Thing Number Ten, revisited

I wanted to have another go at the macaroons because I didn't feel they turned out quite the way I envisaged.  This time I went with white bread, and didn't grind the breadcrumbs up quite so fine (this did mean the finished macaroons were slightly bumpier than the last lot).  I also used a slightly smaller quantity of breadcrumbs (75g instead of 100g).  I used lemon essence (because it was to hand) and - most importantly - took the macaroons out of the oven after 20 minutes regardless of whether I thought they were done.  I sandwiched them with the buttercream left over from last time, so these were effectively lemon-and-ginger macaroons.

These were way better.  Soft, chewy, yummy.  I was pretty sure after last time that the concept was solid and the problem was only that the execution needed tweaking, and this confirms that.  Hurrah!