    July 29, 2009 at 1:37 am

    oh my it look so tempting, mouthwatering !!

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  3. Catherine says

    July 29, 2009 at 2:19 am

    Yum your cooking looks delicious I can only image how morish they must have been. The billy cart looks fantastic and heaps of fun.:)

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  4. Kris says

    July 29, 2009 at 3:12 am

    When I read your title I thought “Mouth Watering Macaroons, I don’t think so!”. Then I saw them. YUM! Your chocolate macaroons look gorgeous. (Isn’t Nigella amazing!) They’re making me hungry!

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  5. Jilly's Space says

    July 29, 2009 at 3:17 am

    ohhhh yummmmy!
    They wouldn’t have lasted that long in my house either!g

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  6. Purple and Paisley says

    July 29, 2009 at 3:46 am

    yummy chocolate macaroons! they look delicious! and your billy cart is awesome! ☺

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  7. driftwood says

    July 29, 2009 at 4:09 am

    your baking looks divine, you are making me hungry!

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  8. texmorg says

    July 29, 2009 at 4:32 am

    Sarah well done with your billy cart i bet you all had fun racing with it and your macaroons look amazing. I am going to check out the recipe now, I have a few of Nigella’s book but not that one.
    Linda

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  9. Tracy says

    July 29, 2009 at 4:55 am

    Those macaroons are amazing…Must make those!! That cart is such fun… have fun racing!! ;o) Happy Days ((HUGS))

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  10. Christie Burnett says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:01 am

    I don’t think they would last 24 minutes in my household of chocoholics!

    Christie
    http://childhood101.blogspot.com/

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  11. Sandrine says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:05 am

    I am absolutaly nuts about macarons! and chocolate!!So I am now drooling on my desk!!!Ver clever project you did, well done!;)

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  12. Terriaw says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:09 am

    My mouth IS watering! These cookies wouldn’t last a day in our house either.

    Cool cart, by the way! Looks super fun!

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  13. Tania says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:24 am

    24 hours sounds like remarkable restraint to me!

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  14. méri says

    July 29, 2009 at 6:01 am

    The cakes look delicious, Sarah!
    and congrats to your team – great work!

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  15. Ale says

    July 29, 2009 at 7:24 am

    ¡¡¡yummmy!!,,, ¿¿where are you?? ¿¿¿Paris??? mmm… ;P,, I bake a strawberry and creme cake for my girl,, but I¨love chocolate…mmmm

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  16. goldenbird says

    July 29, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Yum, those chocolate macaroons look so good!

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  17. Chocolate Cat says

    July 29, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Oh yum I have already printed off that recipe!! Your billycart brings back memories of billycart races when I was growing up.

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  18. Renee says

    July 29, 2009 at 1:26 pm

    Sarah those look fantastic. Yummy…..

    I love the go-cart to, totally cool.

    Love Renee xoxo

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  19. Mark says

    July 29, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Oh my!! Those do look so good!

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  20. Sandi says

    July 29, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Brilliant, Sarah. They must of tasted as good as they look! 🙂
    What fun racing those carts. Your cart looks great!

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  21. Julie says

    July 29, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Yum!!! I can taste them from here!!!

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  22. Jessica says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Chocolate macaroons WITH FILLING?!? This is terrific…I can’t wait to try them.

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  23. em's scrapbag says

    July 29, 2009 at 5:37 pm

    Are you suprised the disappeared that fast? They would not have lasted that long here. They look delicious.

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  24. The Quilt Buddy says

    July 29, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    Is it bad if I am drooling all over the keyboard?

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  25. clare's craftroom says

    July 29, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    24 hours ! They look so good I’m surprised they lasted even 24 minutes .

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  26. Alison Boon says

    July 29, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Definitely think making a double amount would be wise if they tasted anywhere as good as they looked.

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  27. Carrie @ Cottage Cozy says

    July 29, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    Those macaroons look awesome!

    Stay Cozy, Carrie

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  28. A World in a PAN says

    July 30, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Wow, home made macaroons .. and they’re almost as perfect as the ones one sees around in fine pastries around my neighborhood! Very tempting! My favorite are chocolate (of course!) and raspberry.

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  29. Jodie says

    July 30, 2009 at 3:40 am

    Awesome billy-cart – Did it go fast???

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  30. Karin says

    July 30, 2009 at 5:29 am

    Oh, how I love Nigella. She’s amazing! And those macaroons look mouth watering indeed!

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  31. silverpebble says

    July 30, 2009 at 1:47 pm

    Those macaroons look utterly delicious x

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  32. Knit Sew City Girl says

    July 30, 2009 at 4:13 pm

    Yum, I love chocolate macaroons. 😀 Billy carting sounds fun.

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  33. Gail says

    July 30, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    Ummmmm YUM! Will have to give those a go!

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  34. Joanna says

    July 30, 2009 at 9:05 pm

    OK,

    A) I licked the screen
    B) now I am ready to get a speeding ticket

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  35. Sarah says

    July 31, 2009 at 12:58 am

    Yummy… and the billycart building/racing sounds fun too! Kinda reminds me of my brother- he’s always building amazing stuff with junk he finds during the street collections.

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  36. Angel.Pearls says

    July 31, 2009 at 10:53 am

    I really understand that the pastry “disappeared” very quickly! Have a great weekend!//Eva

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  37. Shannon says

    July 31, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Those macaroons look amazing… they wouldn’t have lasted 24 minutes if I was at your house! 🙂

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  38. Leah/ Texas/ United States says

    August 1, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    oh wow those chocolate macaroons look awesome. i’m going to have to go to the store and get ingredients!!

    i’m having a scrap giveaway at my blog – check it out.

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  39. Kleiner Berliner says

    August 1, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Oh Lisa, these macaroons look delicious!Thank´s for sharing the receipe.I will try it tomorrow. Love Nigella Lawsons cooking ideas.
    Warm geetings from Germany sends Julie

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  40. sewtakeahike says

    August 2, 2009 at 5:39 am

    Your Billy cart looks like so much fun Lisa! Doing things like that when I was a child are some of my fondest memories!

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  41. Jenny says

    August 2, 2009 at 1:43 pm

    My gosh you would be the envy of all the kids with those macaroons in your lunchbox! Great Billy cart

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  42. Handmade in Israel says

    August 4, 2009 at 6:57 am

    Another yummy looking recipe to try! Thanks girls.
    Wish I could enter your giveaway… what a generous prize! I am sure the winner will be thrilled with it.

    Reply

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