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macaron
Sign in to savethumb|Traditional macarons Nancy, France|de Nancy A macaron ( , ) or French macaroon ( ) is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring.
Key facts
- Food.image
- vanillaMacaron.jpg
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- Parisian-style macarons (vanilla flavour)
- Food.alternate_name
- French macaroon
- Food.country
- France
- Food.creator
- Pierre Desfontaines or Claude Gerbet
- Food.type
- Confectionery
- Food.main_ingredient
- Cookie: egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder, food colouringFilling: buttercream or clotted cream, ganache, or jam
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thumb|Traditional macarons Nancy, France|de Nancy A macaron ( , ) or French macaroon ( )
is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “macaron” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.