How to make...Macaroons

INGREDIENTS

• 4 oz (100g) Ground Almonds
• 1 oz (25g) Rice Flour
• 8 oz (225g) Castor Sugar
• 3 Small Egg Whites
• Vanilla Essence
• Blanched Almonds, split into halves

METHOD

1. Beat the egg whites very lightly and add the rest of the ingredients to them except the almonds, mixing to a stiff paste.

2. Put small walnut sized balls of this on a sheet of greaseproof paper on a baking tin, leaving room for expanding. 

3. Brush each with cold water and place a blanched almond half on top of each one.

4. Bake in a moderate oven for 25 to 30 minutes.

5. Put your favourite spread in the middle and stick two together!