Introducing: The Lemon Lime Macaron. My contribution to the Daring Bakers’ October Challenge… macarons. I think this was one of the most widely anticipated challenges. I had a lot of fun trying to come up with my own version. I also made a Chocolate Mousse Macaron Cake for my husband’s birthday and that can be found here.
These macarons are very easy to make. All you need is to make one batch of macarons and then divide the batch into two – colour one with yellow and the other one with green. Make sure to be generous as the colour fades when placed in the oven. You will also need two piping tips, a small one and a slightly larger one.
To make the shapes, simply get a round coin and draw patterns on your baking paper. I used a 2 cm coin for mine. Once you have separated the batter in two and coloured them, place the green batter in a piping bag fitted with the small piping tip. Place the yellow batter in a piping bag fitted with the larger piping tip.
Use the green batter to make an outline around the circumference of the pattern and when done, use the yellow batter to fill the area inside the green batter. Let dry around 30 minutes before baking.
Recipe
Macaron Shell recipe can be found here.
Lemon-Lime Filling
- 75 ml of lemon juice
- 75 ml of lime juice
- Zest of lemon and lime used for juice
- 2 egg yolks (perfect way to use those of the macaron shells)
- 80 grams caster sugar
- 10 grams corn flour
- 60 grams cold butter, diced
- Bring the lemon and lime juice to a boil along with the zest.
- Beat the egg yolk and add the sugar and corn flour in a bowl.
- Once the juice is boiling, pour this in the bowl with the egg, sugar and corn flour. Mix thoroughly.
- Transfer the mixture into a heavy based sauce pan and cook over low heat until the mixture thickens, whisk constantly
- Strain the mixture and let cool slightly.
- Using a whisk blender (or just a whisk if you can manage), add the butter a little at a time.
- Store in refrigerator until ready to use.
The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe. Please check her website: Baking Without Fear.
Thanks to Tartelette who provided so much online support to everyone. I am pretty sure that many decided to use her recipe instead of the original one. Other blogs that I drew inspiration from are : Veron of Kitchen Musings, Clement from Ala Cuisine (he was the first person I emailed for a recipe more than 5 years ago!), David Lebovitz, Canelle et Vanille, and The Savour Chocolate School.
Lastly, a big thank you to the ladies of Citi Corporate Affairs – these macarons are for you! A big thank you for the World Chef Showcase tickets!
Note: Piping tips used
they look so good i’m using your recipe for a food tech project at school with the recipe it says that they dont have to be baked is this true???
Hi! The macarons have to be baked but the curd doesn’t – good luck!
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Lime and lemon are such a pretty and tasty combo! Your macs look great Trissa…and thanks for all your wonderful tips!
I love the colors! They are so shiny and smooth! Bravo for a smashing success on the challenge!
These are just gorgeous. I love the photos….
Not only do your macs looks beautiful. but I LOVE the lemon-lime combo..so refreshing and unique! Beautifully done..I mean, REALLY beautifully done! 🙂
Such lovely macarons–so creative! I love the filling, too.
Wow, what a stunning colors combination!
I think it’s one of the most beautiful results I saw so far at this challenge,
It looks just great!
wtg for a great job
Inbal
(also a DB)
These sounds so fresh and bright – a perfect pick-me-up for a gray fall day. Your photos are stunning!
So beautiful and creative!
Now that’s a great idea! 2 Colored Macarons! Thumbs up from me :–) Thank you for sharing.
Great colors! They look amazing!
Hi Trissa,
I’ve seen your beautiful macarons from the DB forum, and I was awed by how pretty they look..I can’t seem to get over it esp the ones in the flower pot..mine failed miserably I should have visited the forum before making my macarons and I could have gotten lots of tips from other DB esp from you and Audax .
Have a nice day! 🙂
Wow! I want to try this. I really love lemon squares and tart tastes. My fave is the calamansi bar in classic confections. Becky’s will do sometimes. But I don’t like the Mary Grace one, not tart enough, just sweet.
I love your two-tone macarons! Great flavor combination–so refreshing and delicious! 🙂
Lemon-Lime and bicolored…how fun is that! Great way to do the challenge and lovely photos.
ooh wow. these look awesome. i love the colour variation, i haven’t seen that anywhere before 🙂 and i’m sure they would’ve tasted delicious too!
The two tones look amazing. They are very clever and thankyou for sharing the idea. They would be a hit at an australia day party.
they turned out beautiful and i love the lemon lime combo!
Ah, thanks for the reveal of how you made the multi-coloured macaron shells. Was wondering how you did it 🙂
Did you give the original DB challenge recipe a go at all? It seems like a lot of people fell back to Tarlette’s recipe.
