Two mixers, because I was so afraid of overworking the machines and winding up with no mixer at all. The red one is mine and the white one is my Mom's.
Stiff peaks. Nards thought it was butter, but it's a mixture of egg whites and sugar.
Beng, piped all the batter. For two straight days, she piped more than 1,300 shells. Thank you Beng! I was in charge of mixing and the macaronage.
I love watching them develop their frilly feet. They rise gradually after about five minutes in the oven.
It was an orchid themed wedding. We decided to make yellow macarons and in keeping with the theme, I made white chocolate ganache flavored with vanilla bourbon. It tasted good (to me, anyway, I hope her guests also find it good).
This is how the favor looked like. Nards printed and cut the little tags. I punctured it with my star puncher so that Beng can thread it through a nice purple ribbon. I piped the filling and made all the sandwiches, and three of us pitched in, packing them in the little boxes and tying the ribbon.
We're still a little bit shell-shocked by the volume we produced the past four days, but we're quite pleased that we were able to do it at all. We're thankful for the work, and it made us assess our capacity for mass producing the macarons. It's a good learning experience.
Our next wedding is still a couple of months away, and we're looking forward to it.
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