Pistachio Macarons

Macarons! Yes, people say you should do the basic macarons and get it right before playing with colours, shapes and designs. Well, I admit I am not an expert with macarons yet. I have only made them a few times and not once did I play with colours or explore with any shapes except round. 

This time, I wanted to make pistachio macarons so I said to myself, it was time to colour the macaron shells. Pistachio = green colour. I was determined to make green macarons. Since I am playing with colour, maybe I can play with shapes too. 

I've seen many bloggers creating very cute shapes like Hello kitty, little pigs and teddy bears. I am not really sure how they do it but I felt adventurous and I wanted to make some shapes this time. I don't care if I am not an expert with macarons. It's ok if I don't get it right but I wanted to have some fun. 

So.... pistachio macarons = green colour, so green colour = Frogs! Yes... I wanted to make froggy macarons. I searched for some frog cartoon pictures and started drawing my froggy template on a cardboard. Then I traced it on the baking sheet and used it as my template. 

Happy froggy

Well, I wouldn't say that my froggy macarons were a success because there were so many cracks and it turned brown at the sides. The macarons were not smooth because I dont have a food processor to blend the almond meal finer. Well, at least it was still generally green, it did look like frogs and it tasted like pistachio macarons. Like all the expert macaron bloggers say, it doesn't matter if it is not perfect, it is still yummy! 

I didnt have those edible ink pens so I had to draw the eyes with melted chocolate.

Angry froggy

 The crack on the angry froggy's face kind of gave him a little character. It looks like it was so angry, it cracked its face.  Ha Ha.... (I guess this is called looking at the bright side of things)

Best smile froggy.

Oh no! She picked me!

It took so long to make this batch of macarons but I sure had fun making them.