lilac & white

Having not baked macarons in such a long while, I felt like baking them this weekend seeing as I'm back to uni in a week or so. I usually always bake salted caramel macarons because they're my favourite flavour and also because other fillings I've made haven't turned out as good as these.


But I'm sorta obsessed with the colour lilac at the moment, seeing as everywhere I look there seems to be lilac this or lilac that - clothes, accessories,, nail polish etc. Lilac and white look best together so I thought I'd give making a white chocolate ganache a go.


I just used the basic macaroni recipe I always use and made a simple white chocolate ganache filling. I usually like using salted caramel because the filling is thick and stays in place when I fill the macarons. Other fillings I've tried in the past are too runny and eventually leak out of the macaron. However what I found with this white chocolate ganache recipe is that you need to let it set over night or at least a couple of hours. I tried filling my macarons with the ganache after about an hour or two and is way definitely too runny still. However I woke up the next morning the ganache had set and thickened nicely to fill the macarons. 


Recipe:


Vanilla Ganche:

3 ounces good quality white chocolate, finely chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 seeded vanilla bean

Pour the chocolate in a medium heat proof bowl, set aside. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the heavy cream, butter and seeds of vanilla bean.  Bring to a slow boil and immediately pour over the chocolate.  Let sit a few minutes (until most of the chocolate is melted) before stirring.  Add the vanilla extract and gently stir, until just combined and no chocolate lumps remain.  Let cool completely before filling macaron shells.



recipe from : http://www.epicureanmom.com/2011/12/vanilla-macarons-filled-with-vanilla.html