Mango Macarons filled with Mango Buttercream and Mango Jam. They remind me of the sunset at a tropical beach!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, French
Keyword macarons, mango
Prep Time 2 hourshours
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 22macarons
Calories 120kcal
Author Camila Hurst
Ingredients
Macaron Shells
100grams egg whites 3.5 oz
100 grams granulated sugar 3.5 oz
105 grams almond flour 3.7 oz
105 grams powdered sugar 3.7 oz
Food coloringI used yellow and then airbrushed with orange
Mango Jam
1cupschopped mangos165 grams, 5.8 oz
1tbspgranulated sugar12 grams, 0.4 oz
1tbsplemon juice
1/2tspcornstarch
1/2tbspcold water
Mango Buttercream
1/3cupunsalted butter room temperature36 grams, 1.3 oz
1 1/2cupspowdered sugar187 grams, 6.6 oz
1-2tbspmango jam
Instructions
Macaron Shells
Before you start, get all of your ingredients ready. Prepare a large piping bag, fitted with a large round tip. Set aside.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mat.
I use a baking mat with the macaron template already in it. You can make your own or print it from the internet, and just place it under silicone mat, or parchment paper. I recommend using a silicone mat.
Measure out all of your ingredients.
Sift powdered sugar and almond flour together. Set aside.
Place egg whites and granulated sugar in a heat proof bowl or in a double boiler. Over a pan of simmering water, whisk the whites and sugar until frothy and sugar completely melted. It will take a couple minutes. You can test by touching the mixture between your fingers, and if you feel any sugar granules just keep whisking mixture over the water bath.
Make sure the bottom of the bowl isn’t touching the simmering water.
Transfer mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer.
With the whisk attachment, start whisking mixture on low for about 30 seconds, then gradually start increasing speed to medium. Whisk on medium for one to two minutes, until mixture is white and starting to become fluffy. Raise speed to high for a few minutes until stiff peaks are formed. Best way to check this is to keep your eye on the whites. Once they get glossy and you start seeing streaks formed by the whisk, it might be time to stop.
Whisk until stiff peaks have formed. When you pull your whip up, the peak should form a bird’s beak shape, but shouldn’t be falling to the side, the peak should be stiff, forming a slightly curved shape at the top.
Pour sifted powdered sugar and almond flour into stiff whites.
Start folding gently forming a letter J with a spatula.
It’s time to stop folding when the batter is glossy and has a thick and flowing consistency. There are several ways to test this, and you might have a couple failed batches before you get this right.
How to know when to stop folding the batter: It’s time to stop folding when the batter is glossy and has a thick and flowing consistency. There are several ways to test this.
First, I pick up some batter with my spatula and try to draw a figure 8 with the batter that is dripping off the spatula. If you can form several 8 figures without the batter breaking up, that’s one indication that it might be ready.
There’s another test you can do. I call it the Teaspoon test.
Grab a teaspoon of batter and spoon onto the parchment paper or silicon mat. Wait a minute to see how it behaves.
If the batter stays stiff, forming a point and doesn’t spread out a bit, I start folding a little bit more, about 3 folds.
Test again.
Once the batter spreads out a bit and starts to look glossy and smooth on top, on the parchment paper, transfer it to the piping bag.
You don’t want your batter to be too runny either. So be careful not to overmix. It’s always best to undermix and test several times until the proper consistency has been achieved.
The best way I can describe this stage being perfect is when you hold the spatula with batter on top of the bowl and the batter falls off the spatula slowly but effortlessly. The batter will keep flowing off the spatula non-stop, but not too quickly.
Place the piping bag directly 90 degrees over the center of each macaron template. Apply equal pressure and carefully pipe for about 3 seconds, and then quickly pull the bag up twisting slightly.
Once you’ve piped as many circles as you could, bang the trays against the counter a few times each. This will release air bubbles that are in the batter and prevent your macaron shells from cracking.
Use a toothpick to pop any air bubbles in the surface of the shells.
Let your trays sit for a while so the shells will dry out a little bit. I usually leave about 20-40 minutes, depending on how humid the day is. You’ll know they’re ready when you gently touch the surface of a macaron and it seems dry.
Pre-heat the oven to 300ºF.
Bake one tray at a time.
Bake for 5 minutes, rotate tray.
I bake each tray for about 18 minutes minutes.
When baked, the macarons will have a deeper color and formed feet. If you try to move a macaron, it shouldn’t feel jiggly. If the macaron is still jiggly, keep baking.
Remove from the oven and bake the other tray.
Let the macarons cool down before proceeding with the filling.
Mango Jam
Place the chopped mangos, granulated sugar, and lemon juice in a small saucepan. Place it over medium heat and bring it to a boil while slowly mixing with a spatula. Cook the mangos until they are soft and dissolved, about 15 minutes.
Keep the heat medium-low, or low, so the liquid doesn’t evaporate and the mangos start to stick to the bottom of the pan.
Meanwhile, dissolve the cornstarch in the water, and add it to the soft mangos. Mix with a spatula while you cook the mixture for another minute while it thickens. Remove the jam from the heat. Let the mango jam cool down for about 10 minutes, then add it to a small food processor or blender, and process to make it smooth.
Mango Buttercream
Start by creaming the butter with a mixer until creamy and fluffy, for about 4 minutes. Meanwhile, sift the powdered sugar. With the mixer off, add the powdered sugar to the creamy butter and mix on low until incorporated. Raise the speed to medium-high and cream for another minute. Add the mango jam to the bowl and mix until incorporated. If the buttercream seems runny, add a bit more sifted powdered sugar to the buttercream.
To assemble
Before assembling, I airbrushed the shells with orange food coloring to give this effect.
To assemble the macarons, pipe a ring of Mango Buttercream frosting around the edges of a bottom shell. Fill it with a bit of jam. Top with another shell.
Storage
These macarons will store in the fridge for up to 4 days, and in the freezer for up to 15 days, I don’t recommend going longer than that or the macarons might start to get soggy because the jam is a wet filling.
Notes
*Please make sure you have an oven thermometer to make the macarons.**Feel free to skip the Mango Jam in the middle and only fill the macarons with Mango Buttercream.***You can also process freeze dried mango to turn it into a powder, and add a few tablespoons of it to the buttercream instead of the Mango Jam, or even in addition to the jam to enhance the mango flavor even more.****I added some lime zest (about 1/2 tbsp) to the mango buttercream and it helped bring out some citrusy and refreshing notes that were delightful!