Little Lemon Macaroons
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Makes Biscuits
Ingredients
For the Macaroons -
- Ground Almonds, 300 grams
Caster Sugar, 100 grams plus extra for rolling
- Lemon Oil
- Lemon Zest, from 1 lemon
- 1 egg, beaten
For the filling -
- 50g Butter, softened (not melted)
- 100g icing sugar
- 1tbsp lemon curd
Method
- STEP 1Mix the almonds, sugar and lemon zest in a bowl.
- STEP 2Then beat the egg and add a good drop of lemon oil and mix the two with the nuts.
- STEP 3Shape the mixture into about 20 small balls, then roll in sugar and bake at 180C for 10mins on baking paper.
- STEP 4To make the buttercream filling beat together all the ingredients really well until completly combined. Add more lemon curd for a looser consitstency and a more lemony flavour.
- STEP 5Finally take a small spoonfull of the filling and sandwich together two of the cooled macaroons which should be crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.