Macaron
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A macaron or French macaroon is a sweet meringue-based confection made with egg white, icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring.
Parisian-style macarons (vanilla flavour)
Traditional macarons de Nancy
Picture from Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l'épicerie et des industries annexes, by Albert Seigneurie, edited by L'Épicier in 1904, page 431
Macaron preparation
Ganache
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Ganache is a glaze, icing, sauce, or filling for pastries and other sugar confectionery that is made from chocolate and cream.
Macaron
…icing sugar, granulated sugar, almond meal, and often food colouring. Since the 19th century, a typical Parisian-style macaron has been filled with a ganache, buttercream or jam. As baked, the circular macaron displays a smooth, square-edged top, a ruffled circumference—referred to as the "crown" or "foot…
Chocolate ganache being poured into a bowl
A thin white chocolate ganache. The ratio depends on how the ganache will be used.
Ganache being poured atop a cake
Peanut butter fudge covered in ganache