Passover Black White Coconut Macaroons Food

PARISIAN PASSOVER COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 2 baking sheets and dust with cake meal, knocking off any excess.
• Make meringue:
• Cook sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Boil syrup, without stirring, until it reaches soft-ball stage (or registers 238°F on a candy thermometer).
• While syrup boils, beat whites in standing mixer on low speed until stiff peaks form. Gradually pour hot syrup in a thin stream down side of bowl into whites, beating constantly on high speed. (Be careful not to let syrup touch beaters when pouring, or it will spatter and harden.) Continue to beat until meringue is room temperature.
• Stir in coconut and spoon rounded teaspoons of meringue into mounds about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Shape mounds into pyramids with wet fingertips.
• Bake macaroons 1 sheet at a time in middle of oven 12 minutes, or until just firm enough to be removed from baking sheet without losing their shape. Carefully transfer to a rack to cool. (Macaroons will harden as they cool.)

PASSOVER BLACK & WHITE COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F Cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix the coconut, matzoh cake meal, and 1 cup of the sugar together in a bowl.
• Add the eggs and egg white and mix with your fingers until well blended.
• Gently shape about two tablespoons of the dough into a pyramid and set on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough, leaving about 2 inches between each cookie.
• Bake 25 minutes, cool.
• In a saucepan melt the chocolate with the water and remaining 1/4 cup sugar. Bring to a boil then simmer slowly for a few minutes until the mixture starts to thicken.
• Let the chocolate cool slightly. Holding a macaroon with 2 fingers, dip half the cookie in chocolate so that it is half-black and half-white.
• Dry for a few minutes, tilted over a dish and place on wax paper. Repeat.

TARGET PASSOVER MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, combine egg whites, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts. Lightly beat with a fork until the sugar has dissolved. Stir in the coconut.
• Drop mixture by level rounded bottom tablespoon onto cookie sheet. Bake in center of oven until golden (approximately 20 - 25 minutes). Cool slightly, then remove by gently peeling away the parchment paper.
• Melt chocolate. Dip one side of each cookie in the melted chocolate. Return to parchment paper and allow to dry.

COCONUT MACAROONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
• Line 3 cookie sheets with parchment paper.
• Put unsweetened coconut in bowl of food processor fitted with steel blade and add 1 1/4 cups sugar.
• Process until mixture is finely ground and well combined.
• Put egg whites in the clean bowl of electric mixer.
• Set the bowl in a skillet with 1 to 1 1/2 inces of hot water.
• Place over low heat and beat constantly with a whisk until warm and frothy.
• (This will happen almost immediately; be careful not to overheat, or the whites will cook).
• Transfer the bowl to the electric mixer, which has been fitted with the whisk attachment.
• Add the salt to the whites and beat at high speed until they become white and thick.
• With the machine running, add remaining 1 cup sugar in a steady stream and continue to beat until thick and shiny.
• Add the honey and both extracts and continue to beat until stiff (the mixture will look like thick, shiny melted marshmallows).
• Remove the bowl from the machine and using a sturdy rubber spatula, fold in the ground coconut mixture and 2 1/2 cups sweetened shredded coconut.
• Combine gently but thoroughly.
• Using a medium-sized ice cream scoop, scoop macaroon batter onto prepared baking sheets, in 3 rows of 3 per sheet.
• Using your fingers, place a good pinch of the sweetened premium shred coconut on top of each mound, spreading gently to cover.
• To correct the shape of a mound, use your fingers to gently prop up and round the batter, which will be soft.
• Position oven rack on the center shelf.
• Place macaroons in oven and reduce temperature to 325 degrees F.
• Bake for 23 to 25 minutes or until light golden brown on the outside but still visibly soft on the inside.
• Let sheet sit on a wire rack for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Use a thin metal spatula to transfer the cookies.

CHOCOLATE-DIPPED COCONUT MACAROONS (GREAT FOR PASSOVER)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease a baking sheet, or line with parchment.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the coconut, coconut cream, salt, and coconut flavor, stirring till thoroughly combined.
• Add the coconut milk powder, stirring to combine.
• Drop the sticky mixture in ping pong-sized balls (about 1 1/2") onto the prepared baking sheets. It helps to use a tablespoon cookie scoop or small ice cream scoop here.
• For best results, pack the coconut mixture into the scoop; each ball should weigh about 1 ounce.
• You can space the balls fairly close together on the baking sheet; they only need about 3/4" to 1" between them.
• Bake the macaroons for about 10 minutes; they won't brown. You may see the merest hint of brown on top.
• Remove from the oven, and cool completely on the baking sheet.
• To make the coating, heat the chocolate chips, butter, and corn syrup until the chips are very soft. A microwave oven works well, as does a saucepan set over very low heat.
• Dip half of each cooled macaroon into the chocolate.
• Set the macaroons back on the baking sheet, and allow the chocolate to set completely before serving.
• To store, place in one layer in a closed container.
• They'll keep for 2 or 3 days, but will gradually become less moist as they sit.