Serious Eats: New York
Pumpkin Sugar Rush: Sweet Chick's Pumpkin Pie Spice Macarons
Editor's note: Every afternoon we end the day with Sugar Rush. Its the dessert course of your daily blog-reading. As an added bonus, every day between now and Halloween, Sugar Rush will be pumpkin-based. It's the only way we could think of covering the enormous number of pumpkin sweets on offer in the city right now. Enjoy!
You’re unlikely to find a pumpkin macaron on any French patisserie’s roster. But the endlessly versatile cookie was made for experimentation. French Laundry–schooled pastry chef Hsing Chen now sells her own Sweet Chick Macarons, which are available online and at Batch Bakery; and Seasonal Pumpkin Pie Spice Macarons are her October creation.
Any pumpkin treat is largely a vehicle for nutmeg and clove, and these macarons are no exception—the light, chewy cookie gives way to a spicy interior, silky and sweet, like a pumpkin pie in cream-filling form. Paris, take note.
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