maca-wrong

macawrong  well, if you take away the w and the g, it is indeed macaron. a home made version, first attempt. it is probably the holy grail everyone passionate about french pastries would like to try at least once or eventually reach the holy grail...

you never thought it is possible to make this at home. you usually buy them whenever you see them especially the prestigious one.  these little things are sweet but one is usually enough to satisfy the sweet tooth and brings forth complete satisfaction - cloud nine so to speak especially the prestigious one not only gives you the color but also complexity of taste in the ganache.  
but you have seen your friends from near to afar, from novice baker to experience ones did these and they all got to the perfect macaronage, the holy of holiness, the ultimate holy grail. well, some may not be perfect and still way to go compare to the laduree, pierre herme and many other french or japanese patisseries chefs.  but if they can do it, why can't you?

so you finally got hold of a packet of almond powder, the essential ingredient for macaron and your kenwood is there to help, so why don't give it a try?

you have a number of recipes in hand, after reading the tips and techniques a few rounds, you are ready to attempt.

obviously the batter looks okay,  but the distance between the batter is too close, so they ended up sticking to one another. but there are a handful in perfect size and shape, but it is hollow...

your macawrongs have skirt, they rose but they gave a hollow shell, so you don't know what and where gone wrong, your oven couldn't give you 150c but 160c. perhaps you rest your batter too long at room temperature, some recipes say 15 min other advised an hour. perhaps the baking paper is too thin for macaron, perhaps well there are thousands of reasons...   but you have not given up, not yet.

if it would to be successful you would have whipped up some grapefruit ganache to sandwich them. since it is macawrong, you just use it to decorate your nectarine vanilla verrines.