Chocolate Macarons

A delicious, easy-to-make macaroons with chocolate.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings: 10 people
Calories: 130kcal

Ingredients

For Macarons Shells

  • 1/2 cup Almond
  • 3 tbsp Cocoa powder
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 5 tbsp Castor Sugar

For Chocolate Filling

  • 150 g Chocolate
  • 1/2 cup Cream
  • 1 tbsp Butter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC).
  • In a medium bowl, sift together almond flour, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder.
  • In a large bowl, beat the egg whites on medium speed until foamy.
  • Slowly add sugar one tablespoon at a time.
  • Increase the speed to medium-high and beat until hard peaks form.
  • Fold the dry ingredients, in two batches, into the beaten egg whites with a rubber spatula.
  • Pour the batter into a pastry bag.
  • Pipe about a spoonful of batter onto the baking paper at regular intervals. Set aside for 15 minutes.
  • Bake the macarons in the oven for 13 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
  • In a small saucepan heat the cream.
  • When the cream just begins to boil at the edges, remove from heat and pour over the chopped chocolate.Stir in the butter. 
  • Cool the ganache in the fridge to thicken.
  • Add a teaspoon of chocolate filling on the flat side of a macaron, take a second macaron and put it on the filling.