Art-ificial Flavour
photo by naiadsoaparts
Oh, macarons. I pine for you. Sometimes I even dream about you. But you are so elusive that no bakery in my city appears to serve you. I suppose I will have to satisfy myself with these beautiful soaps, which I will probably take a bite out of anyway. Are you sure they’re not edible? Like, totally sure? Not even a little bit edible? Let me check. Just one bite. For science.
Craftiness rating: 15 shiny macaron rings out of 10.
I spent some time with Dr. Google and found that Le Panier in the market may carry Macarons.
Check out the left-most pastry photo: http://www.lepanier.com/pastries.htm
*gasp* I hope it’s true!
http://www.cakespy.com/2009/02/cakespy-undercover-macaron-fever-at.html
Barring that, maybe this’d work as a base recipe:
http://www.gourmet.com/recipes/2000s/2006/12/raspberry-chocolate-french-macaroons
Honore is amazing! I went as soon as I saw that post on Cakespy.
Their raspberry macaron is fabulous, but Le Panier’s (the bakery in Martin’s comment) pistachio > Honore’s pistachio.
I want those soaps!
Give me your adress, I’ll make sure to send you some Macarons from Pierre Hermé (living in Paris DOES have its perks