We did it!
We made those pesky French macarons with French buttercream. We made them four times in a row.
Trying to perfect it takes time and patience.
The first batch was not perfect, but they tasted just fine.
The second batch was fantastic in every way; They had the foot, the shine, the smooth top, and the melt-in-your-mouth wonder.
We were proud of ourselves, so we attempted make them a third time, we were that cocky.
We were singing, "We are the champions…"
But, the third batch did not produce the look we wanted.
They had the foot/ruffled bottom, but the taste of almond was too pronounced, and the top was bumpy and not smooth.
So we did them a fourth time.
We were determined to create perfection like the first time.
We used the same ingredients; nothing changed, not the weather, the age of the eggs, the oven heat, the bowl we used…
Except our cookies never came out the same twice.
The fourth batch flopped, completely flopped; the filling was good. They turned out to be a flat cookie with a filling. It's edible but not a macaron.
Have you ever made French Macarons?
There are 100s of little tricks, and we did many of them but never had the same result twice.
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