Putting The 'Mental' in Experimental - Macaroon Edition

A spurge on cook books this week lead me to believe I was Heston Blumenthal. I was adding all sorts of things into a bowl and blitzing it up -  assuming I could wing it in the kitchen like I do in the majority of other areas of my life. But oh no, cooking is all science and no fun, dreams and rainbows; at least on this occasion. 

The plan was 'summer berry macaroons', I hasten to add there wasn't a recipe - I was making it up as every good chef/poisoner does. I got a bit heavy handed with the juice, and almonds, and sugar. And broke too many eggs. Did I mention the oven wasn't hot enough? And I put them in for longer than needed (hence the orange/burnt tinge to some of them).

This attempt had been a disaster from the start but they still tasted edible, not like summer fruits, but edible. So, like all of my other baking failures, they went onto ice cream and were fine. Ok, fine-ish.

Never mind, lesson learnt - always follow a recipe.

Have a lovely day,
Josie xo