French Hazelnut Macaroons

Name: French Hazelnut Macaroons
Yield: Makes about 30 sandwiched macaroons
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1 batch Ganache for Filling Cookies; 2 tablespoons water; 4 large egg whites; ½ cup granulated sugar; 6 ounces (about 1½ cups) whole blanched hazelnuts, plus finely chopped hazelnuts to sprinkle over the macaroons; ½ cups confectioners’ sugar

Preparation info

Makes about
30
sandwiched macaroons

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cookies Unlimited

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2000

About

François Payard’s macaroons are so wonderful it’s almost irresistible to keep trying variations. This one has hazelnuts rather than almonds.

Ingredients

½ cups confectioners’ sugar
6 ounces (about 1½ cups) whole blanched h

Europe
Italy
France
Dessert
Cookies
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

In the work bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade, pulse the confectioners’ sugar with the hazelnuts repeatedly for 3 or 4 minutes. The nuts should be ground very fine and there shouldn’t be any discernible pieces of hazelnut left. As you are grinding, stop the machine occasionally and scrape down around the inside and bottom of the work bowl with the end