About Karla Plumb
A girl in her kitchen in the Great White North.
I’m not a really huge fan of seafood. There, I said it.
I’m getting better about it – I’ve grown to love mussels, clams and oysters beyond the salmon-and-shrimp staples. And I do truly love sushi. But lobster and scallops have never really appealed to me. I can’t remember the last time I tried a lobster. Oh, yes I can – I made a face and could barely swallow. So scallops have been kind of a ‘meh’ item for me since childhood.
Not quite as easy as I thought. But not too bad. And, truthfully, super delicious! I’m quickly eating them all, even the ones I’m pretty sure I over-baked…
I decided to start with the Chocolate & Salted Caramel Macarons. I ground up the almonds in my food processor, added the icing sugar & cocoa powder and processed until it was all a fine powder, just like the recipe asks. I drew the circles on the parchment and preheated the oven, whipped the egg whites & sugar to ‘firm & glossy’ and very carefully folded the dry ingredients into the egg whites until no streaks were showing.
