Name: Vanilla Macarons ** (Macarons Vanille)
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 72 h 55 min
Yield: Makes 25–30
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tsp (5 g) butter, melted and cooled; 1½ cups (7 oz./200 g) confectioners’ sugar; 1½ tsp (7.5 ml) raspberry brandy; 1⅓ cups (4½ oz./125 g) almond powder; 2½ oz. (70 g) vanilla pastry cream; 2 tbsp (25 g) superfine sugar; 6 oz. (175 g) plain buttercream, at room temperature; ⅓ oz. (10 g) vanilla powder; 3 egg whites (scant ½ cup/ 100 g)

Preparation info

Makes
25–30

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
73 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Macaron shells

1½ cups (7 oz./200 g) confectioners’ sugar

Europe
France
Vegetarian
Cookies
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 340°F (170°C/Gas Mark 3).
To prepare the macaron shells, finely grind the confectioners’ sugar, almond powder, and vanilla powder in the food processor. Sift through a fine-mesh sieve into a mixing bowl.
Whisk th