What to do with the yolks?!?!?

After making the many many batches of macarons we were left with many many egg yolks. We considered our options, creme brulee, pudding, flan, etc... We finally decided the best option was to make pasta. In two batches one plain and the other spinach, to make our lives easier we mixed the yolks, water and flour in the mixer and then kneaded it by hand very briefly before hand rolling and cutting it. To cut it more easily we flowered it well and then folded the dough over itself and cut it into somewhat even slices. You can see the end result in the photo.

The pasta was complimented by a fresh sauce made with steamed spinach, sun dried tomatoes, roasted red peppers and garlic all put through the blender.

Ma and Pa in The Macaron Adventures

After a wonderful 16 month journey around the world Ma and Pa have returned home to Istanbul and settled into the kitchen. Many adventure were had in the journey that spanned 32 countries, many different cuisines, cooking lessons in Laos and some great eating. To read about the travels check out the blog What Will They Find. Now it is time to hang around the house and try out different recipes. And so the adventure begins.....

For some reason, possibly out of a sense that failure would be okay at the beginning of the adventures the first adventure in the kitchen is the Macaron Adventure.

After much research and the blanching, skinning and grinding of many almonds it was time to try out a recipe.

Attempt one was a bit of a failure possibly due to poor measuring

skills or over whipped but well aged egg whites. The recipe from the Kitchen Musings blog was used. Click for the recipe.

They tasted great but looked a bit pathetic.

Attempt two used the recipe on David Lebovitz's web site. Click for the recipe.

They looked better and the developed the all important feet but they didn't taste very good, possibly due to a bit of over cooking (hard to tell with the chocolate ones)

Attempt three was from a recipe off the La Cusine de Mercotte website. Click for the recipe.

Again they seemed empty but the flavor is excellent, they were easy to pipe, developed feet and made many small macarons which we choose to fill with chocolate Ganache.

More eggs have been purchased and the eggs whites are aging there is hope that the next attempt will prove to be successful, not that it matters they are all delicious.