Nutella Macarons

Having a sister with a perpetual craving for all things chocolate makes baking for her rather uninteresting. Until she discovered her love for macarons, that is! Chocolate macarons only, mind you.

But the mind of a procrastinator knows no bounds when it comes to digging up new things to occupy oneself. And so, nutella macarons it was to be.

So I made basic macaron shells (see the recipe here) but added 2 tbsp of cocoa powder to the dry ingredients.

Nutella Filling

120ml heavy whipping cream

30g dark chocolate

26g milk chocolate

3 tbsp nutella

To assemble

1. Cut the chocolate into small pieces and place in a heatproof bowl with the nutella.
2. Bring the cream to a boil and remove from the heat.
3. Pour the cream into the bowl of chocolate and whisk until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is smooth.
4. Refrigerate the mixture in the fridge for an hour until it has thickened.
5. Pour the chilled mixture into a mixing bowl and whisk until it becomes pale and creamy.
6. Pipe onto macaron shells and sandwich together before chilling in the fridge overnight.

Enjoy, all you nutella fanatics.