Salted butter caramel macarons have become essential in the panoply of these delicious petits fours. Two delicious shells of almond macarons combined with a caramel made of sugar, cream and salted butter, it's a poem ! So do not hesitate, offer these delicious salted butter caramel macarons on your table and it's guaranteed success …
Salted butter caramel macarons
Ingredients
- 120 g egg whites
- 95 g caster sugar
- 130 g ground almonds
- 190 g icing sugar
- yellow food coloring preferably powder
- liquid coffee extract
Salted butter caramel :
- 280 g caster sugar
- 130 g whole liquid cream
- 200 g salted butter
Instructions
- For the recipe, precise weighing is very important. The egg whites must be at room temperature and if possible they must have been in the fridge for 2 or 3 days before using them.
- Start by whisking the whites at low speed to make sure the least amount of air is incorporated into the mixture.
- When the whites start bubbling, add half of the caster sugar, then keep whisking at low speed.
- Keep whisking until the whites form a stiff peak. It will take 15 to 20 minutes. After that, add the rest of caster sugar.
- Keep whisking the whites increasing the speed until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add the almond powder in the bowl and strain the powdered sugar above it. Mix everything together with your fingers and leave it aside.
- When the whites are well whisked with the sugar, add some coffee liquid extract and yellow food coloring progressively to obtain a caramel color. Mix it until getting a pretty vivid color.
- Put the colored whites in a bowl, add the mixture made using almond powder, then mix the whole with a spatula by lifting the mixture. We must obtain a homogeneous mixture.
- Now it’s time for the “macaronage” step, which consists by pressing the mixture with a dough scraper to soften it and bring up the albumin from the egg whites.
- When the mixture becomes shiny and allows you to make a ribbon, then the “macaronage” is over.
- Place the macarons on a baking tray covered with a sheet of greaseproof paper, using a pastry bag fitted with average size tip. You can use a model with specific dimensions to help you out.
- To finish, hit the tray twice or three times on the working area to make the air leave the macarons. Leave it to rest for 15 min at room temperature.
- After, bake the macarons in a 160°C preheated oven for 12 to 15 min while keeping an eye on the baking process. Bake one tray at a time.
- For the salted caramel, start melting and caramelising the sugar progressively. In the meantime, heat the liquid full cream.
- When the sugar is melted and has a beautiful caramel color, pour slowly the hot cream on the caramel while whisking. Be careful about spatters.
- Keep heating until 108°C, using a thermometer. Then, remove the saucepan.
- Add the salted butter to stop the cooking. Whisk to obtain a smooth cream. Pour the caramel in a bowl and leave it to rest in the refrigerator.
- After the baking, put the greaseproof paper with the macaroons on it on the working area. Wait for 1 min before removing the macaroons from the greaseproof paper and place them on a tray.
- For the final step, bring together 2 parts of macarons with some salted caramel by using a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip.
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