Macaroon's

[Mark T]

I mentioned to someone recently that I had found a low carb macaroon recipe but the only problem was that it was North American and some of the ingredients didn't look easy to source/substitute - to be precise it is this recipe from Blood Sugar 101: Garths Macaroons.

They said, "oh, I've got a great Macaroon recipe" and gave me the following:

2 egg whites
85g ground almonds
115g caster sugar
2 teaspoons rice/corn flour
few drops almond essence

The biggest issue here is the caster sugar, what would be a good thing to replace it with? I could use an artificial sweetener powder, although I'm wondering if some shredded coconut might be a better solution.

Any suggestions?

 

[Vicsetter]

From the Mastercook software:
3 1/4 oz. ground almonds -- (100 grams)
3 1/4 ounces Splenda -- (100 grams)
1 Pinch cream of tartar
1/4 tsp. vinegar
1/4 tsp. almond essence
2 egg whites

All the other recipes I could find use Splenda, can't say I've tried it.

P.S. does anyone else use the Mastercook (Two fat ladies version) software it's brilliant and there are quite a lot of recipes on the Internet for import.

 

[Mark T]

From the Mastercook software:
3 1/4 oz. ground almonds -- (100 grams)
3 1/4 ounces Splenda -- (100 grams)
1 Pinch cream of tartar
1/4 tsp. vinegar
1/4 tsp. almond essence
2 egg whites

All the other recipes I could find use Splenda, can't say I've tried it.

P.S. does anyone else use the Mastercook (Two fat ladies version) software it's brilliant and there are quite a lot of recipes on the Internet for import.

The problem with Splenda is that it is 97.7% carbs, might as well keep the caster sugar! None of the carbs are in sugars, it's all in maltodextrine bulking content.

I've seen a couple of recipes suggesting the shredded coconut, but the proportions seem a bit odd.

 

[Vicsetter]

Have you tried Agave Nectar. I haven't tried cooking with it, but as a drizzle on ice cream or sticky toffee pudding (home made) it's great. You can get it in Sainsburys and how to cook with it is here:http://www.ehow.com/how_2309255_bake-agave-nectar.html