The path to macaron perfection

 

Macarons have a reputation for being difficult to master. An impeccably smooth, paper-thin shell yields to moist meringue and creamy filling, but subtleties like the chewiness of the meringue or the amount of filling can have a big effect on your experience.

That’s what makes perfecting macarons so enticing. A decent chocolate chip cookie is still an enjoyable chocolate chip cookie, but a macaron needs to be immaculate.

I took up baking about 6 months ago and the first thing on my mind was macarons.

New home, new dish

A month and a half. That’s how long I’d been living in my new apartment without having cooked a meal. Sure, I’d warmed up a can of soup in between bouts of going out to eat, but I hadn’t officially “used” my kitchen in any legitimate way.