Attended my first ever baking class on new year's eve. Macaroon baking! Paid for by my mommy. We have baked macaroons a few times, but didn't know if we were doing it right.
The class was held at At 19 Culinary, in Damansara Heights. It's a bungalow house. Forgot to take a picture of the building >_<
The recipe given to us. The class was informative. The chef shared loads of tips on how to make sure your macaroons turned out right. At the end of the class, not a single macaroon came out of the oven without 'feet'.
The ingredients, prepared for us beforehand.
The chef showed us the steps first. Then it was our turn.
My ingredients were for the strawberry ones. It's not actually strawberry flavored, it's just the coloring, but you use strawberry jam filling for this one. As opposed to chocolate ganache for the chocolate macaroons.
All piped out. Leave it to cool and dry before popping it into the oven!
2 of the ovens available at the place.
Pots and pans for other types of culinary classes.
Chocolate ones out of the oven.
My tray in the oven. The most exciting part is watching it bake and rise.
Rising....
Rising...
All raised! Happy feet!
All paired and filled and ready to be taken home by eager eaters!
Why are macaroons expensive? If you buy them, you can't find any cheaper than RM2.50 a piece (unless it's the mini ones) Well, it actually takes 5 days to make a macaroon.
The egg whites have to be aged 3 days ahead.
Chocolate ganache has to be made a day ahead.
It's best consume after 2 days. That's when it gets chewy.
Kept in an airtight container in a fridge, it can keep up to 2 weeks.
Will put the recipe up here next (when I actually get around to it)
All in all, was a fun class. Nice to know that the macaroons mom and I baked all this while tastes the same with the ones baked in class, only we didn't always get the 'feet' on ours.
;)
1 comment:
can't wait to bake them again with you!
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