Quiche with asparagus and bacon

Asparagus is one of the vegetables our garden is full of during spring, we often try new recipes to give them new tastes. This time we tried a quiche with asparagus and speck, flavored with juniper berries and a hint of thyme 🙂 .Since we were experiencing the cake filling, certainly we could not use the classic puff pastry to enclose it … Read More

Rolls with asparagus and scrambled eggs

Today we’re propsing a tasty appetizer: crispy warka dough rolls stuffed with steamed asparagus and scrambled eggs. All flavored with Java long pepper. These rolls are a great way to enjoy the last asparagus, before the plants come back to rest until next spring 😉 . The warka dough is a specialty of the Arab and North African cuisine, looks like thin sheets with … Read More

Tartlets with leeks and potatoes

Happy New Year 🙂 ! We’ll start 2015 with a vegetarian quiche made with vegetables typical of the winter months. Here are the tartlets with leeks and potatoes, enriched with parmesan, enclosed in a tasty hazelnut shortcrust pastry. Notes If you want to prepare a single pie, you have to increase by 50% the crust ingredients and double the filling, and then … Read More

Bichromatic salted Baci di Dama cookies – Lady’s Kisses

Here’s a nice appetizer, layered and very colorful as we promised last week 🙂 . The bichromatic salted Baci di Dama cookies are spiced up with turmeric and paprika and stuffed with a delicious mousse made with ham and Philadelphia cheese 😀 . We chose to prepare these small Baci cookies, first of all because they’re are good, secondly because they are layered (which … Read More

Croissants with ham, mascarpone and vanilla

Today we’re presenting a tasty snack: croissants with ham, mascarpone and vanilla… Some of you may be horrified to read vanilla among the ingredients of these fragrant tiny little croissants 🙂 . But do not worry, everything is under control! 😀 The use of vanilla in salted dishes and in particular with meat will give to your dishes an irresistible aroma, … Read More

Tuna deviled eggs

There cannot be family dinners without deviled eggs 😀 ! Surely you know what we’re talking about and you surely tasted or prepared them at least once… Today we’re presenting the classic deviled egg stuffed with tuna, but it is up to you to create new awesome versions 😀 ! Remember not to use extra-fresh eggs, but at least one … Read More

Ham and apple roses

Few weeks left until Christmas and… You know what time has come? No… We’re not talking about gifts, for that there is still a lot of time (like Christmas Eve :P), but about Christmas dinner 😀 ! Dive right then immediately into the warm and cozy Christmas atmosphere with a nice appetizer: apple and ham roses flavored with grains of java pepper … Read More

Zucchini and ham swirls

Today we’re presenting a first recipe to use our pizza dough: delicious zucchini and ham swirls. They are perfect as an appetizer or finger food: the combination of zucchini, basil and ham is delicious 🙂 . The recipe is easy to prepare, we’ll give you some tips for a better result: roll out the dough very thin, about 2-3 mm, so … 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

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 🙂 .