Mini pistachio & chocolate macaroons

Name: Mini pistachio & chocolate macaroons
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 140 grams pistachio; 250 grams icing sugar; 2 egg whites; 100 grams low-fat soft cheese; 25 grams 70% cocoa dark chocolate

Forget going out to eat or ordering takeout every time you crave Mexican food. Try making Mini pistachio & chocolate macaroons at home. This gluten free recipe serves 30. One serving contains 67 calories, 2g of protein, and 2g of fat. 75 people found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up pistachio, icing sugar, cheese, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140/gas

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Whizz the pistachios and 25g of the icing sugar in a food processor until fine.

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Powdered Sugar

Pistachio Nuts

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Food Processor

Mix with 175g more icing sugar in a large bowl.

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Powdered Sugar

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Bowl

Whisk the egg whites until stiff, add the remaining 50g icing sugar and whisk again until thick and glossy. Fold into the nut mix. Spoon into a piping bag with a 1cm nozzle and pipe out 10p-coin-size blobs of mixture, well spaced. Poke any pointy tops down with a wet finger. If you dont have a piping bag, just snip the end off a sandwich bag and use that instead.

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Powdered Sugar

Egg Whites

Mixed Nuts

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Whisk

Leave to dry for 30 mins, then bake for 12- 15 mins until risen. Cool on the paper. Beat the cream cheese with the chocolate and use to sandwich the macaroons together. Will keep for 1 day filled, or up to 3 days unfilled, stored in an airtight container.

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Cream Cheese

Chocolate

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Oven

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Servings:

low-fat soft cheese 25grams

70% cocoa dark chocolate

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Moscato Dasti, Port

Macaroons works really well with Cream Sherry, Moscato d'Asti, and Port. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. You could try NV Solera Cream Sherry. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 17 dollars per bottle.