Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chocolate orange macarons. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chocolate Orange Macarons is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Chocolate Orange Macarons is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chocolate orange macarons using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chocolate Orange Macarons:

1. Make ready 3 egg whites
2. Take 1/4 cup granulated sugar
3. Prepare 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar
4. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
5. Take 1 cup superfine almond flour
6. Get 3 tbps cocoa powder
7. Prepare 6 tbsp unsalted butter, softened
8. Take 2 cups powdered sugar (plus extra)
9. Get 2 tbsp orange juice (plus extra)
10. Make ready 1 tbsp ground orange peel (optional)

Instructions to make Chocolate Orange Macarons:

1. Beat egg whites and 1/2 tsp salt until stuff peaks form.
2. Continue beating, gradually adding the granulated sugar. The meringue is beaten enough when it's stiff enough to tip upside-down without falling.
3. Sift the dry ingredients (almond flour, 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt) into the meringue.
4. Slowly fold the dry ingredients into the meringue, being careful not to push all the air out. Keep incorporating until the batter reaches ribbon stage.
5. Pipe the batter onto a tray with parchment paper into the size you want your shells to be.
6. Leave the shells to dry for 30-60 minutes, or until the surface of the shells are dry.
7. Bake the shells for 15-20 minutes at 300°F, or until they come up cleanly from the paper. Leave them to cool.
8. In a large bowl, cream the butter and one cup of the powdered sugar. Add the orange peel. Beat the buttercream, adding orange juice and powdered sugar to consistency until it's thick, but pipe-able.
9. Pipe dollops of the buttercream onto half of the shells, putting the other shells on top. Store in fridge.

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