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French macarons recipe

5 ingredients 30 min + 15 min 24 people openrecipes

These elegant Parisian almond meringues are sandwiched together in pairs with soft fillings - ganache, buttercream, crème patissière, jam, curd. anything!

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

134
Calories
7g
Protein
6g
Fat
14g
Carbs

Counts 3 of 4 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 3 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Almond 1 almond (1.2g) 7
Icing not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 110 icing (confectioners') sugar, sifted
  • g ground almonds
  • 60 egg whites, ideally left to age for 24 hours loosely covered in a cool place
  • g caster (superfine) sugar
  • 2 gel or paste food colouring (optional)

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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