Macaron Flavors
Once I got the hang of the timing and temperament of macaron-making (tips in my last post here), I started to have fun making up new flavors. One of my favorites is espresso (add 2 Tbsp espresso powder to the dry ingredients instead of cocoa, and make a milk chocolate ganache and add some espresso powder to that). The other favorite was what I call "7-Up." It was basically because I'd made a ton of lemon curd from the first 8 egg yolks, and had an extra lime in the fridge. I put in the zest of one lime into the dry ingredients, and filled the macarons with the lemon curd. Great.
I also tried some more "out there" flavors like spicy paprika (spicy paprika in the meringue, and white chocolate paprika ganache filling). That's pictured below. I also made one with turmeric in the meringue and garam masala in the filling.
The chocolate macarons from the original recipe were my fifth flavor that I made. Here's a picture of a bunch of them in different flavor combinations! Garam masala and espresso turned out to be a cool combination which people liked.
