What? Macaruffins? These were so good, it was one of those shameless moments where I was just eating one after the other, complimenting myself aloud. I was very impressed with myself. Maybe that's why my dad thinks I'm arrogant. You know what, my current degree, Economics and Psychology, are eating me alive, so I need to feel good about myself with something, and damn do these boost my confidence. They're some of the best cookies I've made!
So let me explain. I was going to make macaroons but then I felt lazy. I felt lazy because I hate sifting. It's the one cooking procedure I hate. I can peel, knead, chop, whisk and stir like there's no tomorrow, but my God, I hate sifting. Macaroons require a lot of sifting, and I wasn't feeling like it. This is essentially a macaroon ingredient list, but instead of the complicated procedures, I just mixed everything up in a food processor. So these, baked, then with a lovely tangy filling inside -- mmmmm. So good, so good. I didn't know what to call them, I just wanted to call them buds of joy, bites of happiness, ecstasy cookies. But then I think somebody said it tasted like a cross between a blueberry muffin and a macaroon so there we go, macaruffins. I still prefer bites of happiness, I know it may sound cheesy but you just wait until you try these babies.
I'm failing Economics at the moment, so I can brag about these as much as I want.
Ingredients
200g ground almonds
80g egg whites
180g icing sugar
1/2 cup blueberries
creme fraiche
lemon zest
Method
Preheat oven to 160C. Line and grease a baking tray.
Put the berries in a food processor and process until smooth, then add all the other ingredients and whiz some more.
Put the batter in a piping bag and pipe small flat circles (2cm diameter) onto the lined baking tray. Pipe them all 1 inch apart from each other.
Bake for 10-20 minutes or until the cookies are crisp and firm.
Leave the cookies to cool.
Mix creme fraiche with as much lemon zest as you want - some people prefer it really sharp, like me, but some prefer a softer note of the lemon.
Take a cookie, spoon a bit of the creme fraiche filling onto it and place another cookie on top. Repeat with the rest.
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These look so good - do you get the egg whites just as egg whites (eg in a carton), or do you just separate eggs? I've looked for egg whites but can't seem to find them here!
ReplyDeletehellooo, no I just got normal eggs and separated them!
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