Saturday, June 12, 2010

MacTweets #8, A Tiny Friend in a Kauai Adventure & Coconut Cream with Chocolate Ganache Macarons

My view of adventure mac's is off from the formal assignment, but for my life has some real adventure. While in Kauai a short time ago we went on a kayaking and hiking discovery through the jungle to find a beautiful waterfall. While on the way the guide told us to watch for wildlife along the way (as well as movie and LOST shoot sites). I did keep my eyes peeled for wildlife, but when the day long adventure was done the only land animal I had found was this beautiful little guy- a gecko. He paused long enough for me to take a picture of him. Look at all the colors he is sporting!
In honor of my friend that's spotted green, white with dark brown eyes my mac’s are coconut cream & chocolate ganache in an almond shell. I used Ottolenghi Macaron recipe, baked them for 11 minutes on an air cushioned pan and they have the perfect crust on the outside and a soft middle. The light green coloring makes them look a bit over done, but in realitiy they are my best effort to date. Tasty little critters.

Check out the line up ON THE WILD SIDE, MacTweets.

Photo Credit for top picture: CodeFin

16 comments:

  1. These are PERFECT macs! Wow! Gorgeous! And LOVE the gheko themed macs. So funny! Excellent macpost! Yay!

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  2. Tasty little critters indeed! Well done Cristie; love your wild side! Do you have the gecko on your hand? I'm just wondering if I would be WILD enough!! Thanks for joining us at MacTweets!

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  3. Theses are Beautiful!!! They look delicious and I bet they tasted delicious. I love the coconut cream. The inside looks perfect and perfectly soft. And such perfect feet.

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  4. The colors of your macs are perfect representation of the little critter.

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  5. Jamie, I am NOT wild enough to hold Mr. Gheko and take the picture at the same time . . . but how lovely that you thought I might be :)

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  6. What a cute Gecko and all the different colors on him!

    Your macs turned out perfect and a fantastic shade of green in honor of your Gecko friend. Coconut creme with chocolate ganache filling sounds wonderful!

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  7. Lovely macarons and a very cute gecko (terrific photo!). I love the shade of green of your macs, and the flavour combination sounds divine.

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  8. PERFECTLY GORGEOUS and gecko-like! They sound delicious! All the Mac Tweets look so great I'm going to join in on the fun next round! :)

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  9. that first photo is amazing!! and the macs are definitely your best so far!

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  10. They are both gorgeous, your little friend and the macarons. I love the colour and the flavour combo. Great work.

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  11. The little gecko is adorable and I love your lovely perfectly matched macarons!

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  12. i opted out this time around... your macaron's look wonderful. fun story too!

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  13. Oh wow, these macaroons must have been divine! Love Mr Gecko. :)

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  14. Best effort to date - you should have saved me one. It sounds like a combination I would love. Well done!

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  15. What exotic macaroons daaaaahling, and what a wonderful flavour combination. They look great!
    *kisses* HH

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  16. My mouth is watering....

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