Roasted Fig Macarons

• Vegetarian
• Gluten free

• Produce

  • 1/2 Lemon, Juice from

• Refrigerated

  • 172 g Egg whites

• Baking & Spices

  • 212 g Almond meal
  • 1 Dark chocolate, vegan
  • 1 Fig vanilla bean jam filling, Roasted
  • 1/4 tsp Gel food coloring, Purple
  • 1/4 tsp Gel food coloring, black
  • 236 g Granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp Pectin, powder
  • 212 g Powdered sugar
  • 1 Sea salt
  • 2 tbsp Sugar

• Liquids

  • 158 g Water

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Description

Ingredients

• Ingredients
• 212 grams of almond meal
• 212 grams powdered sugar
• 82 and 90 grams of egg whites divided
• 236 grams of granulated sugar
• 158 grams of water
• ¼ tsp purple gel food coloring
• 1/4 tsp black gel food coloring
• Vegan dark chocolate drizzle (optional)
• Sea salt for garnish (optional)
• Roasted Fig Vanilla Bean Jam Filling
• 1 tsp pectin powder
• 2 tbs sugar
• 2 cups of calimyrna or brown turkey figs, roasted and caramelized in coconut oil (see instructions below)
• Juice from half a lemon
• Seeds from one vanilla bean.

Directions

• Instructions Prep and measure all of your ingredients with a scale. Prep your piping bag with your 1/2-inch tip. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silpat. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. The temperature of your oven will depend specifically on the way it heats and the levels of humidity. My oven tends to run hot so I bake about 25 degrees Fahrenheit less than suggested (325). Combine almond meal & powdered sugar together in a bowl. Sift one time to remove any lumps, then mix together to break up clumps. Make a well in the center of the dry mix and pour the 82 grams of egg whites into the center of the dry mixture. Fold together until blended and paste-like and set aside. To make your syrup, heat granulated sugar and water in a pot on medium heat with a candy thermometer attached to the side. Once the thermometers temperature reaches approximately 200 degrees F, place the 90 grams of measured egg whites in your stand mixer and whisk on medium speed. Continue to whisk until soft peaks form. Once formed, turned your mixer down to low speed to keep your egg whites moving. As soon as the sugar syrup reaches 248 degrees F, remove from heat. Quickly increase mixer speed to medium and begin slowly pouring the sugar syrup down the side of your mixing bowl until thoroughly combined. THEN increase the mixing speed to medium high and whisk sugar and egg whites together until glossy and stiff peaks form. (The meringue should completely keep its form.) Add ¼ tsp of purple & black gel food coloring to the meringue, and then gently fold into the almond/powdered sugar mixture in thirds, until completely incorporated. (If you’re making more than one color of shells, add the food coloring right after your mac batter is ready and has been divided. Continue to fold your batter in a circular motion, going around the edges of the bowl until smooth and thick ribbons run off your spatula. Transfer batter into your prepped piping bag(s). Pipe 1 1/2 inch circles about one inch apart on your baking sheet. Be sure to hold your piping bag directly above your baking sheet when making your rounds. Continue to pipe rounds until youve filled your entire baking sheet. Before placing your macs in the oven, allow them to rest until a skin has formed. This can take anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes. Test by touching your piped macs to make sure theyre dry to touch and that no batter comes off on your fingers. Once the skin has formed, place your macarons in the middle rack of your oven and reduce heat by 25 degrees (325) Bake for about 10-12 minutes until the feet have formed. Remove from oven and allow 3-5 minutes to cool. Once cool, gently remove from parchment paper/silpat and transfer to a cooling rack. Repeat same steps for baking the remaining macaron batter, increasing your oven back to 350 degrees F before baking each batch. Allow your macarons to cool completely and theyre ready to fill. (see instructions for jam below)