Macarons

Are they cakes or are they cookies? It doesn't matter! Everyone loves macarons, with their fluffy ganache cream and crunchy meringue tops. From its beginnings in a Parisian patisserie in 1862, when two meringue biscuits were placed on top of a ganache filling, the macaron has become a teatime favorite world-wide. Go wild with flavors and choices of fillings. A macaron will fulfill every cook's fantasy. Most of all they will always melt in your mouth. Francis van Arkel takes a simple macaron and turns each one into a delight. With easy to understand recipes