Originally Posted by
Peter Snijder
In the English language they are spelled differently, and since the rest of the post I responded to is in English, I assumed that's the spelling we should go with.
Like you say, the French call both types "macaron," but I have yet to see any language using "macaroon" for the flat, almond-based cookies with filling between them.
Aaah childhood memories.
Invoking English kitchen goddess Delia - a macaroon is a flat, almondy biscuit with rice paper on the bottom. I do remember them from baker's shops in my childhood, where they may have had desiccated coconut in them rather than almond, and half a glance cherry decorating the centre. I do love them. Here's her recipe, hope you can all access it:
https://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/...ench/macaroons
The more recently popular (in the UK) macaron, is a lovely pair of meringue like confections with a cream filling in-between.