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Montmorillon Macaroon

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Where to find this product?

In some regional bakeries – pastry shops.

When to find it? All year round
Contact Musée de l'Amande et du Macaron

This delicious little biscuit originated in Italy at the dawn of the Renaissance. It is traditionally made in different shapes and sizes in at least a dozen French cities. But since 1920, the family company Rannou-Métivier in Montmorillon became one of the most famous macaroon manufacturers, continuing a tradition which is older than the city itself (17th century, if not earlier) but also the tradition of the Lusignan or Lussac-les-Châteaux macaroons.

The macaroon is undoubtedly part of Poitou’s gastronomic heritage, the Montmorillon pastry shop has even dedicated a museum to it. There is nothing simpler than a macaroon: flour, sugar, egg whites and, naturally, powdered almonds. It all lies in the way the eggs are beaten into peaks and then added to the other ingredients. Every year, Rannou-Métivier, as well as many other pastry chefs who sell macaroons, has a wide variety of flavours on offer.

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