Do you ever see a recipe and get the feeling you are going to have to try it out?
I got that feeling when I saw these raspberry macaroons from Smitten Kitchen on Pinterest.
The idea of smooshing fresh raspberries into a simple coconut macaroon is inspired. I particularly like that fact that many different iterations have already been baked, so this is a recipe that’s refined and ready to go.
My ice cream scoop made huge macaroons that are a bit of mouthful, so the smaller tablespoon sized ones worked out better for us. They are delicious: fruity, soft and chewy all at the same time.
They only need a coolish oven to set the egg white, 155 degrees fahrenheit was enough to bronze the magenta marbled mounds. The recipe is a simple mix of sweetened coconut, pulverised in the food processor with extra sugar, egg whites, almond extract and a punnet of raspberries.
I won’t share the quantities here as it seems only fair that you hop over to Smitten Kitchen to read the full details.
I also won’t share a picture of the X-Rated ones that I drizzled with white chocolate
…because they’re all gone.
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Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide
April 7, 2012
I’m always on the hunt for a good macaroon recipe. These look awesome. Thanks for the link.
louise
April 7, 2012
they were gorgeous Claire!!!
Sally
April 7, 2012
Teasing us with the white chocolate drizzled ones – I don’t know….Beautiful.
Jules
April 7, 2012
I love the peach melba colours when they are cooked. I will certainly be trying that.
IshitaUnblogged
April 8, 2012
Oh the colours – so beautifully fazed out… I wait for your posts… your raspberry-coconut-macaroons are so lovely!
Sarah, Maison Cupcake
April 8, 2012
Oooh, these look wonderful, I thought it was ice cream in the first shot! I love raspberry and coconut together, I’m thinking of some kind of tart I used to eat with them in together but can’t remember if it was called anything in particular.
pencilkitchen
April 9, 2012
I love the marbled effect! Can’t imagine the taste of that tangy-ness marbled into a dense chewy coconut!
Mandiee
April 9, 2012
absolutely beautiful! i would have happily enjoyed the “reject” large maroons. the more, the merrier.
kankana
April 9, 2012
These not only sounds delicious but also looks SO pretty . I can’t wait to try this out!
Union Street Eats
April 11, 2012
I had the same response when I saw this recipe on smitten kitchen! So glad you tested it out. Now I’ll have to make it for sure!
Normal Food For Normal People
April 11, 2012
Those look so good! I saw them at smitten kitchen and now seeing them again here makes me want to test it out for myself!
Amanda
April 18, 2012
Yumm-o! I adore raspberries and these little guys look excellent.
fox hunter
April 28, 2012
wow, they look so yummie! found the picture on tumblr and had to check its source, haha! i’ll definitely try this recipe, they seem to be delicious 🙂 x
louisabellissima
June 10, 2012
Wow, how beautiful! I love your photos!
judi putnam
June 17, 2012
Awww I wanted to love these, made them yesterday…too sweet..ugh..!! Pretty but not a keeper for me…!!
Schokolade
November 20, 2012
delicious, the berries look at the picture so fresh. I get so hungry real!
alixbruson
February 13, 2014
These look great! I’ve heard macaroons are very difficult to make but I’ve never tried to make them myself! Definitely going to have to try these!
thingswemake.co.uk
February 13, 2014
Macarons are difficult, macarOOns are easy! These are the latter 🙂
sophiehannah3
January 31, 2015
These look incredible! I love coconut macaroons! I’m going to make these for my housemates and dip them in chocolate too. YUM!
Kimmiz Kreations
December 13, 2015
These look yummy!!! I’ve never made Macaroons before but with the holidays coming up I wanted to try something different. Thank you so much for the recipe and the beautiful photos!