PISTACHIO MACARONS #desserts #glutenfree

Alright, so first thing, a few people make their pistachio macaron shells with pistachio glue. That is one course to take. This is a pistachio macaron formula without pistachio glue. I use pistachio flour.

Pistachio Macarons with a Pistachio Cream Cheese Filling. Sprinkled with white chocolate, and beat with ground pistachio.

Something else you have to think about these Pistachio Macarons, is that they are my top choice! They were the first macarons I at any point endeavored as well. Since I simply love pistachios to such an extent! What's your most loved macaron flavor? I trust you have an incredible day. Huge a debt of gratitude is in order for perusing!!

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Ingredients
Pistachio Macaron Shells

3 egg whites 100 grams, 3.5 oz
1/2 cup granulated sugar 100 grams, 3.5 oz
3/4 cup almond flour 72 grams, 2.5 oz
1/4 cup pistachio flour* see notes 28 grams, 1 oz
3/4 cup powdered sugar 90 grams, 3.17 oz
A few drops of green food coloring

Pistachio Cream Cheese Filling

2 ounces cream cheese softened (56 grams)
2 tablespoons butter softened (28 grams, 1 oz)
1 cup powdered sugar sifted (127 grams, 4.5 oz)
1/4 cup pistachio flour* see notes 28 grams, 1 oz
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

To assemble

1/4 cup ground pistachio* read notes
2 oz white chocolate melted and slightly cooled (56 grams)

Instructions
Pistachio Macaron Shells

Before you start, get all of your ingredients ready. Prepare a large piping bag, fitted with a large round tip.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicon mat.
Under my parchment, I put a layout with circles that measure about 1 1/2 inches each. That’s how big I like to pipe my macarons.
Measure out all of your ingredients.
Sift powdered sugar, almond flour, and pistachio flour together. Set aside.
Now you can finally start.
Place egg whites and granulated sugar in a heat proof bowl or in a double boiler. Over a pan of simmering water, whisk the whites and sugar until frothy and sugar completely melted. It will take a couple minutes. You can test by touching the mixture between your fingers, and if you feel any sugar granules just keep whisking mixture over the water bath.
Make sure the bottom of the bowl isn’t touching the simmering water.
Transfer mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer. (I use my kitchenAid bowl when doing this, because it makes it easier)
With the whisk attachment, whisk mixture on high speed for a few minutes until stiff peaks are formed.
Best way to check this is to keep your eye on the whites. Once they get glossy and you start seeing streaks formed by the whisk, it might be time to stop.
You don’t want to overbeat the mixture at this point, because you don’t want to add too much air to it. Just whisk until stiff peaks have formed.
Pour powdered sugar, almond flour, and pistachio flour mixture into stiff whites.
Start folding gently forming a letter J with a spatula. Add the food coloring at this point.
It’s time to stop folding when the batter is glossy and has a thick and flowing consistency. There are several ways to test this, and you might have to have a couple failed batches before you get this right.
First, I pick up some batter with my spatula and try to draw a figure 8 with the batter that is dripping off the spatula. If you can form several 8 figures without the batter breaking up, that’s one indication that it might be ready.
Then, I grab a teaspoon of batter and spoon onto my parchment paper or silicon mat.
If the batter stays stiff and doesn’t spread out a bit, I start folding a little bit more, about 3 folds.
Test again.
Once the batter spreads out a bit and starts to look glossy on the parchment paper, I transfer my mixture to the piping bag.
You don’t want your batter to be too runny either. So be careful not to overmix. It’s always best to undermix and test several times until the proper consistency has been achieved.
This is the most important part about making macarons in my opinion.
Once you’ve piped as many 1 1/2” circles as you could, bang the trays against the counter a few times each. This will release air bubbles that are in the batter and prevent your macaron shells from cracking.
Let your trays sit for a while so the shells will dry out a little bit. I usually leave about 20-40 minutes, depending on how humid the day is. You’ll know they’re ready when you gently touch the surface of a macaron and it seems dry.
Pre-heat the oven to 325F.
Bake one tray at a time.
Bake for 4 minutes, rotate tray.
Bake for 4 more minutes and rotate the tray again.
Keep baking the trays for a total of 16-20 minutes each, rotating the tray in between to ensure even baking.
When baked, the macarons will have a deeper color and formed feet.
Remove from the oven and bake the other tray.
Let the macarons cool down before proceeding with the filling.

Pistachio Cream Cheese Filling

Cream butter and cream cheese at medium speed for about 1 minute.
With the mixer off, add sifted powdered sugar, mix on low to combine. Add pistachio flour and vanilla. Cream for another minute or so until creamy and fluffy.
Put filling in a piping bag.

To assemble

Pipe about 1 teaspoon of filling on top of each bottom shell. Top with the top shell.
I melted white chocolate and put it in a piping bag, cut a very small hole at the end and drizzled the white chocolate over the macaron shells, and then topped them with ground pistachios.

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