Macaroons

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    Macaroons
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook

By Annie Gray

Published 2019

  • About

More like Bakewell tarts than macaroons in the conventional sense, these are delicate little tartlets that lend an air of sophistication to the tea tray. Be-Ro was a brand of flour, predominantly selling self-rising flour that struggled to find a market in the late nineteenth century. To help market its products, Be-Ro, beginning in 1923, produced a recipe pamphlet that rapidly became a fixture in many homes.

It was much cheaper than a full cookery book, and it made Be-Ro a househol