Chocolate Macarons

last time, i tried to make this from 500 cookies, FAILED.
at that time, i didn't know that what did i do wrong.
learning from my lesson, i read few blogs that i regularly visit to see how can i improve the macarons and i found out i used an incorrect ingredient... haha... = =+

silly me.

i used almond flakes instead of almond meal. XD
that's something totally different!!!
well, now that i learnt sharing the same word doesn't mean they can be subsituted!! LOL

ok. the recipe is mainly from Cannelle Et Vanille by Aran.
i also visit dailydelicious by Pook and Yochana's Cake Delight by Aunty Yochana to get a better idea for making macarons. :D
good research! heh~
so, i spent the whole afternoon in the kitchen yesterday,
and the macarons turned out... not too bad.
but still need to be improved.

here are the areas i want to fix.
1. how can i make the size of the cirlce more even?
2. how can i make the surface of the macarons more smooth?

if you know how, please kindly let me know.
thank you in advance. :)

>> click here for recipe