le petit macarons

i have been eyeing macarons from afar(across the blogosphere) for a while.  

 

 

 

  

 

(the above pictures can all be found here and here)

come on, the colors are freakin amazing!  i'd never even eaten one, but but my sister couldn't even find words to describe how wonderful they are in paris(yes, i am extremely jealous).  so i began a recipe search and decided i was going to make them.

 i made coffee macarons with nutella ganache last night(this gram conversion link was very helpful).  

they turned out great(although i have no frame of reference on which to base this opinion)! 

 

  

should've waited for the ganache to thicken some more...

i'm going to try raspberry and chocolate next and then i think i will just go color crazy(like pierre herme... he might have taken it a little too far... truffles and gold powder, c'mon) and try my own twists on the classic recipe, because you can really do anything you want with these.  i have read however that if you are going to color them to use paste food coloring(not liquid food color which can alter the puffiness by making them too moist).