Today we’ll present a tasty snack, not suitable for the faint of heart 🙂 , but absolutely a must for chocolate lovers 🙂 . Tasty cookies with dark chocolate, cocoa and a generous addition of Himalayan pink salt. The pink salt will give a nice salty contrast to cookies. If you have already savored chocolate with salt, you’ll know the taste; … Read More
Harvest cake from Drag me to Hell
Halloween is almost here and you do not know what to prepare for your guests yet? Could Harvest cake with carrots from the popular film “Drag Me to Hell” be more suitable? 🙂 If you’ve seen the movie you know what we’re talking about and you know what happens to the protagonist when she tries to eat her slice. And why … Read More
Pastiera – Easter Neapolitan tart
We’re concluding the lunch menu for Easter with a traditional tart from Neples, Italy: an sweet dough enclosing a rich cream made with ricotta cheese, cooked wheat, candied fruit, eggs and spices. We are sure that you have already figured out what recipe is that… The unmistakable Pastiera 😀 . To prepare a good pastiera time and patience are indispensable, … Read More
Bichromatic Baci di Dama cookies – Lady’s Kisses
Let’s take a little break from the proposals for Christmas lunch… Of course you will not mind too much because we’re presenting a duo of Lady’s Kisses, a traditional italian pastry called Baci di dama 😉 . The first version is kinda classic with almond and hazelnut dough filled with dark chocolate cream. The second is the exact opposite: a … Read More
Confis Tomatoes
Mid-August, vacation time… We will travel with the taste: while sitting at the table you’ll enjoy the colorful cuisine of Morocco. Today we’re presenting a traditional meze: confis tomatoes with honey, sesame seeds and a mild spice mix 🙂 . The meze are typical starters of Moroccan cuisine, served on the table in a myriad of small bowls and accompanied by … Read More
Red Velvet Cake
After having presented the Red velvet cupcakes, it was our due to introduce the unique and unimitabile Red Velvet Cake 🙂 ! The history of this charming cake with that white-red contrast that characterizes is very special, and even though we’ve already told it in the cupcakes, today we’re going to tell you again 🙂 . In the 20s, a lovely lady tasted … Read More
Carrot flan with cardamom and poppy seeds
To accompany the fresh taste of pollock, we’re proposing a delicate side dish that goes very well with the hints of citrons: mono-portion flans made with carrots and Philadelphia cheese, scented by cardamom pods and poppy seeds 🙂 If you want more information on cardamom take a look at the bottom of the post on the trip to Annecy 🙂 .
Pumpkin cheesecake
If there’s a cake that we can’t get tired of, is the cheesecake. Perhaps because of its creaminess, perhaps for its fresh taste or because it can be garnished and flavored in any way. The first cheesecake that we presented in the blog were “Merida’s magic tartlets“, a classic Philadephia cake accompanied by blueberry jam. But for a while an … Read More
Citron pollock with cailletier olives and orange blossom honey
After the wild rice with chicken, raisins and mint let’s continue the menu for Easter, with a fish main course: pollock fillets scented with slices of citron, sweetened by orange blossom honey, and with capers and cailletiier olives. Citron is normally consumed candied; it has a less sour than lemon but with of more pronounced bitterness. When you’re using it in … Read More
Dark chocolates with mint heart
Easter would not be Easter without a little chocolate! 🙂 We could not forget about it, that’s why today we’re presenting some chocolates to prepare and leave unattended in the living room during the holidays 😉 . The shell of dark chocolate encloses a soft filling of white chocolate scented by the first mint leaves in spring 🙂 . We … Read More