Macaron Fetish: 80 Fanciful Shapes, Flavors, and Colors to Take Macarons to the Next Level

Kim H. Lim-Chodkowski

nov. 2013 · Vendu par Simon and Schuster

À propos de cet e-book

Have you ever seen those beautiful French macaron pastries in bakery windows and wished you could make them yourself? Now you can, with Kim H. Lim-Chodkowski’s Macaron Fetish. Learn about the proper tools and ingredients for making macarons at home, followed by simple starting recipes like vanilla and coffee. Once you’ve gained your confidence, you can try out more complicated recipes.

Here are recipes for all audiences, from children to connoisseurs. Tired of plain, round macarons? Make some cat-shaped pastries, or chicks and bunnies for Easter! Find the salted caramel too hum-drum? Test a muscat wine buttercream or nori seaweed, cashew, and sesame macaron shell.

Recipes range from basic flavors—dark chocolate—to complex mixtures of complementary ingredients—black sesame, white sesame, and salted butter cream—both sweet and savory, and all are easy to make. Other exciting flavor combinations include:

• Orange blossom water and candied ginger
• Balsamic vinegar and white chocolate
• Tabasco, espelette chili pepper, and dark chocolate
• Chanterelle mushroom and pecan
• Garam masala, turmeric, and tuna

Take up the macaron obsession and make exquisite macarons that will drive your friends crazy with envy!

À propos de l'auteur

Kim H. Lim-Chodkowski is a girl who loves simple life with a lot of joys. She grew up in Malaysia surrounded by a hodgepodge of cuisines and spent several years in Australia before moving to France, where she has been able to indulge her passion of baking. She created the blog Macaron Fetish in 2010 and joined with other macaron lovers and bloggers on MacTweets. She resides in Nancy, France.