We all know that the French prefer croissants for breakfast. However, not many people know that the representatives of this nation have their favorite dessert - Macaroni cake. Despite the name, which in our understanding is associated more with spaghetti than with delicate sweetness, this culinary product is made from almond flour, whipped egg whites and sugar. Today we offer a closer acquaintance with a delicate dessert and learn how to cook a Macaroni cake.
Chocolate "Macaroni": recipe
We bring to your attention the option of preparing a delicious dessert with a layer of bitter and white chocolate. Believe me, the Macaroni cake prepared in this way will not leave indifferent either your household or guests.
Ingredients
If you decide to treat yourself to a miracle dessert, then you need to take care of the presence of the following products in the kitchen. For the test you need: almond powder, which is ground in a coffee grinder and sifted almonds - 110 g, icing sugar - 225 g, cocoa powder - 25 g, egg white from four medium-sized eggs, granulated sugar - 50 g. For ganache ( layers) are needed: dark chocolate - 80 g, white chocolate - 100 g, cream 38% - 100 ml.
Cooking process
We heat the oven to 150 ° C. For two minutes, mix the almond flour with icing sugar and cocoa powder in a food processor. We cover the baking sheet with baking paper, pour the resulting dry mixture onto it, dry it in the oven for about five minutes, and then sift it through a fine sieve.
Beat the egg whites, adding sugar little by little, until a shine appears. Add the dry mixture of flour, cocoa and powdered sugar to the proteins and carefully combine them with smooth movements. You should have an egg mass of viscous consistency. We spread it in a pastry bag with a round nozzle and place small, equally sized mugs on a baking sheet, previously covered with baking paper. Leave the pan on the table for one hour. During this time, the dough should be covered with a crust. If this is not done, then cracks form on the surface of the Macaroni during baking.
We send our future dessert in an oven heated to 150 ° C for 12 minutes. After 6 minutes, you must turn the pan 180 degrees so that the dough bakes evenly. We remove the ready-made halves of Macaroni. We prepare two types of layer: warm the cream with chocolate, and then grease the baked circles with them and combine. Delicious French Macaroni cakes with chocolate filling are ready! By the way, if you do not want to mess with ganache, then you can use chocolate paste for the filling , for example, Nutella.
How to make berry and chocolate "Macaroni"
A cake, the recipe with a photo of which we offer you, to prepare, of course, is not very simple and not at all fast, but the result will cause you to have extremely positive emotions. A beautiful dessert will look great on the festive table. In addition, if you pack the cakes in a beautiful box, they will be a great gift.
Essential Ingredients
If you decide to treat yourself to the legendary French dessert, you will need to buy certain products. To prepare the dough, we need: 110 g of almond powder, 225 g of powdered sugar, proteins from four eggs, a pinch of salt, 50 g of fine granulated sugar and half a teaspoon of lemon juice. For the filling number 1: 300 g of any berries to your taste, 100 g of sugar, 10 g of starch, egg, juice from half a lemon and a leaf of gelatin. For the filling number 2: 100 g of white chocolate and 100 ml of fat cream in 38%.
We proceed to cooking
Mix almond flour with icing sugar and sift through a very fine sieve. This mixture must be dry. If for some reason the mixture is not loose enough, then dry it in an oven preheated to 150 ° C for five minutes. After this, sift the flour and sugar thoroughly again.
Beat egg whites with salt and lemon juice in a steaming foam, gradually pouring sugar. Continue to whisk until the mass becomes smooth and shiny. Then gently interfere with the almond-sugar mass. If you want to make cakes even more original, then at this stage you can add 10-12 g of natural food coloring.
We cover the baking sheet with baking paper and, using a cooking syringe or bag, squeeze out identical small circles of diameter. Do not forget to leave some free space between them so that they do not stick together during baking. We leave the future "Macaroni" to dry at room temperature for about an hour until crusts form on them. To check the readiness, touch the circle with your finger: if the dough does not stick, then you can proceed to baking. Preheat the oven to 150 ° C and send the dough for 10 minutes.
We proceed to the preparation of the filling. First, let's take a berry layer. Using a blender, grind the cooked berries, transfer the resulting mass into a small saucepan, add starch, egg and lemon juice and cook for about five minutes until thickened, stirring constantly. Leave to cool.
In order to make a ganache of white chocolate, warm the cream and dissolve the chocolate in them. Cool down.
Glue the cooled halves of "Macaroni" with a thick filling. It is advisable then to send them for an hour in the refrigerator. Delicious and tender Macaroni cake with berries and chocolate filling is ready! Enjoy your meal!
Of course, the options for making this dessert are by no means limited to the listed recipes. You can safely experiment with the filling and dyes.
“Macaroni” (cake): calorie content
If you follow the figure, then, of course, limit yourself to the use of baking and a variety of sweets. However, from time to time you can well pamper yourself with this delicious French dessert. Indeed, in pastries “Macaroni” with fruit or nut filling contains no more than 75 calories. If the filling is chocolate or caramel, then no more than 80 calories. In addition, the main ingredient of the dough in the form of almond flour is more useful than its wheat counterpart.