Macaroons

• Serves: 1

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Ingredients

• 4 large egg whites
• 1/3 cup plus 1 tsp caster sugar
• 1 1/2 cups plus 4 tsp pure icing sugar
• 1 cup plus 3 teaspoons almond meal
• salt (tiny pinch)
• gel food colouring (optional)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 302 degrees.
2. Place egg whites and caster sugar in a bowl and mix with electric mixer until stiff enough to turn the bowl upside down without it falling out, continue to whip for 1-2 more minutes. How long this takes will depend on you mixer. Add gel or powdered food colouring and continue to mix for a further 20 seconds.
3. Sift the almond meal and icing sugar and salt twice, discarding any almond lumps that are too big to pass through the sieve. Fold into the egg white mixture. It should take roughly 30-50 folds using a rubber spatula. The mixture should be smooth and a very viscous, not runny.
4. Pipe onto trays lined with baking paper, rap trays on the bench firmly (this prevents cracking) and then bake in the oven for 20 minutes. Check if one comes off the tray fairly cleanly, if not bake for a little longer.
5. Fill Macaroons with icing of your choice.

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