Macarons - Tartelette's recipe

I've been intentionally wanting to move my dessert blog to www.abaysse.blogspot.com
but I thought I should also up date over here and tell people that the dessert posts are going to move to abaysse.
so people won't stop visiting.

Yes, I'm all over macarons, so whenever I see a new recipe for macarons , I would try it.
In this month's Dessert magazine, featured Tarlette's recipe.
And as I saw the wonderful macarons she made, so beautiful and with very tall feet,
I decided to give it a try . I had forgot to order for the proper blanched almond flour from on line, and
instead I just used the almond meal I already have in my pantry .

I must honest say that I was a bit worried in the process of making these because
I usually put in some cream of tar tar when I whip up egg whites,
and although the recipe did not call for cream of tar tar,
I put 1/8 tsp of it in , and I guess the result turn out fine.

These are Opera flavored macarons, filled with a ring of coffee buttercream and 65% chocolate in the center.
As for the ones that are baked longer are for decorations.