Macarons are French desserts made with egg whites, almond flour, granulated sugar and icing sugar, and filled with fruit jam or cream. Familiar as a French dessert, it was actually invented in Italy.
The origin of macarons.
During the French Revolution, a nun named Carmelie made a secret recipe to replace meat.
And earn living expenses by baking and selling this macaroon, and finally spread to France, and continue to grow.
In the mid-16th century, Catherine Medici, a nobleman of Florence, married King Henry II of France. Although it is a royal family, she left her hometown after all. Because the queen missed her hometown so much, she fell ill.
So, the chef who came to France with the queen made macarons in their hometown to make the queen happy. Since then, this Italian dessert has spread in France.
This is one of the reasons why macarons are expensive. Known as the "Noble in Desserts".
1.Expensive.
Raw materials are more expensive.
The main ingredients of macarons are egg whites, almond flour, white sugar and icing sugar, and pastries with fruit jam or cream are more expensive.
2. The production process is very troublesome.
Making macarons is very troublesome. A beautiful macaron, its production process is very strict, the complex production of 12 processes, if there is a little error, it will be abandoned.
The procedures, proportions, and weights of each step require constant attention to detail. This is just an entry-level macaron. If you want to improve the taste and style, it will be more complicated.
Therefore, the success rate of macaron production is particularly low.
3. It is difficult to save.
The preservation and transportation of macarons are relatively difficult, which increases the cost.
These are the reasons why macarons are expensive.
Do you feel that macarons are too sweet and unpalatable because you are not using the correct way to eat them.
Matching - a cup of mellow English black tea, after each sip of tea, put a small piece of macaron into your mouth with a small spoon, and cover the bitterness of black tea with the sweetness of macaron.
Friends who like to drink coffee can also pair it with a small cup of black coffee.
Macarons with such a high value, do you like them?