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{Baking} NO FEET, PRAY, LOVE …Oooops I mean EAT, PRAY, LOVE Chocolate Macarons

2010/08/13 / 39 Comments

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do!”
John Wooden
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What’s not to love about the name of this much awaited film that is being released today on Friday the 13th – Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. The film is a 2006 memoir by American author Elizabeth Gilbert. The memoir chronicles the author’s trip around the world after her divorce, and what she discovered during her travels. The film doesn’t seem to have very great reviews, but I love the title. A now clichéd phrase which seems to embody the essentials of life, a set of words I imagine everyone can connect to in their own little way!

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What does it have to do with me and my blog? Well, I am no different and seem to have got caught  in it’s hype. So, I chose this summer flick to fit the theme for this months MacTweets, a monthly event co-hosted  by Jamie and me – Mac Attack #10 – A Summer Flick.

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Our call…

Create that perfect macaron inspired by a movie: whether old or new, comedy or drama, black & white or in glorious Technicolor, let that movie inspire, fire up the ideas and pull you into an imaginary world of cameras, lights, costumes and scenery. You are the screenwriter, the director, the cast and crew… now to produce an award winning cinematographic macaron!

My mind was set on this film, that was partly shot in India. The title Eat, Pray, Love reflected everything I felt about macarons, maybe not in that order though, so seemed the natural choice! I L♥VE macarons, it’s probably one of the only things I would PRAY for feet to appear, and EAT? Oh YUM YUM,  these little creatures make for absolutely delightful mouthfuls! Pure indulgence and a joy to feast on, feet or no feet! Well, I dressed them up in costumes!!

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So my story this month is … Look Mom, NO  FEET!! Call me cynical, call me persevering, call me silly, obsessed or whatever, but I continue to try month after month, and am so prepared for the lack of feet that it doesn’t seem to bother me anymore. The way I’m going, I’ll probably faint with joy if feet showed up in the near future. That’s not to say I don’t brainstorm my faults. I do, I do! I read every written word I find about macarons, I analyse, I take the help of mac masters, I get help from friends like Bina who send me egg white powder, I play around with oven temperatures, I try different recipes … Oh well, to cut a long story short, maybe they just don’t want to grow feet in the humid UGH temperatures of North India as yet. But since I am a co host, I can’t say I didn’t try {several times actually}!
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So here we are. My EAT, PRAY, L♥VE macarons for MacTweets this month, feetless but certainly delicious. They got their nice deep brown colour from Valrhona cocoa that Shayma recently sent to me as a gift. Using this fabulous cocoa, paired with David Lebovitzs recipe, I was pretty convinced that this time I would win my battle with feet! After all, David’s Chocolate Macaron recipe had found me feet in the past. Not this time though. All such convictions were Gone with the Wind within 5 minutes of baking, and I was staring at The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! Talk about themes … teehee, I did love the call we sent out this month because I knew I would find so many perfect fits!

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Eat, Pray, Love didn’t help me find feet, but did give me some darned delicious macs that were cute like buttons. Also gave me a chance to dress ’em macarons up in some royal icing. The feetless characters made for very yummy mouthfuls, sandwiched with a milk cum dark chocolate ganache. I added some  light olive oil to the ganache once it was made as I had eyeballed the cream and it was slightly less. Olive oil gave the ganache this super shine, wonderful texture and taste. It’s always a fun journey trying to find feet, and to there’s always something new waiting to be discovered.

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Do you want to join Jamie and me making MACARONS?? If you do, you are most welcome to join the ‘Attack’. You can find all the information at our dedicated macaron blog MacTweets. The rules for can be found here. You can always join us next month. Just drop us a mail or tweet.
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You can find my earlier successful Chocolate Macaron recipe here
The ganache is also similar to the recipe here, the only difference being that I used a combination of milk and dark chocolate, and added 1 tbsp of light olive oil after it was made, and whisked it well to incorporate the oil.

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Posted by Deeba @ PAB

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

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39 Comments

  • Jamie

    2010/08/13 at 5:32 pm Reply

    What I call you is great! You are so funny! Eat Pray Love to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! And macarons? What are macarons? Give me one of these luscious little chocolate treats any day! Fab post, my dear! Love it, I do!

  • Ken

    2010/08/13 at 6:39 pm Reply

    I love your story and you are an inspiration to me. If you can struggle through the weather and still have tasty results, I have no excuse to give up on these delicate temperamental frenchies.

  • Marisa

    2010/08/13 at 8:06 pm Reply

    These are darling! Don't know if I will go and watch the movie, but I definitely want one of these (feet or no feet). 🙂

  • Linda V @ Bubble and Sweet

    2010/08/13 at 8:44 pm Reply

    What a great commentary. You tied your Macaron experience in with your movie perfectly.

