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Howdy folks how is it going welcome to my *** kitchen it is Barry here today I am
showing you how to make some cookie monster macarons good good times indeed my friends
I want to tell you first up though if you are after the really flashy macarons this
video recipe is not really for you this is more like a fun speedy way to make them and
I hope you agree they look pretty darn cool indeed and they taste amazing, there is Nutella
in these aswell you know it is me I love Nutella so if you want to have a go hit pause on the
video now write the ingredients down and this is how you do it.
Start off by passing your icing sugar and ground up almonds through a sieve into a mixing
bowl, now once they are all in there you give it a nice mix together until combined and
leave to one side. In a separate bowl whip up your egg whites with an electric whisk
when it starts to foam follow up by adding in the cream of tartar which will help to
stiffen up the egg whites later on so it is quite important there whisk this through then
gradually add your sugar in two batches whisking it until nice and shiny and glossy and kind
of stiff. To colour the macarons we are going to add
the food colouring now it will lost a little bit of that colour when we bake it will take
quite a lot of dye to get deep blue but I did a little smiley face and added the dye
a little bit at a time as you can see I am kind of happy with it but the coconut later
on will really make it look cookie monster tastic. So get that all through until it is
nice and blue. On a baking tray lined with some baking parchment
I used an ice cream scoop to spread out my mixture evenly the scoop is really simple
remember we are doing this messy if you want to do it properly use a piping bag get it
into nice even sized piles and then leave to stand for 20 minutes they will firm up
while you are doing that but while they are firming up what you can do is put some coconut
into a freezer bag add the blue food dye, quite a fun activity to do, shake away so
shake it up and you have your very own cookie monster fur. Bake the macrons for ten minutes
until slightly risen and starting to go slightly golden brown in colour let them cool fully
and then it is time to build it. First up spread the Nutella on to the bottom
halves of the macarons get them nice and evenly coated, try and get them nice and fat too.
Then make the cookie monster eyes by sticking together white chocolate buttons with a piece
of milk chocolate using an icing pen or you could use Nutella again if you like. To make
our coconut stick to the top of our macarons use a lighter coating of Nutella then really
coat it heavily in the blue coconut do not worry you can shake off any excess and it
will really start to come together now. Stick half a cookie on the bottom half of
the macaron then follow up by shoving your lid on top now that my friends is a cookie
monster macaron looking amazing good times. Good times indeed my friends I just demolished
a cookie monster but it is ok I still have enough to make at least another twenty macarons,
what I�ve done actually is kept mine in the fridge because it helps to keep them cooler
and softer and let that filling hold so give it at least 2 hours if you can if you have
a go at making these send me a picture @myvirginkitchen comments on my last video French onion soup:
Can I have some more mini food please? Yes on a Sunday I will be doing the mini foods,
giant foods and all that stuff, just working my way through it trying to do that cycle
you know any mini food suggestions let me know down below.
Can you substitute the wine in the French soup? Yes just use grape juice or even apple
juice it is more like a flavour thing it is completely optional.
I love French soup I am going to make for my mum and dad: One thing I did we were going
to give it to the girls but I padded it out with some sausages baked it and turned it
into the most epic French onion sausage casserole the world has ever seen and went down really
well. You should do a pinterest series: So all those
amazing foods you see on pinterest can the average person actually do it I am happy to
give that a go if you want let me know if you want to see that, again let me know down
below. Can you make quinoa pasta? Do I fancy the
challenge of making that? He has a pasta machine so do I�ve not even heard of quinoa pasta
before but I am willing to try that but again let me know down below what you want to see,
it is your show guys let me know. But if you enjoyed this video do not forget to give it
a thumbs up share subscribe and comment please give these a go they are so much fun bit messy
and that my friends is what food and life and loving is all about. See you next time!