A couple days ago, we signed-up for an Airbnb Experience - Learn to Bake a French Macaron with a Chef - so we made our way to the workshop in Saint-Germain-des-Près, but first stopped to have some brunch - eggs with ham ('cuz we're obviously not having enough ham these days....), warm bread, coffee/tea. Also in the class was a woman from Denver and a woman from NYC. The instructor was Emanuelle - absolutely lovely and full of information.
Some pictures of all our hard work...........
Making the filling.........
Then the shell...........
Piping...........
More piping.............
Baking..........
Assembled!
Newly-minted macaron chefs!
Something to keep in mind - the "perfect" macarons you see in the bakery, well those are machine made. When they are "not so perfect," well, that means that they're made by hand! 😃
We really enjoyed the experience and learned a lot - more than just macaron making - general baking knowledge as well that we will definitely use going forward.
With our freshly baked macarons in hand, we walked about a mile to see Notre Dame.
From the front......
What it looked like before the fire.......(postcard)
What it looks like now.........
We took the subway home and waited for a restaurant to open (they eat late in Paris!) and found ourselves at an Italian restaurant - a small place - with fabulous food - Brad had a risotto dish and Suzanne had a roasted vegetable with fresh mozzarella dish - both were fabulous. The owner, a young Italian guy, was super friendly and chatted with us a while. It was definitely a great last dinner in Paris and a great meal with which to end our 3-week adventure!
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