Chocolate, Cinnamon and Banana Macaroons

Ingredients
- 7 oz of icing sugar
- 4oz of almond powder
- 3 eggs whites
- 1 tbsp of cocoa
- 1 tbsp of cinnamon
- 1 oz of caster sugar
- 3 oz of white chocolate
- 1/6 cup of cream
- 5 tbsp of banana purée

Method 
First, sift the icing sugar, the almond powder, the cinnamon and the cocoa in a large bowl.

Second, whip eggs whites in medium sized bowl until they are stiff. Add the caster sugar little by little.
Third, stir gently the egg preparation into the large bowl until the mixture becomes smooth.
Then, form small circles with the mixture on the baking paper with teaspoons.
After that, set aside for two hours.
In the meantime, put the white chocolate and the cream in a saucepan until the chocolate is melted.
Next, remove from the heat and add the banana purée
Then, set aside the fridge for a few hours.
Preheat the oven at 170°C.
Next, bake for 11 minutes.
Eventually, spread the banana ganache on each macaroon and assemble them.

Personal comments

The recipe is traditionally European but I have chosen to put the cinnamon and banana which come from Africa and cocoa which comes from America. It symbolizes the agreement between those three communities that have very different cultures. 
These three continents have a very special relationship because since the 16^th century there are a lot of tensions because of the colonization.
 In fact, nearly 30 million of slaves died in sugar cane and cocoa plantations. These slaves were imported from Africa to America to produce cocoa and the same boats exported the cocoa into France to be transformed in chocolate. 
Then, the boats imported manufactured goods to Africa. These three continents are representative of the triangular commerce which had led the word economy for nearly three centuries. In the recipe, colonization is modified to reach a unique cake which only exists if the three continents are united. 
The colours are inverted to fight against prejudice. America is represented by the cocoa and Africa is represented by the banana which is white. Europe is the continent where all the mix of populations is possible. 

Through my recipe, I imagine a world where racism does not exist any more. I imagine a world where everybody lives in peace and harmony but where everybody keeps their own identity, which makes them different. That’s why I didn’t cook a mixing of black and white but a union between Europe, Africa and America.

By Maguelone Javerzac