The macaroon is a bit of the ultimate pastry. The combination of a technical recipe and original perfumes that allows to obtain a crunchy biscuit and fondant for the delight of gourmands. Forcibly, it is unanimous. But sometimes, we would like to give it a little boost to stick to a birthday theme (for example) or impress the guests.

The ba-ba of the macaron

The macaroon is a cupcake with a rounded shape, soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside. Crushed almonds, icing sugar and egg whites are the three main ingredients that make it up. It is not always known but, originally, the macaron consisted of only one shell. It was not until the ^nineteenth century that the Parisian macaron, namely that combines two hulls joined by a heart of cream, ganache or jam. If the colors of sweets often tell about their scents, the "Parisian macaron" allows pastry chefs to create new fragrances, the shells can have a different flavor than that of ganache. Even today, the recipe varies according to the region and several cities claim the paternity of macaroons.

How to customize my macaroons

Often, it's just about using the right color of dye and adding a few details with a food pen. Other times, we can modify a little (or a lot) the basic shape to give the shell the contours of our subject. Be that as it may, care must be taken to keep a fairly regular shape so that the cooking remains homogeneous. The topics that inspire us?

• fruits: colorful, often round, they have the advantage of being easy to identify. Cherries, slices of citrus, watermelon or kiwi ...
• animals : it's the cute option! Head of bear, koala, pig ... We do what we like!
• the characters : cartoons, sagas or comics, they still have their effect but are far from easy to achieve. Better to start when you already master the other topics!
• the "easy" symbols : heart, cloud, sun and even tennis ball or basketball. In general, they are rather easy to achieve because they require above all to make the right choice of dye, or even to add a few small symbols using a food pen.

Find even more inspiration in our slideshow of Pinterest's most creative and original macaroons !