Macarons à la rose, rose and almond macaroons

Name: Macarons à la rose, rose and almond macaroons
Yield: Makes about 20
Ingredients: rose butter cream; a drop of culinary rose essence; a drop of red or pink food colouring; 4 or 5 egg whites (from 4 or 5 eggs); 1 teaspoon dried egg white powder, optional; rose petal jelly – or jam; 225 g/8 oz/1⅔ cups icing sugar, plus 1 tablespoon, well-sifted; 150 g/5 oz/1 cup ground almonds

Preparation info

Makes about
20

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

As with all meringue-style preparations, do not attempt these in humid conditions.

Ingredients

150 g/5 oz/1 cup ground almonds
225

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Line baking sheets with silicone.

Sift the ground almonds and measured sugar together. This must be absolutely smooth and fine. Whisk the egg whites and, as they firm up, sprinkle in the powdered egg white and the extra tablespoon of sifted icing sugar, together with the food colouring and essence, only a drop, mind, whisking until the mixture is very firm, smooth and glossy. Add some o