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A macaron ( ma-kə-RON; French pronunciation: [makaʁɔ̃]) or macaroon ( ma-kə-ROON) is a sweet meringue -based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond powder or ground almond, and food coloring. Outside France, a typical macaron is presented with a ganache, buttercream or jam filling sandwiched between two such cookies, akin to a sandwich cookie.
The name is derived from the Italian word macarone, maccarone or maccherone, the meringue. The confection is characterized by a smooth squared top, a ruffled circumference—referred to as the " foot " (or "pied")—and a flat base. It is mildly moist and easily melts in the mouth. Macarons can be found in a wide variety of flavors that range from traditional ( raspberry, chocolate ) to unusual (foie gras, matcha ).
The related coconut macaroon is often confused with the macaron. In English, some bakers have adopted the French spelling of macaron for the meringue -based item to distinguish the two. In a Slate article on the topic, Stanford professor of linguistics and computer science Dan Jurafsky describes how the two confections have a shared history, and notes that French words ending with "-on" that were borrowed into English in the 16th and 17th centuries are usually spelled with "-oon" (for example: balloon, cartoon, platoon). In this article, while mostly using the term "macaron" for the meringue -based item, Prof.