If you consider the start of the macaron’s history to be the moment when a little sandwich made of two almond flour meringue cookies with a ganache filling was created, you don’t have to look far back in time at all. However, the truth is that the original macaron was just one simple cookie, and it has a history going back more than a millennium. While it’s most famously known as a French delicacy, the macaron is more global than one might expect.
The true, ancient origins of macarons are unclear. Like many desserts, macarons have evolved over centuries into the small, colorful, bite-size sandwich cookies we know them as today. It’s believed that in the ninth century, around the year 830, Arab merchants from what is now known as Tunisia in Africa brought a variety of nut-based desserts and treats to Sicily. From these treats came a few
