Grease oven trays and line with baking paper ...on which you drawn ( 4 cm) 1 and 1/2 inch circles, (2.5 cm ) 1 inch apart .
Preheat oven to 150 deg C
Beat 3 egg whites in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form ....add 1/4 cup of castor sugar ( 55gm) and 5 drops of pink food colouring .
Add the sugar a little at a time making sure the sugar is dissolved after each addition .
You need 1 tbs ( fresh strawberry puree ) of 2 fresh strawberries that have been pushed through a fine sieve .
Now fold in 1 and 1/2 cups ( 200gm )of icing sugar , 1 cup of almond meal ( 120 gm ) and the strawberry puree in 2 batches ...
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with 1/2 inch ( 1 cm ) plain tube .
Pipe onto your circles on the baking paper .
Tap trays lightly on the bench so the macaroons can spread slightly .
Now leave the trays stand for 30 minutes .
Then bake the macaroons about 20 minutes , cool on trays .
Sandwich with strawberry jam .
Dust with sifted icing sugar .
Preheat oven to 150 deg C
Beat 3 egg whites in a small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form ....add 1/4 cup of castor sugar ( 55gm) and 5 drops of pink food colouring .
Add the sugar a little at a time making sure the sugar is dissolved after each addition .
You need 1 tbs ( fresh strawberry puree ) of 2 fresh strawberries that have been pushed through a fine sieve .
Now fold in 1 and 1/2 cups ( 200gm )of icing sugar , 1 cup of almond meal ( 120 gm ) and the strawberry puree in 2 batches ...
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with 1/2 inch ( 1 cm ) plain tube .
Pipe onto your circles on the baking paper .
Tap trays lightly on the bench so the macaroons can spread slightly .
Now leave the trays stand for 30 minutes .
Then bake the macaroons about 20 minutes , cool on trays .
Sandwich with strawberry jam .
Dust with sifted icing sugar .
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