Macarons

Macarons are a delicious and gluten free desert. You can make them in all sorts of flavours. This one is for strawberry macarons. More flavours to come :)

• 50g ground almonds
• 140g icing sugar
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 tbsp caster sugar
• Pink food colouring paste
• 3 tbsp good-quality strawberry jam

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees Celsius
2. Line 2 large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
3. Mix together the ground almonds and icing sugar in a bowl. 
4. In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites and then combine the bowls and add the castor sugar 
5. Slowly combine the two bowls and add a tiny bit of red or pink food colouring, mix well 
6. Use a piping tube (if you dont have one you can use a ziplock bag with the corner snipped off), place approximately a tablespoon of your mixture onto non-stick baking sheets well spaced apart. 
7. Before baking them, set them aside for about 10 minutes and then bake them for only 5 minutes. Then carefully flip the paper over (the macarons will be stuck to it so they wont fall off) and bake them for another 4 minutes.
8. Leave them to cool before laying raspberry jam in between them and making little sandwiches