Saturday 26 June 2010

Little Macs (Cheeseburger Macarons)


My pursuit and growing obsession over macarons continues, and this was my third attempt to try and perfect this little french sweet. Upon the advice of my fellow blogger and friend from My Button Cake, I tried the Gourmet Traveller macaron recipe. Seeing as though there are so many macaron recipes, tips and tricks out there, I felt it would be wise to take advice from Amber as she is such a deft hand at macarons.


However, I didn't want to make plain macarons.. I wanted to do something a bit more creative. Watching Masterchef contestants try and recreate Heston Bluemnthal's amazing dishes, I was inspired to create something sweet that looked like a savoury item. I thought a fast food item would be fun to do, so here is a sweet (and very small) take on the Big Mac.

Introducing The Little Mac... (as in 'macaron'!)

The bun
To start making these little macs I made the macarons. I coloured the batter with a little bown and yellow food colour to achieve the bun tone, and then I topped some of them with a sprinkle of sesame seeds before baking. I was reasonably happy with the macarons after baking .. The feet were not quite as high as they could be, so I may have overmixed a little. However, the shell was nice and delicate, and the inside was lovely and squidgy :) Voila - a toasted sesame seed bun!

Burger filling
The patties were made by cutting out circles from readymade chocolate biscuits. For the lettuce and cheese slices, I coloured white fondant with green and yellow food colouring and rolled it out thinly. For the cheese I cut out a neat square, and for the lettuce I cut up a rough circle and frilled the edges roughly with my fingertips for a realistic effect.


The secret sauce
Well, it's not secret anymore ;) I used a white chocolate ganache made by using 1/4 cup pure cream and 150g white chocolate combined in a bowl over a pot of simmering water.



To put the Little Mac together I layered the lettuce, cheese, patty and macaroon shells with a little ganache in between.


These macarons were so much fun to make, and I must say, the likeness to the real thing is humorous :D And if you're more of a cheeseburger than a Big Mac fan.. you could skip the extra layer :)


Have a great weekend, readers!


Ladybird x

33 comments:

  1. OH MY GOODNESS! These are just painfully adorable. And glad the recipe worked for you, too.

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  2. Anna these are so cute!!
    You did such a good job!

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  3. Oh wow! Ive seen cupcake hamburgers but never with macaroons. You are so talented with this type of thing :) dont think I would have quite the patience.

    Rose

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  4. Super-cool! These look amazing, what a beautiful job

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  5. Pretty much the cutest thing ever! And I'd prefer a sweet cheeseburger to the real deal anyway (and I'd much rather this to meat-paste fruit, too!)

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  6. Wow, Anna... these look amazing!!!

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  7. Awww - there are just the cutest thing!

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  8. Anna, they are fantastic! I love the idea and your macarons look amazing :)

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  9. Thanks, guys! They were a lot of fun to make, and probably a lot easier to eat than a Big Mac :P

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  10. Do I get fries with that?!

    Great job Anna. Heston is so inspirational. Maybe you could have a soundtrack (like he does) that eaters must plug into as they munch on these little bad boys!

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  11. Admittedly, I did wonder about how I might go about creating a tiny side of fries. Hrmm... now you've got me thinking!
    I didn't think of the ipod soundtrack though.. haha!

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  12. This is just too cute for words. It looks perfect

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  13. Oh these are so cute!

    Heston Bluemnthal is a man of genius

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  14. HEHE awesome! love it. they should sell these at Maccas :-) you should email this to them.

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  15. These are so gorgeous, you got the colours for everything just right! Love the sesame seeds on the bun too.

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  16. Oh my gosh! I love these! Your macarons are perfect too! I can't seem to get the technique at all:(

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  17. these are SO CUTE! I'm not quite a master at macarons yet, but once I fully accomplish it I'm SO making these!!

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  18. THIS IS PERFECTION!!!!! I really love them!!! :D:D

    <3 Belly B

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  19. Oooh adorable! You should submit them to this month's Mac Attack Challenge on Mactweets! Perfect for our theme! I love them!

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  20. These are great!! I just wish I could taste it :)

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  21. ca-yoot!! i always thought macarons resembled burgers, but these are perfect :)

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  22. these made my day! love them so much!

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  23. These are awesome!!!!! you should sell them and i think I need to do a BBQ themed party and serve these!!!

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  24. Wonderful blog, congratulations from italy

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  25. These are so ingenious! This is the perfect desert for any party! :)

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  26. Love this idea! It's adorable.

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  27. This is divine in every way. Too good. The French would love it. Come to Paris and sell it in a boulangerie!

    Love it so much.

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  28. This is fabulous!
    I have features this piece as a 'Fabulous Friday' post on my blog =)
    (please let me know if you have any issues with this!)

    Thank you for sharing your lovely creation!
    x
    B

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  29. I used to make a similar version of this as a kid. We used Nilla Wafers for the buns (also topped with sesame seeds), Girl Scout Thin Mints for the patty and different gels for the ketchup and mustard, and then coconut for oinons.
    Yours are probably more yummy since you lovingly baked and created the ingredients yourself though :-)

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