California Walnut Meringues With Limoncello Buttercream
photo by YummySmellsca
- Ready In:
- 1hr 12mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
8 meringue sandwiches with 1/2 tbsp filling each
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄8 ounces walnuts
- 1 3⁄4 ounces icing sugar
- 1 egg white, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon meringue powder
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons green food coloring (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup coconut oil
- 1⁄2 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons limoncello
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 lemon, zest of
- 1 dash yellow food coloring (optional)
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F Line a baking sheet with parchment (do not grease or use silicone).
- Pulse the walnuts with the icing sugar in a food processor until finely ground, then sift. Set aside.
- In a very clean bowl with electric beaters, beat the egg white, meringue powder, sugar and salt until stiff peaks form (this should take 8-10 minutes).
- Beat in the vanilla and colouring until well blended.
- Gently dust the walnut mixture over the beaten mixture and gently fold it in until the meringue is smooth and shiny.
- Transfer to a piping bag (or plastic bag with the corner snipped off) and pipe 3/4" rounds on the parchment.
- Tap the baking sheet on a counter gently (to release any trapped air bubbles), then set aside for 15 minutes.
- Place in the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 350°F
- Bake 10-12 minutes and cool completely on the sheets.
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For filling:
- Cream together coconut oil, icing sugar, Limoncello, extract, lemon zest and colouring until creamy.
- Chill at least 1 hour before filling the macarons with 1/2 tbsp of the mixture.
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<p>Montessori teacher, nutritionist and pastry chef: baking is my passion, but teaching the value of good food to whole families is close to my heart too! I have a passion for re-instilling the love of good-quality, home-made and mostly healthy food into the hearts and kitchens of children and their families today. I believe that any ?homemade? food, even when labelled as naughty, is a more wholesome treat than pre-packaged, cookie-cutter junk.</p>
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