Every fair from fair sometimes declines

Vegemite and white chocolate. Together? A bizarre combination right. And yet this is what I made last night. Did it work out? Somewhat- I attempted and I failed in some regards. Not a first time either. But the first time I have decided to blog about a failed experiment because they do happen, even to the best of us. I think this makes this blog therefore more real. Not everything I cook always works out and so here's one of those moments immortalised on the world wide web for all to see. Talk about ownership right?
I will go so far as to say that I won't even add the recipe to this rant or add this to my recipe page- eventually it will be lost with time. Hopefully!

I created Julia's Vegemite and White Chocolate macarons to take into my Extension  English classes. I was hesitant at first to make this dish but curiosity got the best of me and so there I was in the kitchen, stirring and scraping and folding. I mean I wanted to taste these flavours together.  I had made macarons before but I was disappointed by this recipe- they didn't turn out 'pretty.' They came out biscuit looking. The white chocolate and vegemite ganache didn't really set and was a bit runny, and so was the raspberry puree. End result? Disaster. A mish mash. No elegant glossy macaron. Two hours wasted.

Did I give them to the students? Yes...they don't care about the presentation and they loved them. I mean the flavours tasted good but it just wasn't really worth all the effort. Getting them to guess the combination of ingredients was hilarious. Their faces after they realised they were eating vegemite ahahaha And I scored some brownie points.....or should I say macaron points.

So for all of YOU out there, it doesn't always work out. You just have to get back in that recipe book and persevere. Have another go. I know I will be. And it will be delicious!

And if you still want to attempt it yourself head to the masterchef website!