It’s perfect for Passover too!
For some reason, the fluffy piles of coconut always scream spring to me.
I fell in love with macaroons as a young culinary student in New York.
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How were they so impossibly light, yet decadent at the same time?
Just a few weeks later, a client requested that I make a batch of macaroons for Passover.
Her recipeshave never failed me, so her cookbooks are the first place I look for inspiration.
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Lucky for me, Ina not onlyhas a recipe for coconut macaroons, but it’s unbelievably simple.
Surely I was missing a step?
How could something so delicious require just five ingredients and less than 10 minutes of prep?
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Were the instructions missing the part where I have to meticulously boil sugar to a specific temperature while stress-sweating?
In other words, it leaves very little room for error when measuring.
In fact,there’s no need to measure the ingredients at all.
Then comes the fun part: mixing it all up!
If the egg whites stick straight up, youve gone too far.
The macaroons should feel dry to the touch and have a beautiful toasted coconut hue.
You could even use white chocolate if desired.
If Im in a festive mood, I turn them into little birds nests.
Tuck a few mini chocolate eggs into the center before serving.
Or fill the nests with store-bought orhomemade lemon curd.