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Bainbridge Island blend with dark chocolate macarons

November 1, 2014 by jocelyn 2 Comments

When I was putting together my final presentation for Bainbridge Island blend, I decided it would be fitting to come up with a few “perfect pairings”, and include the recipes in the final packet.

This recipe for coffee caramel filled dark chocolate macarons is my favorite to date. The coffee caramel really brings out the roasty sweetness of the espresso in this blend, and really showcases the layers of flavors in this blend. 

If you’ve never made french macarons before….. It’s hard.

It’s difficult, but not impossible.

I am not an expert in making macarons, in fact, I have about a 50% success rate with them. Even if they don’t look pretty, they still taste delicious, and I’ll gladly eat the mistakes 🙂

If you don’t have Bainbridge Island blend, these macarons would be delicious with Guatemala Antigua, Espresso Roast, Caffe Verona and Gold Coast blend. You can also change up the filling to tailor them to just about any coffee. I like to use La Colombe’s coffee caramel (edit: this product is no longer sold on La Colombe’s website. 🙁 ) but you could also use chocolate ganache, salted caramel, even peanut butter!

Bainbridge Island Blend

dark chocolate macarons
 
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Author: Jocelyn Freeman
Ingredients
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 3 Tablespoons of special dark cocoa powder
  • 3 egg whites
  • ¼ cup granulated sugar
  • la colombe's coffee caramel
Instructions
  1. With your electric mixer, mix the egg whites until foamy. Slowly pour in the granulated sugar. Whip on high until stiff peaks form.
  2. In a large bowl, sift together almond flour, cocoa, and confectioners sugar.
  3. Using a rubber spatula, carefully fold egg whites with your dry ingredients.
  4. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Transfer mixture into a large piping bag fitted with a 1M tip or larger. Pipe 1 ½-inch circles onto your cookie sheets, spacing them approximately 2 inches apart. After you have finished piping the cookies out, using a wet finger, carefully smooth any bumps on the top out. Then give the cookie sheets a good whack on the counter. This removes any air bubbles that might have formed.
  5. Allow cookies to sit out on your counter for about an hour, or until the tops have started to dry.
  6. Bake at 325 °F on the center rack of your oven. The cookies are done when they have risen and formed a wider layer around the bottom (also called the feet), and they are dry and hard to the touch. Should take about 15 minutes.
  7. Allow cookies to cool at room temperature, and remove from cookie sheets.
  8. Spoon coffee caramel onto one cookie, and top with a second, creating a sandwich.
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Filed Under: coffee pairing, custom blend, recipe Tagged With: Bainbridge Island blend, custom blend

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  1. Casi Cielo with Chocolate Macarons & lemon charcoal | the modern barista says:
    January 19, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    […] I have posted about before. This is my go to macaron recipe that I created to pair with my Bainbridge Island blend. With this pairing, we will fill the shells with a dark chocolate ganache sprinkled with a lemon […]

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  2. Ethiopia Mocca Java with chocolate cherry jam | the modern barista says:
    April 26, 2016 at 9:16 am

    […] Because of the roasty sweet and dark chocolate flavors, I knew I wanted to make my favorite dark chocolate macaron shells. What I love about making macarons, is you can easily change the filling, and you will have a totally different coffee tasting! Here is my recipe for the dark chocolate macaron shells. […]

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