Weigh out ingredients
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You'll need powdered sugar, almond flour, granulated sugar, egg whites, and lemon zest.
Make the macaron shell batter
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Make the meringue with the swiss method and sift the dry ingredients twice. Fold the dry ingredients into the meringue with a gentle macaronage technique until you can draw several figure eights without the batter breaking.
Pipe the macaron shells
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Transfer the mixture to a piping bag and pipe at a perpendicular angle to fill in the circle template. Let the macarons rest for about 30-40 minutes, then bake!
Assemble
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Pair the macarons up. Pipe meringue around the edges of the bottom shells, then lemon curd in the centers. Press the paired shells on top.
Enjoy!
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Enjoy these lemon meringue pie inspired macarons!