This month for Mac Tweets we’re taking a walk on the wild side and creating a macaron inspired by the wild animal of our choice. Most of you probably don’t know that a flock of flamingos lives at my house. Every year for the last 26 years, Santa Flamingo delivers a flamingo to my husband to join the flock. Sometimes more than one flamingo a year takes up residence at our house.
Since we all know flamingos enjoy macarons, I decided to invite the flock inside for a macaron party. Many of the flamingos were shy and didn’t want to come out of hiding to get their picture taken. The toilet plunger flamingo is an especially shy variety.
I bought my first box of Wilton Icing Colors so that my flamingo macs would be a gorgeous pink color. I don’t know if I was too worried about getting the color right and didn’t whip my egg whites enough, or if it was the fact that I only left the egg whites on the counter a couple of hours, or maybe it was all the rain we’ve been getting, but no matter the reason, my batter was too thin.
I added some extra almond meal and powdered sugar, but not enough. I knew it wasn’t going to pipe well as soon as i was putting it in the bag. But at that point I figured it was probably over mixed and I wasn’t going to get feet anyway, so I just forged ahead. I’ve decided the reason they all ran together was because they are flamingo macs and flamingos live in colonies and don’t like to be alone.
I used the Ottolenghi Macaron recipe that I’ve posted before and added a teaspoon of lemonade powder. I filled them with some Strawberry Freezer Jam I made recently. These weren’t the prettiest macs I’ve ever made, but they were delicious, maybe even my favorite flavor yet. The flamingos seem very pleased with the macs made in their honor.
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I am sure the flamingos were pleased with your pretty macs.
I love the idea of hot pink macaroons. I think they look really pretty (and so do all those flamingos)!
Beautiful macarons and a cute flock of flamingos! I love the pretty pink colour of your macarons. They look delicious!
Gorgeous color. Lemon flavor with strawberry filling really sound perfect.
Mimi
What a great collection of flamingos! If I ever see a very sweet one I'll pick it up for you to add to family. So nice that you made your best tasting mac's- it must be the lemonade
I love the flamingos! The color of your macs is great. I love using the lemonade powder too, and I think it gives the macs great flavo. They are so pretty, and they do have little feet.
I think these are amazing! I love the color and the flavor sounds perfect. I still haven't tried making them myself!! I can't believe I'm such a big ole chicken. LOL
Oh, love it! I too made pink flamingo macs but boy yours are really pink flamingo! And love love love all of your flamingos! Great!
the color on the macs is goregous, I love the shot with the flamingos, how cute..your macs look super…
sweetlife
These are beautiful macs! You are so talented.
I love those pink flamingos. Gorgeous color!
Cheers
Khadija
Flamingo Macs – Great idea! I want to live in that color, it's so gorgeous.
I'm not part of any of these challenges…but I had to say how gorgeous that color pink is. What an attention getter!
Good luck and flavourful wishes.
Claudia
^^^^^ My BAD – clearly I need some coffee this morning! (feel free to edit or delete!)
I LOVE these and what are you talking about that they are flat and the batter was thin – they have lovely delicate feet! And I think the colour makes them definitely some of the prettiest ones I've seen this week!
Ohmigosh they are so cute! Pink is my favorite color!
This flavor sounds really delicious! I love how they are based on flamingos — that's too cute! I tried making macs recently and it was an utter failure — I'll keep trying though!
I think that they are gorgeous!!! Love the flamingos!
Gorgeous colour mum and I love that new picture of you!
I love that you have a flamingo toilet plunger! xxx
I love the pink flamingo color of your macs! The strawberry jam filling sounds delicious too. That's a great collection of flamingos!
I love it! You are just hilarious!
I love it! It's so fun to collect something – well ANYthing – it makes life so interesting… I've never tried these legendary macs, but you're so convincing I may have to take the plunge.
Fabulous Flamingos, and gorgeous macarons. I loved this post Barbara, well done!
Haha! You are too cute,.. Way to rationalize those uncooperative Macs! I love the color!
I love your flamingo collection! You tell that flamingo plunger that he needs to join the group and eat some of those macs!
Will you come to my house and give me a MAC tutorial? I'm serious!
Your macs are beautiful, Barbara. I love that rich color you achieved. They can be fussy little things and I've heard that the weather can have a significant effect.
I had my macs all planned out and just couldn't get the time to put them together. Hopefully, next time.
Love the bright pink. These macarons are very cute!
Love the pink macarons and love the flamingos! I especially love the big guy:) Great post, Barbara!
I love the pink macs. Fun to hear about your collection, now everytime I see one I shall think of you guys.
I want a flamingo mac. Maybe you should bring a batch to San francisco!
These are so pretty Barbara! What a cute flamingo collection! I have a new appreciation for them now.
Gorgeous shade of pink! Your macs turned out beautiful and I very much enjoyed the tie in with your lovely flock of flamingos! =)
You are so creative, how did you get all the cooking genes sis. I think this is great!
Love, Karen
you're great!What lovely idea!congratulations for your creativity!A big hug from italy
Loved absolutely everything about this post, Barbara. What a perfect way to start the day! Thanks so much for such a charming post, and congrats on those gorgeous macs! Off to make the freezer jam right now….! Cheryl in NC
Flamingo plunger?! How fun. These are so cute. I've never made macarons so I have nothing to compare them to, but they look darling to me
Barbara, lovely post…love the flamingos and the pic mac are perfect. So cute
Stunning pink macarons!! Waw!!!
What a grand & lovely post, that's for sure!!
Totally adorable. Gorgeous feet. I can't seem to get them in lower temp. Mind boggling.
So adorable, Barbara! I love flamingos…AND pink macarons!
No feet, no problem. I'd have helped eat them.
Hallo Barbara, long time no see, I love how you managed to tie an animal theme into pink macarons, I would never have remembered about pink flamingos even though I've seen plenty of them in the Camargue in France on holiday.
I have a lot of catching up to do, I'm off to check out whether you did the croquembouche for DB now!! We must Skype again soon too, it's been ages.
The color alone of these macarons would lure me! Love the strawberry jam filling too.
The macarons look so pretty, almost too pretty to eat:)
love love love these!! i'm a massive macaron fan and i adore how bright and zany these are!! Becca
That is incredibly adorable!!! I am feeling that a flamingo party is in order! They're the only bird I'm not petrified of.
Maybe it's the pink.
I LOVE YOUR COLLECTION!
I love your flamingos Barbara! These macaroons are gorgeous!
Your pink flamingo macarons are such an inspiration….. cute and adorable
Sawadee from Bangkok,
Kris
ROFL GF…what a collection, and I wanna see the shy toilet plunger one too. How intriguing that you have a visitor as beautiful and wild as flamingos, and how lovely that you captured the spirit in these macs. I have NEVER been able to achieve such a gorgeous colour. LOVE your macs Barbara, and love having you at MacTweets!
Great post, and adorable story! I love flamingos – even managed to find some at our park here in Germany. Never saw two male flamingos going at each other before – I'm sure yours are more peaceful
Absolutely gorgeous color!