The Baking Diaries since March 30th, 2011

green tea macarons with peanut butter filling/ condensed milk

Recipe: makes 15 macarons

4 1/2egg whites,               125-50g icing sugar,        120g ground almonds,          8g caster sugar,

2tbsp green tea powder,              cream of tartar 1 tsp,            green food colouring

 Filling:condensed milk/ peanut butter

Preheat oven to 160C. Sieve icing sugar and ground almond together, then add food colouring and green tea powder and mix.

Beat whites until foamy and add the sugar,  cream of tartar. Beat until very stiff and firm.

Carefully fold the dry ingredients, in two batches into whites.

The mixture should be thick and fall in ribbons when lifted. Pipe, Use hair dryer to blow until skin forms (no longer sticky)

. Bake for 10-12 min.

Cool.

Spread peanut butter/ condensed milk, sandwich