For about 25 macarons :
– 125 g almond powder
-205 g icing sugar
– a pinch of salt
– 65 g caster sugar
– 100 g egg whites
– a few drops of yellow colouring
Vocabulary : poche à douille / papier sulfurisé / garniture
For the caramel filling :
-12 carambars ( French caramel toffees)
– 10 cl cream
-30 g butter
For the biscuits :
1 Mix the almond powder and the icing sugar, and pass the mixture through a sieve. You’ll get a powder.
2 Beat the egg whites with the salt abd stir in half the sugar when the eggs have started to get firmer, and add the other half in the end.
3 Mix the egg whites to the powder so as to get a smooth mixture.
4 Set 2 flat pastry dishes in the oven one on top of the other and cover one with parchment paper.
5 With a pastry bag, pour the mixture into circles.
6 Leave on the dish for 30 mn, then bake at 150°C for 9 to 10 mn.
For the filling :
1 Put the carambars and the cream in a pan.
2 Heat slowly for about 5 mn and stir regularly.
3 Stir in the butter.
4 Wait for the the mixture to harden.
5 Spread the mixture on a biscuit and cover with another biscuit.
Leave to cool in the fridge for one night…and enjoy !