First, the biggest news of the week: on Thursday, November 12th, interior designer Kimberley Seldon will be introducing Lemon Tree macarons as her favourite Christmas gift under $25 on Cityline. The show’s audience will also be taking home small packages of macarons.

You can watch the show at 10am on CityTV to see the special holiday flavours and gift boxes. I’m really excited to start the Christmas season with such a great event!

This past weekend was practically a macaron miracle. From Monday to Thursday I laboured away at batch after batch of failed pastry shells, reluctantly discarding hours of work. Often the weather can wreak havoc on the process and last week was very humid. My batters were turning out too thin and runny.

After much trial and error, a few careful adjustments, and by drawing on a reserve of optimism and motivation, Friday’s efforts were not wasted. Each perfect little macaron had it’s lovely bubbled foot and smooth-domed top, just in time for Halloween at the St. Lawrence Market.

I featured two new flavours that I’m extremely happy with. The first, Cassis and Mixed Berry, was a macaron shell flavoured with Creme de Cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) and filled with a white chocolate and mixed berry whipped ganache. The second, Pecan Praline, was a vanilla bean shell sprinkled with pecans and filled with a pecan praline buttercream. I’m so satisfied with this last combination that I’ve deemed it the latest addition to the available-all-year flavour menu.

These are pictures of my display at the market this weekend and my limited edition halloween macaron gift bags and boxes.