Macaron Fillings (III)......

Macarons fillings are very easy, you can fill them with anything you like.

My first fillings were just a mix of strawberry jam and mascarpone cheese. I used what I had in the fridge....

I don't have the proportions since I was testing the macarons itself not the filling.

Then, I tried different ganache of dark and milk chocolate, but none of them satisfied me. I think the chocolate I used was not the appropriate. However, the white chocolate ganache is the one that I'm using the most with its different variations:

White Chocolate Ganache

50 ml of whipping cream
100 grams of white chocolate

Heat the whipping cream until starts to boil. Take it out of the heat, and add the white chocolate until it melts. Add your favorite flavor, and let it cool before using it in the macarons.

Blueberry Lemon filling

50 grams of fresh blueberries
1 lemon zest
1 teaspoon of sugar

Wash the blueberries, and put in a pot covered with sugar and lemon zest. Let it boil. Mash it and strain it. Mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache.


Pistachio, cardamom fillimg

35 grams of pistachio
1 cardamom pod

Grind both together, and mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache.


Saffron cardamom filling

5 strains of saffron
1 cardamom pod

Grind both together, and mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache.


Lavender

1 teaspoon of dry lavender flowers
1 teaspoon of sugar

Grind both together, and mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache.

Raspberry

35 grams of raspberries

Mash the raspberries, and mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache.


Lavender and Vanilla

1 teaspoon of dry lavender flowers
1 teaspoon of sugar
Seeds of 1 bean of vanilla

Grind lavender and sugar together, and mix it with the White Chocolate Ganache. Add the vanilla seeds.

Salted Caramel Filling (Adapted from http://www.52kitchenadventures.com/2012/02/20/salted-caramel-macarons/)

125g heavy cream

170g castor sugar

6g fleur de sel

160g butter (in small cubes)

Put the cream in a small pot. Place the sugar in another pot. Heat the cream until begins to boil, set aside.Star cooking the sugar until starts its caramelization. Once all the sugar is caramelized, remove from the heat and add the cream. Stir it well. 

Let it be warm, and add the cubes of butter and the fleur de sel. Beat it well, let it cool and fill the macarons.....ENJOY!!