Guillaume Nicoli most recently featured as guest judge on New Zealand's MasterChef 2011 macaron tower challenge in the finale. Guillaume has previously worked for French maestro Thierry Mulhaupt in Strasbourg and at Fauchon in Paris. He has also been a dessert chef at a number of Michelin star restaurants. This macaron master currently has his own brand Ma Cherie in Auckland.
Team JJ went along to class at Farro Fresh on tuesday evening to be inspired...
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| Ma Cherie's piece montee |
| First we got to taste the vanilla macaron with a glass of champagne |
Then Guillaume, whom by the way is very entertaining with his jokes and french accent, whipped the egg whites- aged one week in the fridge.
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| Whites are done when you can hold the bowl upside down |
Unfortunately I'm not a note taker or dedicated photo taker so....I'll just show random photos I took on the iPhone :P
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| Obtaining macaronage while I eat my lemon macaron...opps forgot to take a pic... |
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| Raspberry macaron with a lovely Semillon |
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| Close up of raspberry macaron...look at the feet!! |
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| Strawberry macaron...oh oh...i see some hollow on the left! |
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| Tray of piped shells for everyone to touch |
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| Chocolate macarons - donated mine to my other half after one tiny taste bite |
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| Macarons for sale |
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| More Ma Cherie macarons for sale - currently 9 basic flavours with ganache centres in the range, soon to be expanded |
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| Took a sneaky pic of the macawrongs! No feeties = almond biscuits, feeties = macarons! |
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| Bought a bottle of Sauternes and some Fresh As powder for macaron flavoring |
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| Little girl wanted to do some modeling ;) She is after all from the breeder of all the ragdolls you see on NZ tv ads! |
And I think it's time for bed. If anyone wants Guillaume's macaron recipe, leave a message and I'll email it to you!
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