French Macarons-Chocolate

 Anyone with culinary knowledge knows how difficult making "real" French macarons can be. In fact, they can be downright difficult, to the point of failure. Successful macarons have perfect "feet" and are light & airy. The outer cookie is a bit crunchy, while the inside is chewy. I am in no way a macaron expert, nor am I a baking expert, yet, somehow I managed to make these delightful little morsel's successfully. This is the recipe that I used and my macarons came out perfect.
The first task was to make the almond "meal", or flour. This was the first time I'd ever made it. I had heard that it was also a daunting task. I ground my almonds in my food processor, sifted them, then ground in my blender, sifted again, then ground them in my food processor a last time before my final sifting. I also added my cocoa to the mixture, to be safe. I followed the recipe exactly. My opinion is, this recipe is fool-proof ;)
Here are some photo's as I went along with the recipe. In the next to last, and last, you can see the "feet" that I spoke of. I hope that you'll try making them on your own!