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COCONUT MACAROONS

These are a very English kind of macaroon, the sort you always used to see displayed in bakers' shops alongside the madelines (those sponge castles dipped in luminous strawberry jam and dredged in throat-catching dessiccated coconut, and so very different from those that inflamed the memory of Marcel Proust). The difference with coconut macaroons is that you need neither to be ironic nor self-consciously retro-cool to enjoy them. One bit of retail bossiness here: buy shredded, not desiccated, coconut, otherwise the sugary, fragrant dampness - which is, after all, the whole point - will be lost.

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Ingredients

  • Gluten Free
  • Nigella Recipe
  • Vegetarian
  • 2 large egg whites
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 100g caster sugar
  • 30g ground almonds
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or coconut essence, should such be available)
  • 250g shredded coconut
  • 1 baking sheet, lined

Method

Serves: Makes 8 large macaroons

  1. Preheat the oven to 170ºC/gas mark 3.
  2. Beat the egg whites until frothy - no more - then add the cream of tartar and carry on beating, Missus, until soft peaks are formed. Add the sugar a teaspoon at a time and whisk until the peaks can hold their shape and are shiny. Fold in the almonds, salt, vanilla and coconut. The mixture will be sticky but should, all the same, hold its shape when clumped together.
  3. Form into clementine-sized domes, 6-7cm in diameter. Don't make them too flat; they look best if you keep them nicely rounded, but this is really just a matter of personal taste, so follow your own.
  4. Cook for 20 minutes or until they're just beginning to turn golden in parts.

Comments

  • My Husband Loves to Bake These delicate Beauties.We even have a Special Scoop just to get the correct equal sizes!He doles them out as though Treasured More than Real Jewels.Adore Him for Baking These and then "showing OFF" His Surprises.Allows Me the First One. After that, All Up for Who can reach the quickest. His arms longer, yet, I can tease with, look at the kitty and pinch a few.He Remembers the Recipe as Well without a card to coach.So Chewy and Moist.Let Your~self dip in fudgey,gooey chocolate.Tops only.

    Posted by clicquet on 9th Aug 2011 at 22.54

  • How could No One Not Comment on this Etheral Lightness of Lovliness? So Delicious with Tea.Warmness cuts through the Sweetness of Airy Deliciousness that matters only to You.Be Kind to Your~Self and prepare These For You.We scramble them up in a dash while the Oven is pre~heating.Stars from the Heavens are just enough to "rate" this recipe,

    Posted by clicquet on 19th Sep 2011 at 23.40

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