Pastry "Macaroni". Recipe for French pastry "Macaroni"

We all know that the French prefer croissants for breakfast. However, not many in the know that the representatives of this nation have a favorite dessert - "Macaroni" cake. Despite the name associated in our understanding more with spaghetti than with delicate sweetness, this culinary product is made from almond flour, whipped into a foam of egg white and sugar. We suggest today to get acquainted with the delicate dessert and learn how to make a pastry "Macaroni".

Chocolate "Macaroni": recipe

We bring to your attention the option of preparing a delicious dessert with a layer of bitter and white chocolate. Believe me, the "Macaroni" cake cooked in this way will not leave indifferent neither your household members nor guests.

Ingredients

If you decide to pamper yourself with a miracle dessert, then you need to take care of the availability of the following products in the kitchen. For the test you need: almond powder, which is ground in a coffee grinder and sieved almonds - 110 g, powdered sugar - 225 g, cocoa powder - 25 g, egg white from four chicken eggs of medium size, fine sugar - 50 g. For ganache ( Interlayer) are needed: bitter chocolate - 80 grams, white chocolate - 100 grams, cream 38% - 100 ml.

Cooking process

Heat the oven to 150 ^° C. For two minutes, mix the almond flour with the powdered sugar and cocoa powder in the food processor. We cover the baking tray with baking paper, pour the resulting dry mixture onto it, dry it in the oven for about five minutes, and then sift through a fine sieve.

We beat the egg whites, gradually adding sugar, until the appearance of shine. We add to the proteins a dry mixture of flour, cocoa and sugar powder and gently connect them smoothly. You should have an egg mass of a viscous consistency. We put it in a confectioner's bag with a round nozzle and we set off small, same-sized mugs on a baking tray, previously covered with baking paper. We leave the baking tray on the table for one hour. During this time, the dough should be crusted. If this is not done, then during the baking process on the surface of the "Macaroni" cracks are formed.

We send our future dessert to the oven heated to 150 ^o C for 12 minutes. After 6 minutes, turn the baking tray 180 degrees so that the dough is baked evenly. We remove ready-made halves of "Macaroni". We cook two types of interlayer: warm the cream with chocolate, and then grease them with baked circles and connect. Delicious French pastries "Macaroni" with chocolate filling are ready! By the way, if you do not want to mess with ganash, then you can use chocolate pasta, for example, "Nutella".

How to cook berry-chocolate "Macaroni"

Cake, the recipe with a photo of which we offer to your attention, of course, is not very easy to prepare and not at all fast, but the result will only give you positive emotions. A beautiful dessert will look great on the festive table. In addition, if you pack cakes in a beautiful box, they will be a great gift.

Necessary ingredients

If you decide to pamper yourself with the legendary French dessert, then you will need to buy certain products. To prepare the dough, we need: 110 g of almond powder, 225 g of powdered sugar, proteins from four eggs, a pinch of salt, 50 g of fine granulated sugar and a teaspoon of lemon juice. For the filling number 1: 300 g of any berries for your taste, 100 g of sugar, 10 g of starch, egg, juice from half a lemon and a sheet of gelatin. For filling No. 2: 100 g of white chocolate and 100 ml of creamy cream in 38%.

Let's move on to cooking

Mix almond flour with sugar powder and sift through a very fine sieve. This mixture must be absolutely dry. If for any reason the mixture is not free-flowing, then dry it in a preheated oven to 150 ° C for five minutes. After that, re-properly sift the flour with sugar.

Whisk egg whites with salt and lemon juice in a steep foam, gradually pouring sugar. Continue to beat until the mass becomes smooth and shiny. Then carefully mix almond-sugar mass. If you want to make cakes even more original, then at this stage you can add 10-12 g of natural food color.

We cover the baking tray with baking paper and, using a culinary syringe or sack, we squeeze out the same small diameter circles. Do not forget to leave some space between them, so that during the baking they do not stick together. We leave the future "Macaroni" to dry at room temperature for about an hour to form a crust on them. To check the readiness, touch the circle with your finger: if the dough does not stick, then you can proceed to baking. Preheat the oven to 150 ^о С and send the dough for 10 minutes.

We now turn to the preparation of the filling. First we'll deal with the berry layer. Using a blender, grind the cooked berries, put the resulting mass into a small saucepan, add starch, egg and lemon juice and cook for about five minutes until thick, constantly stirring. Leave to cool.

In order to make ganache from white chocolate, warm up the cream and dissolve the chocolate in them. Cool it down.

We glue the cooled halves of "Macaroni" with a thick filling. It is advisable to send them for an hour in the refrigerator. Delicious and delicate pastry "Macaroni" with a filling of berries and chocolate is ready! Bon Appetit!

Of course, the options for making this dessert are by no means limited to the above recipes. You can safely experiment with the filling and dyes.

"Macaroni" (cake): calorie content

If you watch the figure, then, of course, limit yourself in the use of baking and various sweets. However, from time to time, you can fully indulge yourself with this delicious French dessert. After all, in pasta "Macaroni" with fruit or nut filling contains no more than 75 calories. If the filling is chocolate or caramel, then no more than 80 calories. In addition, the main ingredient of the dough in the form of almond flour is more useful than its wheat analogue.