    Who cares about feet when the end result is delicious.

  • Asha @ FSK

    2010/08/13 at 8:49 pm Reply

    aww!! well, I must say even if your macs have no feet, your post does… it made me smile.. love the inspiration.. Have you read the book? Mr frnd (we share book likes) said it wasn't my type but plan to see the movie coz of Julia 🙂

  • Kaitlin

    2010/08/13 at 8:50 pm Reply

    Very cute 🙂 Even without the feet, you managed to make your macarons look absolutely darling 🙂

  • Cristie

    2010/08/13 at 9:47 pm Reply

    I love that you made your feetless mac's so happy and darling. My failures are just rather unpleasant and sad. Weather makes such a difference to my baking as well- not just mac's but a number of items. I'm going to take your joyful aproach from here on out. Have a great weekend.

  • Anna Johnston

    2010/08/14 at 12:42 am Reply

    I loved the book so am absolutely going to check out the movie, being a bit of a fan of 'chick flick' I'm sure Julia Roberts will do it justice, fingers crossed. Loved your images, I'd love to taste one 🙂

  • Sanjeeta kk

    2010/08/14 at 1:36 am Reply

    Absolutely lovely and chocolaty Macaroons Deeba! Love the dark brown hue. Great clicks.

  • Honey @ honeyandsoy

    2010/08/14 at 4:07 am Reply

    I'm reading eat pray love RIGHT NOW! 🙂 And how darling are your macs with the title of the book piped on them 😉 I was just having a discussion with another food blogger (her macs are wonderful) and we concluded that Italian meringue is probably the best for feet. Have you been using French meringue?

  • RamblingTart

    2010/08/14 at 5:00 am Reply

    They are darling little macs, Deeba! 🙂 Who cares about feet as long as they taste good. 🙂 Hope you have a beautiful weekend! 🙂

  • Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes]

    2010/08/14 at 11:30 am Reply

    Hehe love the movie naming thing you have going!! And that's what I love about baking, even our mistakes taste delicious 🙂

  • penny aka jeroxie

    2010/08/14 at 12:31 pm Reply

    chocolate… good enough for me. feet or no feet. I read the book but not sure if I will watch the movie.

  • Alisa

    2010/08/14 at 4:36 pm Reply

    well they look wonderful to me, i love macarons too esp these deep,dark chocolate-colored one you made!Yum!

  • Lora

    2010/08/15 at 1:52 am Reply

    This is hands down one of the most adorable posts I've read on a food blog. I loved the book and love your theme, feet or no feet!

  • The Urban Baker

    2010/08/15 at 5:49 am Reply

    aren't we all on our own personal journey? whether it is food, self realization, a higher power, etc…it doesn't matter. what matters is the journey itself. love the post, love the mac's – feet or no feet!

  • Kitchen Butterfly

    2010/08/15 at 12:06 pm Reply

    Feetless but gorgeous. I love the play on colours and the way the tiny red hearts 'bring out' the colour palettes and make the chocolate look more chocolatey. I love the cracked cookie tops which remind me of amaretti…gorgeous Deeba

  • bellini valli

    2010/08/15 at 4:46 pm Reply

    I try and avoid sweets at all costs but love the twist on the macaron theme this month. I am headed to see the movie tonight with friends.

  • Cecilia

    2010/08/15 at 8:03 pm Reply

    Deeba, I love your Eat Pray Love macs and how you decorated them! I read the book, and can't wait to watch the movie. I have better luck with Italian meringue in high humidity. Feet or no feet they are still gorgeous and look delicious!

  • Sue

    2010/08/16 at 8:19 am Reply

    Maybe they don't have feet, but they look perfectly rounded and puffed! So uniform and so chocolatey! I think they're little beauties! Cute post:)

  • shaz

    2010/08/16 at 1:52 pm Reply

    Who cares if they have no feet. They are absolutely beautiful!! So very pretty, I couldn't stop looking at them. And olive oil in the ganache sounds inspired 🙂 Thanks again for such a fun challenge!its

  • Junglefrog

    2010/08/16 at 10:02 pm Reply

    They might be "feetless" but they are absolutely beautiful looking! I love the surface of them as well… Those little cracks give them a special look! And the most important part is still the taste… feet or no feet!

  • MeetaK

    2010/08/17 at 7:53 am Reply

    forget macarons these chocolaty treats look incredible! oh deeba i love you – you crack me up each time i am here and today i really needed the laugh!

  • Mardi @eatlivetravelwrite

    2010/08/17 at 11:34 am Reply

    They might not have feet but they sure look delicious! Having worked in very humid conditions this month too, I have so much respect for what you are trying to do in those temperatures – I don't know how you even *think* about baking, let along bake so much! My sistah in "feet seeking" – high five girl!!! You work magic!!!

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