This is an easy macaron recipe without mixer. Yes, it’s possible. I beat egg whites and heavy cream with a hand whisk often. I made macarons for the first time in my life at cooking school in Paris. And I was one of a few students who made good macarons in my class. I’d say that was really a beginner’s luck. There are so many macaron recipes, I will not make my own one. Today I will use simple Cordon Bleu recipe (amount of ingredients) and I will make meringue with my hand.
First, whip egg whites and sugar until peaks.
This is French meringue.
Add in food color. Today I used ‘red’ one.
Sift almond flour and confectioners’ sugar.
And whisk the dry ingredients to combine.
Add in the dry mixture into meringue.
And fold to combine.
Then do macaronage until shiny.
Pipe on a parchment paper lined pan.
And dry.
Then bake at 300 degrees F. for 13 minutes.
Then fill with strawberry jam and make macaron sandwiches.
Happy cooking and good luck!
Easy Macaron Recipe without Electric Mixer
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
- Yield: 24 disks 1x
Ingredients
- 60 g egg white (2.1 oz; 0.22 cup; 3 tablespoons and 2 teaspoon)
- 30 g caster sugar (1 oz; 2 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon)
- 50 g ground almonds (1.7 oz; 1/2 cup)*
- 90 g confectioners’ sugar (3.2 oz; 0.72 cup)
- Pinch salt
- 40 g Strawberry jam (1.4 oz; 1/8 cup)
- 1 or 2 drops of red food coloring
Instructions
- 1. In a mixing bowl, add in the egg whites. And beat it rigorously until foamy. You can opt for electric mixer. Then slowly add in caster sugar while whipping. Continue to incorporate the air into the egg whites until soft peaks form. This is called, French meringue.
- 2. Add a drop of red coloring in the meringue. Don’t add too much unless you want really vivid red. Whisk until combined.
- 3. In another bowl, sift ground almonds, confectioners’ sugar, and salt. And whisk together.
- 4. Pour the confectioners’ sugar mixture into the meringue and fold with a spatula (and/or a scraper). Stop folding when the surface of the batter starts to be shiny.
- 5. Fill a pastry bag fitted with 1 cm (3/5 inch) pastry tip with the batter. Then line the parchment paper on the baking sheet. Then pipe 2.5 cm (1 inch) disks on a parchment paper. Macarons should be 5 cm (2 inches) apart from each other. After finishing piping, bang the trays hard a few times to remove air bubbles out of macarons.
- 6. Preheat the oven to 150 degrees C. or 300 F.
- 7. Let stand macarons at room-temperture until the surface is dried. It takes somewhere between 30 minutes to one hour. Touch with a finger on a macaron to see if it’s dried enough.
- 8. Bake for 13 minutes. Out of oven, let cool on a wire rack. Once cooled, remove macarons carefully off the parchment paper. Well-cooked macarons should not have problems sticking too much to the parchment paper.
- 9. On the bottom side of a macaron, put a teaspoonful of strawberry jam and make a sandwich with another macaron.
Notes
– Characteristics of macaron – The surface looks and feels like egg-shell. And it has two foot, I mean the frilled ruffles on the edges. And inside it has soft and chewy texture.
– You can have it on the day you bake but the taste is the best the next day. Bon appetit!
– If you can’t find ground almonds, make your own. Pulse blenched and chopped almonds in a food processor until finely grounded.
Doreen says
hi ms eugenie, i tried the recipe of yours. my batter was dried before putting into the oven. but somehow, it keep having cracks and its really very difficult to remove the macarons from the paper. May i know whats the reason behind this? thanks!
Niña O says
Hi Ms. Eugenie! You make everything look so easy! I can’t wait to try this recipe :) Thank you for sharing!
Lina says
Hi, Eugenie! I was using some leftover egg whites to make macaron but there was a bit of egg yolk that was combined with the egg white since I didn’t separate that egg properly. The egg whites didn’t come out the way it should: foamy. It became more liquid. There was some foam on top but it just wouldn’t come out the way it should. I was wondering if the bit of egg yolk influenced how the egg white wouldn’t become foamy? Is there any way to fix it? Or do I have to start over?
Thao Tran says
Hi, Eugenie :) Thanks for sharing the recipe with us. I just tried baking the macarons this afternoon but unfortunately mine came out with very big feet. I noticed that when I mixed the batter it became very shiny and there were air bubbles. Did I overmix it, or what else could have gone wrong?
Thank you!
Sharon says
Hi Eugenie,
Love your recipe!
Could you show a few more macaroon recipes with different flavors? Perhaps pistachio or green tea flavored ones? Those are my favorite =)
EugenieKitchen says
Thanks for your suggestions. I was thinking about green tea macaron recently, too. :)