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Thoothukudi Macroon Recipe

Cuisine Tamil Nadu

Ingredients
  

  • Egg White from 2 large eggs or 3 small eggs
  • Granulated Sugar-125 gm
  • Cashew Nut-125 gm

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 100C.
  • Grind cashew to a coarse powder and keep it aside.
  • Take the whites in a large bowl and start whisking using electric beater.
  • Beat until the whites form soft peaks.
  • Add 1 tsp of sugar at a time and keep on beating until you use up all the sugar.
  • Continue beating until the mixture forms stiff peaks and when the bowl is inverted, the mixture shouldn't fall.
  • Add half the cashew and fold in gently with a spatula.
  • Add the remaining cashew and fold in. Do not over mix. Do it gently.
  • Take a piping bag with a round tip.
  • Fill it with the mixture.
  • Line a tray with baking paper.
  • Pipe out small tall maroons on the tray.
  • Bake them for 60 minutes.
  • Take the tray out of oven and allow it to cool completely.
  • Enjoy with a cup of coffee.
  • Store remaining macroons in an airtight jar.