They're having macaroons together!
(...not that Metal can eat them, but it still helps him feel included; maybe even loved - even if he can't quite put that label on whatever happiness + some extra he's feeling)
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Here she is, my Macaraccoon! love how this turned out!
She certainly loves her big pile of macarons and macaroons <3
Original and prints are now available here!
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Almost any travel show/site that talks about the Jewish quarter in Rome will mention "the little bakery that doesn't even have a name" located near Ottavia's Gate. It does actually have a name, Pasticceria Boccione, but the name isn't visible anywhere; you have to know what it looks like. I was spending one of my days in Rome last April touring the Jewish quarter, so I made sure to stop at the bakery early. I got a sweet roll, ogled the pies and cakes, and bought some amaretti, which were the bulk of my breakfast and I regret nothing.
I didn't know what the Italian name for them was but I recognized them as almond macaroons, which is why I bought some, because I love macaroons and you don't often find them without coconut (I also like coconut, don't get me wrong). They were the best macaroons I've ever had, so when I was assembling the Festa Alla Cinque Cibi I knew I wanted to have Amaretti to end with, the fifth course -- I don't drink coffee but these would be the "coffee" course after dessert. Happily, the pie crust needed three egg yolks and these needed three egg whites (technically two but I was using small eggs) so once the crust was resting, I threw these together and put them in to bake. They're not quite as good or pretty as the ones from Pasticceria Boccione, but they're very tasty regardless.
I did look around quite a bit for various recipes for the amaretti, but honestly, the best and most effective I found is the one on the back of the Solo Almond Paste package (I doubled it).
[ID: Two images of small, golden-brown cookies; they are round and very tall, clearly having been piped onto the sheets they baked on. The first shows the majority of the cookies cooling on a rack in the kitchen, while the second in close-up shows a bit more of the texture and variations in color.]
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