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USA MACARONS WITH LEMON MASCARPONE FILLING

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 52 minutes
Servings 6

Ingredients

for the macarons:

  • 150 g confectioner’s sugar
  • 90 g very finely ground almonds
  • 2 egg white
  • 30 g fine white sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • knife point of food color blue and red

Filling:

  • 250 g Mascarpone
  • 80-100 g confectioner's sugar
  • 1 tbsp. lemon zest
  • stars for decoration

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 140 degrees. Sift two times the ground almonds and confectioner’s sugar together.

  2. Beat egg whites until stiff while adding the fine white sugar and salt.
  3. Now carefully add the egg white to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth and the ingredients are moistened. Now add food color of your choice (I took Wilton blue and christmas red).

  4. Fill dough into a piping bag and pipe small circles. Let them set for 20-30 minutes. Then bake for 12-14 minutes. Then remove from oven.

  5. For the filling: Beat together mascaspone, lemon zest and confectioner's sugar. Fill in piping bag and pipe of one side of macaron. Decorate with stars.