German coconut macaroons with chocolate

a christmas classic

📝 Ingredients

• 250 g grated coconut
• 5 egg whites
• 1 pinch of salt
• 250 g powdered sugar
• 400 g marzipan
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• 1 Tbsp rum/ rum flavour
• 3 Tbsp sugar
• 100 g chocolate glaze

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff
2. 2grate marzipan
3. 3Mix the beaten egg whites with the marzipan, lemon zest and powdered sugar
4. 4Add coconut flakes and rum and work everything into a viscous dough.
5. 5Preheat the oven to 160 °C
6. 6Line 2 baking trays with baking paper
7. 7Place the batter in a piping bag and pipe walnut-sized balls onto the prepared baking sheet.
8. 8Sprinkle the macaroons with the sugar and bake each tray on the middle shelf for 15-20 minutes.
9. 9After baking, allow cooling on a wire rack and prepare the chocolate icing
10. 10Melt the chocolate icing in a water bath
11. 11Then dip the macaroons into a third of the chocolate glaze and place on a wire rack to dry
12. 12ENJOY