Golden strawberry macarons for a bride-to-be...

I wanted to make some macarons for a morning tea to celebrate a workmate's last day at work before getting married.

I thought it'd be as good a time as any to try out my new Wilton gold spray and see how it worked on macarons. I wasn't sure if I should colour the shells or not, and ended up making white ones and spraying them gold, but I may colour them with some caramel colouring next time before spraying them.

Strawberries and Cream Macarons

I stumbled upon some freeze dried strawberries a couple of weeks ago and thought they could work well sprinkled on some macaron shells. I thought I'd take the opportunity to see how my oven handles white macaron shells while I was at it - it would seem I need to bake them for significantly longer and at a much lower temperature than usual.

So here they are, for my 100th post, Strawberries and Cream macarons…. Thanks to everyone from around the world who have visited and supported my blog!

Speckled Strawberry Macarons

Strawberry ganache:
125g strawberries, blended and put through sieve
70g white chocolate
40g milk chocolate
(Heat strawberry puree, pour over chocolate and mix until ganache forms)

Speckles:
Pastry brush
Pink food colouring
Disposable glove
Dip brush in food colouring and use fingers to flick onto macarons before resting.