French Macarons
This is a post close to my heart for various personal reasons. This was a bake that I wanted to learn ever since I saw some of the macarons scrolling up and down on you tube and on my newsfeed!
I am one of the lucky few to have learnt it from the expert herself based in Chennai. I will post a link to her page from where you will obtain all the intricate details of the kind of cakes she bakes and sells from her kitchen and the classes that she conducts from time to time.
She has her classes both in Chennai and Bangalore, India and most of her schedules are put up on her facebook page. Let her page talk you through them. I do not want to dilute anything that she has carefully worded and put up on her page for us to follow.
A simple long pending request led to this class. We have been pushing it off and on owing to our personal, busy schedules, individual bakes and family commitments and finally we were able to narrow down to a day that so coincided with the macaron International day week.
All I can say is during and after the class, I felt richer by the amount of knowledge gained with regard to macarons and am so elated to have had the handson experience by none other than RoseAnne George. The little tips, the nuances for a perfect macaron and the whole nine yards were taught with such sincerity and gentleness that made me wonder that why didn't I do so a long time back.
More than anything I absorbed in such professional clarity of thoughts and felt the humility of a well brought up woman! I fall hook, line and sinker to well brought up human beings!
The handson experience with my umpteen failed piping skills and the ultimate achieved trials vs the success was amazing! As it is a class that she conducts regularly, I do not wish to divulge any further. The recipe and the process is hers to share during her classes. By the time the class got over, followed by her homely meal, I regained so much more faith in myself and got the perfect adrenalin rush to start on my own with them.
The flavours that go into each are amazing! I could literally feel the differences in taste of each on my palate. I did enjoy the lemon flavoured one.
I haven't done much justice to the pics (cell phone uploads) while the subject was taught but boy! The experience of watching it take shape has such a gorgeous effect on our senses! This is a colour I love!!!
Can you see the feet?-the lower part that forms at the base of this almost cookie like thingie called FRENCH MACARON.
Tapping them well so that they spread well and no air bubbles remain.
Oh yeah Belgian chocolate filling it was!
...and other lovely and exotic fruit flavours!
ready to be popped into your mouth!
Heavenly Lavender flowers! I had done a bake with this earlier but with macarons it was a totally different ball game altogether. The flavour strengthens as it sits through the next day so does the beauty of the taste of a macaron! Tips to die for and note down from Rose!
The natural sunlight does wonders once these are piped and tapped out.
Macarons tanning!!! That's our coffee flavoured ones!
Patience and a lot of Science put together gives you the puurrrrrrrrrfuct Macaron (French accent here!!!) The weather, climate and the works does act as a positive/negative catalyst and can play spoilsport so there are many do's and don'ts to follow...Rose will advise you!
These were what were made in the class and what I brought back-unbelievably amazing this journey has been!
I am grateful for the many teachers whom I have come across in my life from whom I have learnt many things about baking especially their important tips and points to remember! I have also learnt to let go and not to attach any emotional attachment to anybody...They are here to teach and share and we as students should incorporate all that learning and move on...I continue to respect each person's space!
Do listen to the beautiful and famous song that I have included in this write up. Would also like you guys to know that this was my first macaron tasting :) so a huge Hip Hip Hurray for me!!! and for the taste!
https://www.facebook.com/Oven180 that is the important link to RoseAnne George's page. Do hop over!
Rose does take orders during festivities and does get busy with her pristine corporate bakes!
"In a cookie cutter world, just be a macaron."
Just a note below from the net, please understand the difference in spelling, meaning and flavour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU Do listen to Bobby and is that our dear, late Robin Williams in that video? Sigh! Depression does kill! RIP Robin. You were and still remain a favourite with our family!
My individual experiments on macarons alone at home without Rose but with her recipe clipped onto one of the kitchen cabinet doors in front of me...not bad for a very first attempt! Loads of notes taken down and documented so that I can perfect them further...She has encouraged me to go ahead and that I am almost there...
I am so elated! will work on them more with a few other colours and flavours. The teacher has indeed taught well!!! All the tips were followed to the T and am so grateful!
I am one of the lucky few to have learnt it from the expert herself based in Chennai. I will post a link to her page from where you will obtain all the intricate details of the kind of cakes she bakes and sells from her kitchen and the classes that she conducts from time to time.
She has her classes both in Chennai and Bangalore, India and most of her schedules are put up on her facebook page. Let her page talk you through them. I do not want to dilute anything that she has carefully worded and put up on her page for us to follow.
A simple long pending request led to this class. We have been pushing it off and on owing to our personal, busy schedules, individual bakes and family commitments and finally we were able to narrow down to a day that so coincided with the macaron International day week.
All I can say is during and after the class, I felt richer by the amount of knowledge gained with regard to macarons and am so elated to have had the handson experience by none other than RoseAnne George. The little tips, the nuances for a perfect macaron and the whole nine yards were taught with such sincerity and gentleness that made me wonder that why didn't I do so a long time back.
More than anything I absorbed in such professional clarity of thoughts and felt the humility of a well brought up woman! I fall hook, line and sinker to well brought up human beings!
The handson experience with my umpteen failed piping skills and the ultimate achieved trials vs the success was amazing! As it is a class that she conducts regularly, I do not wish to divulge any further. The recipe and the process is hers to share during her classes. By the time the class got over, followed by her homely meal, I regained so much more faith in myself and got the perfect adrenalin rush to start on my own with them.
The flavours that go into each are amazing! I could literally feel the differences in taste of each on my palate. I did enjoy the lemon flavoured one.
Do listen to the beautiful and famous song that I have included in this write up. Would also like you guys to know that this was my first macaron tasting :) so a huge Hip Hip Hurray for me!!! and for the taste!
https://www.facebook.com/Oven180 that is the important link to RoseAnne George's page. Do hop over!
Rose does take orders during festivities and does get busy with her pristine corporate bakes!
"In a cookie cutter world, just be a macaron."
Just a note below from the net, please understand the difference in spelling, meaning and flavour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU Do listen to Bobby and is that our dear, late Robin Williams in that video? Sigh! Depression does kill! RIP Robin. You were and still remain a favourite with our family!
My individual experiments on macarons alone at home without Rose but with her recipe clipped onto one of the kitchen cabinet doors in front of me...not bad for a very first attempt! Loads of notes taken down and documented so that I can perfect them further...She has encouraged me to go ahead and that I am almost there...
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