Saturday, October 6, 2007

Wanted: new ideas for French macaroon flavors


With most things in life, I'm often inclined to pick classics over others. With macaroons however, there's something fun about reinvention. That said, the bf and I came up with a list of flavors deemed interesting/unusual and will experiment within the next few weeks. If you have any ideas (or hate anything on the lists below) feel free to share them via comments, and they may just be added to the Macarune menu.

My ideas:

3 citrus
Basil lemon
Black and white sesame
Burnt butter
Champagne

Cinnamon sugar
Elderflower
Jasmine white chocolate
Milk
Peppermint (for Christmas)
Pina Colada
Pistachio orange
Pumpkin spice (for Fall)


The bf’s ideas:

Peanut butter
KitKat & Milo (any idea is a good idea)
Snickers

16 comments:

  1. I love the combination of chocolate and raspberry.

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  2. thai iced tea
    horlick
    english toffee
    caramel apple
    dulce de leche
    key lime pie

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  3. White chocolate and raspberry is good too. And exotic fruits like passion fruit or lychee.

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  4. i hope to see... ...

    durian(!!!)
    peach
    grape
    sugar(does this make sense?)
    apple
    yes, citrus pls
    liquor(any liquor like bailey's or kahlua...should be fun for parties....oooooo i know! make it like those liquor chocs with the liquor in the middle and imagine when you bite in and oooooooh.......)
    beer
    macadamia
    black pepper
    Laksa(just kidding)
    something garlic(?)
    red bean

    ok I am going to shut it.

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  5. butter cookies and marmalade

    apple and honey

    tomato and basil :oP

    chocolate and carrot (no, really)

    grapefruit and honey

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  6. thanks everyone for ur helpful comments.. keep 'em coming if u think of more.. i'll definitely try some of these soon :)

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  7. pomegranate
    pear
    nutella
    blood orange & chocolate
    vanilla almond

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  8. ooooh oooh definitely pandan
    cardamom + vanilla
    dark choc + chilli
    banana + toffee
    cinnamon + apple
    pecan + maple
    ginger + cloves

    shiiit i'm gonna go try some of these myself. But im damn noob at macaroons.

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  9. cranberry
    green tea and honey
    sweet potato

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  10. persimmon, maple/walnut, chai, date/walnut, date/marscapone, tahini (I know you do seasame already, but I'm thinking more along the lines of halva flavor), ancho chili dark chocolate, jasmine/milk chocolate (or dark chocolate macaroon with jasmine-white chocolate center?), amaretto, coconut/passionfruit, coconut/peppermint, lavender/lemon!

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  11. thanks for the additional feedback.. it's starting to get even more interesting now! halva? n potato? i'm loving these ideas..

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  12. Horchata
    Buddha's hand
    Fig & fennel
    Pine nuts
    Olive oil
    Brandy Rasberry
    oh... Lotus Seed...
    Gorgonzola and Honey (?)

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  13. How about Salep? Very middle-eastern, very good. It is really expensive, since it is made of ground up orchid root, but the flavor can be imitated with substitutes...

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  14. violet (have you tried violet ice cream...mmmmm!)
    milk
    pomegranite
    blood orange (yum)
    Saffron (have you tried saffron ice cream...almost as good as violet.)

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