February 02, 2022
Nutella Chocolate Macarons
Total time: 50 mins (incl. 30 minutes resting and 15 setting)
Serves: 18 Macarons
INGREDIENTS
MACARON SHELLS
- 1 cup blanched almond meal, sifted
- 15g cacao powder, sifted
- 3 egg whites (90g), at room temperature
- 25g caster sugar
- 2 cups icing sugar, sifted
- Pinch of salt
MACARON FILLING
- ½ cup (125g) Nutella or chocolate spread
- ½ cup (65g) icing sugar
- 25g butter
- 1 tbs (20ml) thickened cream
- Pinch of salt
- Pinch of sea salt flakes
- Place your TupperChef ™ Baking Sheet to the side.
- In a mixing bowl, add sifted almond meal and cacao powder, before mixing together with a spatula. Set aside.
- Using the SuperSonic, beat egg whites until soft peaks form; gradually add the caster sugar and icing sugar, making sure to continuously beat the mixture until stiff peaks form.
- Gently and carefully fold through the almond meal and cacao mixture until combined.
- To create the macaron shells, pour mixture into a decorating bag and pipe 36 rounds onto the lined baking tray.
- Preheat oven to 140°C.
- Leave the shells to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes or until the tops are firm when touched.
- Place into the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until just golden.
- Turn off oven and open the door, but leave shells in the oven for a further 15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool.
- Add all ingredients for the macaron filling into a small mixing bowl. Beat together with KP Beater.
- To assemble macarons, pipe a small amount of the filling onto a shell and then sandwich with a second shell. Top each macaron with a sprinkle of sea salt flakes. Repeat this step until all shells have been assembled
- Serve immediately or store in an airtight container.
- To remove any peaks on the shell after piping, tap your tray twice on the bench before leaving to rest.
- For a choc mint variation: add 2–3 drops of peppermint essence into the macaron mix and a ½ tsp into the filling.
- For a choc chilli variation: add in ¼ – ½ tsp chilli powder into the macaron mix and sprinkle macaron tops with additional chili powder.
