Today we’re going back to Middle East to prepare together one of the most famous Moroccan tagine! The Mrouzia is a meat tagine sweetened with honey and raisins, and served with a delicate mix of spices and toasted almonds. Traditionally Mrouzia is prepared with lamb, but it is excellent and much more delicate prepared with beef. The flavor of … Read More
Sorça d’étsatèn – Stew with green beans and bacon
Today we’re presenting the Sorça d’étsatèn (Summer Stew), a stew with green beans, potatoes and bacon, a typical dish of the cuisine of the Aosta Valley. There are countless variations of Sorça, almost one for every village 😉 the only constant of this dish is the use of bean mangetout of a particular quality: lo fèisou dë bocon, literally pieces-bean. The fèisou … Read More
Strawberry and banana mousse
Go out now to collect or buy the last strawberries! Otherwise this recipe will haunt you until the next spring 😉 . Today’s recipe is an irresistible mousse with strawberries, bananas and Philadelphia cheese, to be served slightly cool as a refreshing dessert; or, in summer, as a base for a delicious ice cream 🙂Eating the mouse all alone, however, is a bit … Read More
Rose cupcakes
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner… And if you are in a crisis, not knowing what dessert prepare to your partner, here’s an fun and ease idea that will help you! The rose cupcakes: soft cupcakes scented with vanilla and rose, decorated with a Philadelphia cheese frosting 😀 . The cupcakes are really easy to prepare and with a minimum … Read More
Frozen piña colada
Finally the first days of our brief and torrid mountain summer have arrived in Valle d’Aosta 🙂 . So here’s for you the famous piña colada, today in “frozen” version, that means the drink is served very cold, with plenty of crushed ice. This Puerto Rican cocktail was officially created only in 1963, by Ramón Portas Mingo… But who can really say … Read More
Pizza with cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers and honey
Months ago we presented you the recipe for the Half Wholemeal Pizza dough, but we realized we had’t proposed anything to use it yet! 😉 So here’s a white pizza with cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers and onions, flavored with a spicy honey to recall Middle East 🙂 .
Hazelnut Nutellotti: cookies with Nutella and hazelnuts
Today to celebrate the 5th of February we had a special recipe: the Hazelnut Nutellotti :D! Mouth-watering cookies made with only 3 ingredients (mmm to tell the truth we added one more to our recipe): Nutella, flour, eggs and chopped hazelnuts. We have added the chopped hazelnuts to make the cookies more aromatic and to create a light consistency contrast: eating this cookies with a very soft dough … Read More
Dark Chocolate Truffles with black sesame and pink salt
Today we’re presenting small and sinful dark chocolate truffles flavored with black sesame seeds and a pinch of Himalayan pink salt, perfect to impress your guests 😉 . The truffles, thanks to sesame and pink salt, will be slightly salty. If you have never tried the chocolate with a pinch of salt, you should try it immediately, it’s a great … Read More
Burger Buns
You certainly have recognized them immediately from the picture 😉 ! The burger buns have become the symbol of fast food sandwiches. These small, very soft and slightly sweet buns can be easily prepared at home. It just takes needs a little patience for them to rise, and their pleasant flavour will invade the entire house 😀 Burger buns are a must if … Read More
Chocolate and mint cheesecake
Have we told you yet that cheesecakes are one of our favorite desserts? Yes! Probably more than once 🙂 . So what better excuse to prepare another one without feeling guilty, even if series of lunches and dinners have been continuing since Christmas, as we had to take pictures for the blog 😀 . Here’s the chocolate and mint cheesecake! … Read More