Orange And Almond Macaroons

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 200 g caster sugar
• 30 g granulated sugar
• 100 g ground almonds
• 15 g rice flour (it should be ground rice, not sure if this is the same as rice flour)
• 75 ml egg whites
• 1 small orange, zest of (or clementine)
• sliced almonds (for decorating the tops)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350f, 180c, gm4.
• 2 sift the sugars, almonds and ground rice into a bowl.
• 3 add the egg and orange zest, beat thoroughly with an electric beater for 5 minutes.
• 4 allow the mixture to stand for 10 minutes, then continue beating for a further 5 minutes.
• 5 pile the mixture into a piping bag, fitted with a 2.5cm plain piping nozzle.
• 6 pipe the mixture onto bakewell or rice paper. press a flaked almond onto the top of each macaroon.
• 7 bake until light brown (20-25 min).