Apple Spice Italian Macarons

Instructions

Apple Spice Italian Macarons Shells Instruction

1. Measure out the Almond Flour and Powdered sugar and push through a fine mesh sieve. (you will have a little almond flour that is too big to go through, just throw that out)
2. Measure out 50 Grams of Egg Whites and mix it into the almond flour and powder sugar until you get a paste.
3. If your want to add color you’ll add it to the paste. Gel Food Coloring is what is going to work and not add liquid which would ruin the macarons. I used red, and black to make that berry color.
4. Now grab the last of the Egg whites (50 grams) and pour it into a stand mixer bowl and with the whisk attachment mix until the egg whites start to foam. Then turn it off.
5. In a small pot measure out the sugar and water. Don’t mix it. Put it on the stove on high heat until 115° Celsius. Quickly take it off the heat, and turn on the stand mixer to a medium speed and slowly pour in the sugar water. Once it’s all in turn up the speed to high, and let it get to a birds beak stage. 
6. Now take the Paste and fold in half of the meringue until no white streaks remain. Them fold in the other half until the mixture is falling off the spatula in a lava like way. Scrape into a piping bag.
7. Prep two sheet pans with silicone mats or parchment paper.
8. Pipe 1 inch circles 1 inch apart. Bang the sheet pans on the table a few times to get the air bubbles out. Let those sit out for 30 minutes until a skin forms.
9. Bake at 300 ° for 7 minutes then flip the pan and bake for another 7 minutes. A tip is to put a wooden spoon in the oven door to let steam escape. Take them out and let cool completely until you attempt to take them off.

Apple Spice Swiss Meringue Buttercream Instructions

1. In a non stick pan on medium high heat melt the butter and throw in the chopped apple. (make sure there small pieces)  Put in the Brown Sugar and cinnamon. I know it seems like a lot of cinnamon, but it will get dispersed in the buttercream.
2. Let the mixture bubble in the pan until the mixture becomes sticky and kind of Carmel like. Put it in a container and cool in the fridge completely.
3. Now Measure out the egg whites and sugar into a metal bowl, and put over a double boiler and put on medium high heat and whisk occasionally until it reaches 160° Fahrenheit. 
4. Pour it into a stand mixer with a  whisk attachment and whip until stiff peaks. 
5. Take the whisk attachment off and put on the paddle attachment. Then take the cubed unsalted butter (needs to be room temperature) and put one cube at a time in at a medium high speed. When it gets to a frosting like place mix in vanilla and a pinch of salt. 
6. Then take the apple mixture and put that all in and whip some more. 
7. Place the frosting in a piping bag and pipe a good amount onto a shell and place another on top. There you go delicious fall Macarons.