Recipe: Macaroons, three ways

Preheat the oven to 140ºC. Sieve ground almonds, cocoa powder and icing sugar. Make a stiff peak meringue with the egg whites and caster sugar. Divide into three and add pink, brown, and yellow food colouring. Add the dry mix over the meringue in 2 inclusions and ‘macaronner’ the mixture until smooth and shiny. Add the mixture to a piping bag and pipe little macaroons of 3 cm of diameter on silicone mat or baking paper. Leave to crust for 30 minutes before baking at 140ºC for 12 minutes.

Bring the cream to the boil and pour over the chopped chocolate. Make an emulsion and add the softened butter. Chill until firm before using.

Bring the cream to the boil and stir in the hazelnut paste to dissolve. Pour over the chopped chocolate. Make an emulsion and add the soft butter. Chill until firm before using.

Bring the cream to the boil and pour over the chopped chocolate. Add the Kirsch. Make an emulsion and add the softened butter. Chill until firm before using.

Match macaroons into pairs. Fill the macaroon shells with chocolate ganache using a piping bag and add fresh raspberries. Decorate with piped white chocolate.

Match macaroons into pairs. Fill the macaroon shells by adding chocolate ganache to one half using a piping bag. Sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts, then place the second paired macaroon shell on top.

Match macaroons into pairs and dust the tops with pink and gold lustre dist. Fill the macaroon shells with ganache using a piping bag. Decorate with a sprinkle of chopped pistachio nuts.