Breakfast & Baking

macaron shells all paired and ready for filling

My first full week after the play, no rehearsals means free evenings. The weather this week has been wet and gloomy so my plans for gardening have now been postponed till better weather. The rain has actually been most welcomed. It will help all the plants coming out of dormancy put on a beautiful spring show. We started the day with a leisurely breakfast(my favorite kind of breakfast) of eggs, fruit and toast.

honey mangoes from Publix have been particularly good this week

Mariage Freres Tea, YUM!

perfectly poached Crager-Hager egg for Raleigh, actually it is a soft boiled egg that he expertly shelled

For me, right out of the shell with some sea salt

Breakfast was followed by a quick survey of the wet garden and then it was on to piano students and then an evening baking macarons off course!

good macarons begin with aged eggs at room temperature, these are about 2 weeks old and sat out on the counter for 4 hours

I found some interesting looking coconut flour at Sevananda, going to substitute some for the almond flour to see what happens

 

Rather orange but they turned out well

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favorite filling at the moment, whipped cream folded with passionfruit pulp, with no additional sugar, creamy and tart!

 

coconut shells with passionfruit cream

 

 

Green tea macaron

 

 

green tea shells with chestnut cream filling

 

 

Chocolate shells with passionfruit cream

A most productive night of baking. I was very happy with the success since the weather was not the most ideal for macaron baking: Thunderstorms and downpours all evening!

nicely packaged and ready for pick up!