Carrot Macaroons

Ingredients

 * 1 cup almonds, blanched
 * ½ cup sugar
 * 3 large egg whites, at room temp
 * ¼ lbs carrots, coarsely grated pinch
 * cream of tartar

Directions

 * 1) In food processor, pulverize the almonds with ¼ cup of sugar.
 * 2) In a bowl combine the almond mixture with one egg white and the carrots.
 * 3) Beat remaining egg whites with a pinch of salt until frothy, add cream of tartar and beat to soft peaks, then beat in remaining sugar to hard peaks.
 * 4) Stir ¼ of the whites into the carrots, then fold in the rest.
 * 5) Drop by the teaspoonful onto greased baking sheet.
 * 6) Bake at 350°F until golden brown (approximately 15 minutes).