Mini pistachio & chocolate macaroons
By Jane Hornby
Re-create memories of romantic Paris with these melt-in-the-mouth macaroons
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Prep:10 mins
Cook:15 mins
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Nutrition per serving
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kcal 71
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fat 3g
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saturates 1g
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carbs 10g
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sugars 10g
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fibre 0g
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protein 2g
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salt 0.05g
Ingredients
- 140g pistachios
- 250g icing sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 100g low-fat soft cheese
- 25g 70% cocoa dark chocolate
Tip
Delicate vanilla macaroonsMix 140g ground almonds with 200g icing sugar and rub in seeds from 1 vanilla pod. Whisk the egg whites. Once stiff, add 50g icing sugar, then whisk again. Sandwich together with a little dulce de leche.Chewy chocolate macaroons
Mix 140g ground almonds with 175g icing sugar and 25g cocoa powder. Whisk the egg whites. Once stiff, add 50g icing sugar, then whisk again. For a coffee filling, mix the soft cheese with ½ tsp instant coffee dissolved in a few drops boiling water.
Method
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140/gas 3.
Whizz the pistachios and 25g of the icing sugar in a food processor until fine. Mix with 175g more icing sugar in a large bowl. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, add the remaining 50g icing sugar and whisk again until thick and glossy. Fold into the nut mix. Spoon into a piping bag with a 1cm nozzle and pipe out 10p-coin-size blobs of mixture, well spaced. Poke any pointy tops down with a wet finger. If you don’t have a piping bag, just snip the end off a sandwich bag and use that instead.
Leave to dry for 30 mins, then bake for 12- 15 mins until risen. Cool on the paper. Beat the cream cheese with the chocolate and use to sandwich the macaroons together. Will keep for 1 day filled, or up to 3 days unfilled, stored in an airtight container.
