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Vanilla Macarons

October 12, 2012 By Spoonful of Sugar - 14 Comments

We love school holidays – it means that Sarah has more time to potter around in the kitchen. This week she made some amazing vanilla macarons, coloured a delicate shade of pink. She used the basic macaron recipe from Zumbo, and then piped some vanilla buttercream between the macaron shells to sandwich them together.

The macarons tasted amazing and needless to say, they didn’t last long! This has been Sarah’s most successful batch of macarons to date. Adriano Zumbo’s recipe is a little different to the previous recipes she has used. This recipe uses the Italian meringue method – a sugar syrup at the right temperature is incorporated into the egg whites while they are being beaten. What we love about Zumbo is that it includes a basic recipe for the macaron shells and then there are 23 variations – including salted milk chocolate caramel, rice pudding, strawberry bubblegum, vegemite and many more. You can find Adriano Zumbo’s macaron recipe here.

Sadly school resumes next week so it may be a while before we are next eating macarons.

Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: French, macarons, vanilla

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  1. Stefania Fortunato says

    October 12, 2012 at 7:17 am

    I love macarons.
    Stefy

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  2. Deborah says

    October 12, 2012 at 8:23 am

    Oooh these macarons look good! have a happy weekend sweetie

    Bee happy x

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  3. Linda says

    October 12, 2012 at 10:02 am

    They look perfect Sarah, mmmm delicious.

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  4. Thimbleanna says

    October 12, 2012 at 10:59 am

    Well Done Sarah! They look amazing. Thanks for the link to the recipe too!

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  5. Patchwork and Play says

    October 12, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Vegemite- surely not!!! Sarah’s vanilla ones look delicious!!!

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  6. TLN says

    October 12, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    Gorgeous (and delicious) looking!

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  7. gale says

    October 12, 2012 at 4:09 pm

    They always look so pretty. I have never had a macaron. My dd is allergic to nuts and I never get or make anything she can’t have and I don’t generally eat away from home unless I’m with my kids or family. I wonder if there’s an alternate macaron. lol

    ok just before I hit submit I decided to do a quick search and there are recipes for almond free macarons. I’ll have to try to make some.

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  8. ~ko says

    October 12, 2012 at 6:51 pm

    Your pictures are always GORGEOUS! I’ve yet to try my hand at macarons but maybe with this recipe I might give it a go! Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  9. Chocolate Cat says

    October 12, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    They look perfect! I have still to attempt them but may have to get my Zumbo book out again!

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  10. Pixelsnpieces.com says

    October 13, 2012 at 6:10 pm

    They are stunning! I had a macaron fail last week. Might have to try Zumbos recipe.

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  11. argone says

    October 15, 2012 at 2:30 am

    Beautiful macarons, and thank you for this information about this pastry chef that I never heard of in France … cheers !

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  12. Jen says

    October 15, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    I love macarons – and what a great color! I would love if you entered this recipe in my Power of Pink Challenge. All participants are entered into a drawing to win a $100 donation to the charity of your choice: http://www.beantownbaker.com/2012/10/5th-annual-power-of-pink-challenge.html

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  13. Anjo Angela Lim says

    February 15, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Hi! I’m Anjo from Munchcraft, and I just wanted to let you know that I posted a picture and link of your macaron as part of my eatpraylove series. Because your macarons are awesome and deserve lots of love. And eating. Hope it’s okay? If not, let me know and I’ll take it down ASAP. Thanks! 😀 😀 😀

    http://munchcraft.anjosblogzine.com/2013/02/eatpraylove-day-2.html

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