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I used the same shell recipe for each color, but I added gel coloring to the granulated sugar.

I then made a batch of swiss meringue buttercream and flavored it in three parts:

The white macarons are standard vanilla. I whipped in vanilla extract and some vanilla beans.

Then things get a little... odd?

The red ones are strawberry flavored. I put the chopped berries and just a touch of sugar into a pan and cooked it down until it was a thick syrupy consistency. While it was still warm, I pressed it through a sieve and continued cooking the drained liquids until it turned into a thick paste. After letting it cool, I added it + food color to an amount of buttercream and reserved.

*In the process I burned a bit of it to the pan, and I've been having a really difficult time getting it off.... Don't let it happen to you!*

The blue blueberry ones were made in a very similar manner, but I added a few extra things; a bit of lemon zest and a sprinkling of nutmeg. Cook down, strain, and cook some more - just don't burn it!

The funny thing about the ... erm.... Blueberry paste was that it had the consistency of jello when it cooled. I had to microwave it before I added it to the buttercream :P
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~mynameiselsa Mar 5, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
if you had the blue one at the bottom, it would be red-white-blue. those are the colours of the flag of the netherlands!

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Featured in [link] All About FOOD
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~bittykate Oct 10, 2009
Thank you so much!!
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~xmagdax Aug 7, 2009
featured: [link] :D

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~bittykate Aug 7, 2009
Thank you!
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~xmagdax Aug 8, 2009
welcome :)

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~ieatbabiesfordinner Jul 9, 2009
It looks very tasty!(:
I could just omnomnom the screen right now.
Keep up the baking!

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~bittykate Jul 11, 2009
Thank you very much!
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~ieatbabiesfordinner Jul 11, 2009
You're welcome(:

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Mood: Love ~GenesisOfChaos Jul 7, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
They look so beautiful and delicious :hungry:
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