It is easy to end up with more macarons than you can eat. They look small, and you believe you can eat quite a lot before realizing you have overestimated yourself. Now, you have a dilemma on your hands; how to store them so they remain fresh and tasty for another day?
Well, we are here to help you find out everything you need to know about storing macarons.
How to Store Macarons and Keep Them Fresh
If you intend to eat macarons in the next couple of days, your best choice is to place them in a refrigerator. For that, you’ll need an airtight plastic container.
Line the container with parchment paper and then place the macarons inside. If you have so many that you need to stack them on top of each other, make one row, place another piece of parchment paper on top, and then do a second and/or third row. Macarons stored this way will remain good for up to seven days.
However, the best way to store macarons for a longer period and keep them tasty is to freeze them. This way, they can remain good for more than a month.
To start things off, line macarons on a baking sheet and pop them into the freezer for a couple of hours. This will ensure they are properly frozen. After that, simply transfer them to an airtight plastic container while using the parchment paper-lining method and let them rest in the freezer until you are ready to eat them again.
In order to defrost frozen macarons, place them inside a fridge for a few hours and they will be good to go. You can also leave them on a kitchen counter if you are in a hurry, but you will risk them losing some of their sturdiness.
