TODAY YOU WILL BAKE
Chestnut-Cardamom Macarons with Caramelized Chestnut Filling
“If your meringue collapses or your shells crack, that was always in your hands, not mine.” — THE MACHINE
This should not exist. It does. It works.
- TOTAL TIME
- 3 hours 30 minutes (plus overnight drying for chestnuts)
- DIFFICULTY
- ADVANCED
- SERVES
- 30
- INGREDIENTS
- 14
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