We are in the middle what appears to be the beginning of spring. The snow comes and goes, but it has for the most part completely melted, and the grass is turning to a chartreuse shade of green. Among a zillion other things, it also means that we are in the midst of the spring holidays or both Passover and Easter.
Not being religious, this time of year typically means chocolate bunnies, Cadbury mini eggs and the showing of Mary Poppins on Sunday on ABC. However, this year and last I have been welcomed to join in the Passover Seder activities. Not wanting to appear ungrateful (or lazy for that matter) I whipped up some chocolate-orange macaroons, which were just about the easiest thing in the world to make. Easier than even boiling water.
The smell that the oven emitted as soon as two sheet pans were put in was absolutely glorious. How could it not be though when orange and chocolate go together as well as peanut butter and chocolate. it’s a marriage to last the ages.
Best of all, they taste as good as they smell. They do not look like the perfectly piped macaroons that you will find at the store in the bakery (I don’t know how you pipe out long strings of coconut anyway – the visual disgusts me), but they are certainly tasty.
I sent the Obamas my Bubbe’s special Passover macaroon recipe:
1. Open can.
2. Serve.
3. Eat.
See
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/moses-and-macaroons/