MACARONS FOR EASTER: AN EGG HUNT LIKE NO OTHER
Have you thought about hunting for macarons for Easter ?
Because it marks the end of the 40 days of fasting during Lent, Easter Sunday is traditionally celebrated under the sign of gluttony. After sharing the essential Easter leg of lamb, young and old alike are accustomed to allowing themselves a few sweet treats.
What if this year, instead of sticking to chocolate, we invited macarons to Easter? True jewels of French pastry, Fauchon macarons seem to have their place in this annual feast. Breathing a new wind into the egg hunt while honoring tradition, isn't that the key to an unforgettable Easter?
Macarons for Easter, an original idea
Symbols of elegance, refinement and celebration, macarons have all the qualities required and more to be put in the spotlight on special occasions. This year, play the originality card at Easter by proposing a macaron hunt! This idea will appeal to young and old alike and will give your Easter gathering a new dimension.
Even more chic than chocolate, the macaron comes in a multitude of flavors to delight the palates of all your guests. Their harmonious shape and cheerful colors will find their place in the corners of your garden, where these little treasures will blend in with the petals of the first flowers of the nascent spring.
Fauchon macarons , emblems among emblems, are the obvious choice to make Easter Sunday an unforgettable moment. Resulting from the know-how of the best pastry chefs, made from high-quality ingredients according to a traditional recipe of the most demanding, Fauchon macarons, their crispy shell and their melting heart are the promise of an exceptional taste experience. Raspberry, strawberry, vanilla, coffee or pistachio macarons; hazelnut, blackcurrant and violet, rose, morello cherry or white chocolate: offer your guests a macaron hunt full of surprises and discoveries for Easter!
Easter Egg Hunt: Can We Break Tradition?
Before allowing ourselves to revisit the traditional Easter egg hunt, it is worth understanding how this practice gradually became part of French folklore. As we mentioned at the beginning of this article, the Catholic Easter holiday marks the end of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting. Before the 17th century, Christians were forbidden to eat eggs during this entire period. However, chickens did not stop laying eggs! As a result, families found themselves with large quantities of eggs on their hands, which had become unfit for consumption due to the lack of effective preservation methods.
So what to do with these eggs? Throw them away? Certainly not! The Christians of the time had the brilliant idea of emptying the eggs and painting the shells to make decorative objects to offer for Easter. With the appearance of chocolate in the West and the progress of chocolate-making techniques, people began to fill these empty shells with melted chocolate .
This is how the tradition of eating chocolate at Easter was born, followed closely by the idea of hiding them everywhere as an entertainment to amuse children. Little by little, this egg hunt became one of the immutable components of the Easter festivities.
Nowadays, many families celebrate Easter without having stockpiled eggs during Lent, and our modern preservation methods would undoubtedly allow us to consume them if necessary. We therefore have the luxury of being able to focus on the very essence of this tradition: the deliciousness and joy of being together.
Macarons at Easter: an egg hunt for all tastes!
By inviting macarons to Easter, you are sure to satisfy the most demanding gourmets. To ensure that nothing is missing, leave room for chocolate , usually in the spotlight on this spring day. Its biggest fans will thus be satisfied, and its rare detractors will have the pleasure of rediscovering Easter in a new light!
You can therefore organize a revisited “egg hunt” in which all tastes will be satisfied. Macarons, eggs, chocolate rabbits and chickens, and why not any other type of confectionery (fruit pastes, caramels, nougats, calissons d'Aix, candied chestnuts, etc.) to hide behind the foliage, in the flower beds, in the bushes, in the shrubs, etc. It's up to you to imagine the original and gourmet egg hunt that will amaze your guests, whether they are young or old!
