Lemon Macaron Recipe

For example these lemon macarons have a shelf life of about 1 week in the fridge and up to 2 months in the freezer because thats the basic shelf life of the lemon curd.

Lemon macaron recipe. These macarons turned out extremely well and everyone loved it. I could have made chocolate oreo nutella as kids love these flavors but i thought nothing can be more perfect then lemons in summers. This simple easy and effortless recipe uses my full proof macaron recipe as a base so you can make these successfully over and over again. The sweet and tangy balance in these lemon macarons make them the perfect spring treat.

Most of my recipes include both metric and volume measurements but for my macaron recipes i decided to only share metric measurements because precision is utmost importance in macaron success. Just click on the picture for the recipe. The buttercream is piped into a ring shape creating a dam which will then be filled with lemon curd. If theres one flavor i am obsessed with this summer it has to be lemon so it wasnt surprising when i decided to bake lemon macarons for my niece on her 10th birthday.

Depending on what kind of macaron youre dealing with that might change. I dont know about you but i found that every lemon curd macaron ive had in the past has been soggy since fruit curds are. The macaron shells are bursting with lemon zest and lemon extract to give you a tangy crunchy cookie that is filled with a sweet lemon vanilla bean buttercream. Lemon macarons will dress up any dessert buffet.

Here are more of my favorite sweet treats. And if youre serious about making perfect macaron i highly recommend using a scale to weigh all the ingredients to up your chances for perfect macarons. Now even though a macaron is based on meringue the meringue needs to be deflated to a certain point and thats the tricky part knowing just how much to deflate. Theyre also so delicious on their own.

Beautifully light citrus flavor. Its important to have a batter that flows it is said that it should flow like magma not that i have ever seen magma. This recipe im sharing with you today involves making a lemon curd first and then adding it into a swiss meringue buttercream to create a lemon buttercream. Did i mention that these lemon macarons are gluten free.

For this macaron recipe i used two of my back to cake basics recipes my delicious and sour lemon buttercream and my easy 5 ingredient lemon curdboth of these recipes yield a large amount of product so ive left the downsized ingredient measurements below in the recipe card. This macaron filling recipe is the base of so many wonderful macaron flavors. Even your gluten intolerant friends can enjoy in them. A little about this recipe for macarons.