Multi-flavoured, multi-coloured, awesomeness. You totally rocked this challenge Trissa!
These are the neatest ones I think I’ve every seen! Sighh I have this ongoing thing where I refuse to make these things. But so difficult to resist when I see yours!
Laura
OMG you are so creative, double colored macs look stunning, love the colors!!!!
I’m impressed and these are aFAB!! What a brilliant idea, and such perfect macs Trissa. Thank you for your help with mine. Love the hubs birthday mac too…GORGEOUS!!
Oh wow, I’ve never seen macarons in two colors like this before! I bet they taste as good as they look.
Very nice shells!! very smart in the making of the design. I’ll post mine tonight.
thanks
Fantastic looking macarons- your previous attempts are all terribly impressive, as well.
Clearly you have a talent for macaron-making…well done!
Wow! Lovely macarons, so original to do the two colors.
These are so lovely and bright! I love the 2 colours mixed into 1 macaron, beautiful 🙂
How lovely! I’ve been admiring all the macarons from the DB challenge and this is one of the most striking I’ve seen so far. I’ve never made them before so trying this technique may be a bit ambitious for me at the start but something I’d definitely aim for!
That is too, too cool. I’m going to have to “borrow” that idea soon 🙂 Great job! And love the “cake” too.
These macarons look very special. Loved the color and the filling. I wish i could do it. Great work!
I’ve never seen anything as beautiful before!!! I’m not a vey keen baker but I’ve bookmarked this and will give this a try!!! thanks for the recipe
Aww you’re so creative! This is the first I’ve seen of that pattern and it’s gorgeous 😀
How clever! The colours are stunning.
What a fantastic idea! I love it. Thanks for the step-through, I would love to try it some day soon.
Making two colored macarons, now that is just genious! I’m so stealing that technique for my next batch (cuz making them is so addictive!).
I have also been waiting for macarons as a DB challenge, unfortunately the challenge recipe didn’t work for us so we returned to our old trusted one (similar to Tartelette’s).
Beautiful job – they look just perfect!
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You’re brilliant, they look amazing, I can’t believe you managed perfect macarons with two separate colours and what an incredible giant macaron!
This is the second macaroon I’ve seen today. They look so pretty & delicious…..can just make me drool. I love the colour & the daintiness. I do want to try them out one day. That would be quite a challenge.
Wow they are just beautiful – well done!! I’m going to use your idea, thanks for the tip on the colouring, I coloured mine, but they weren’t as bright as that.
I simply, simply love the colours and using 2 different shades is ingenious. Great filings and wonderful job.
What an original idea! The two toned macarons are great and I’ll bet the tasted great, too!
Wow, how absolutely positively creative! Congrats on a fantastic challenge! Love that you pushed the envelope and created something really special 🙂
They look great. You are so good in making macaroons. I’ve never tried making these yet even with my background in pastry, making macaroons is a whole different. But if I don’t try, how will I know? I love the color of your macaroons too.
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they are so cute Trissa you’re so so creative
Two-toned macarons…what a wonderful idea! I’m thinking the colour combinations are endless =)
Fantastic!! Love your macarons as always! Your fillings sound yum. Very very nicely done.
Your macarons look so pretty! What gorgeous flavors! Great job!
I’m posting mine tomorrow…
Cheers,
Rosa
How fantastic! I love the two tone macarons, they’re just gorgeous. Mine were total disasters.
Trissa – just fantastic! I love the curd that you used, and the two tone macaron shells. They are so bright and cheery.
Oooo, I am very very impressed… I should have used Helen’s recipe, but decided to use the one on the daring bakers site which mmm, didn’t go so well. You have very pretty feet (if someone reads this who has no idea what we’re talking about it, they’re gonna have very strange thoughts..lol) Mine failed completely!! Is it already the 27th in Australia? Mine is not supposed to go up for about 15 hours! love the multicolored macarons you made..
Hi,
I like your macarons very much, that bright colors!
But you should wait till midnight before you post this blog.
27th is posting date.
Francijn
Hi Francijn – it is the 27th in Sydney. Thanks!
Trissa
This is so clever of you!! Great flavours too! Again the Queen of Macarons shows us all how to do it 😉
Ooh dear I haven’t written up my post yet, naughty naughty I’ll have to get onto it tomorrow. At least we have the time difference up our sleeve, hehe
I love this!
They look lovely and great idea using two different coloured macaronages and two different sized piping nozzles. And filling sounds delicious I agree I have waiting for macarons to appear on the Daring Bakers’. Wonderful effort and that Birthday macaron looks fabulous lucky BH. Cheers from Audax in Sydney.