Macarons

=**Macarons**=

Macarons are a sweet, French, dessert made with egg whites, sugar, and food coloring. Usually it is filled with buttercream or different types of jam. It’s a small, multicolored treat that is mildly moist and melts in your mouth. It is made simply by being baked in an oven for fifteen minutes, adding frosting, and finishing it off like a sandwich. It was originally made in Italy, but was refined by the French. Macarons are a popular holiday treat and are sometimes given to others as a gift or served as a dessert in many French restaurants. Macarons are under the category //“// // Petit-fours glacées or frais // //“// which mean “small baked pastries” that are filled with some type of jam or frosting. It includes desserts like small cookies, macaroons, meringues palmiers and tuiles. Macarons are usually found in Paris in the many pastry shops and are usually eaten with a fine cup of tea.