October Daring Baker's Challenge

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.

I have always wanted to try making macarons and boy was it a challenge! It was a pretty busy month for me and hence I could only do it the day before the reveal date.

The piped macaron mixture.

The baked product. Did not turn out as well as I would have like it to be. They were not smooth and they did not have any feet. Tasted alright though.

I decided to make a dark chocolate hazelnut ganache to fill the macarons. Unfortunately the ganache split after I put it together and I managed to fill a few and they tasted pretty good.

Not a perfect outcome, but I will try making macarons again soon when I have more time!

October Daring Cook's Challenge

The October 2009 Daring Cooks’ challenge was brought to us by Jaden of the blog Steamy Kitchen. The recipes are from her new cookbook, The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook.

Chicken Pho

The garnishes

And for dessert, Deep Fried Nutella Wantons