The soft nougat is one of our favorite sweet sins, a small bite of this delicious sweet can’t ever be denied 😉 . The ingredients to prepare it at home are very simple: honey, sugar and dried fruit at your own will (hazelnuts, almonds and pistachios in the traditional variants). We just have to get to work! Read the whole recipe before … Read More
Crunchy Granola Muesli
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, at least that is what was handed down for generations, and even if this were not true, certainly waking up with a good breakfast helps a lot to be in a good mood 😀 . So what better excuse to prepare a delicious muesli at home? Crunchy oatmeal enriched with almonds and raisins … Read More
Chicken bastilla
Chicken bastilla is a traditional savory pie from Morocco. A brittle warka dough shell contains a multitude of flavors: tasty chicken with saffron and ras el hanout, spicy omelet, toasted almonds scented with orange blossom water; all topped with powdered sugar and cinnamon 😀 . Yes, for the Italian conception of the savory-sweet this recipe may saound strange, but it really is tasty and spectacular… … 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
Mrouzia: meat tagine with almonds and raisins
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
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
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
Perch morsels in almond crust
Here we come with the main course for Christmas dinner. Last year we presented a veal roast with candied fruits sauce, but this year we want to propose some fish: morsels of perch in almond crust, lightly spiced with Sichuan pepper berries and Persian blue salt 🙂 . The morsels are very quick to prepare; you can safely bread them even … Read More
Sansa’s lemon and almond cakes
Today the 5th season of Game of Thrones will sadly close, we have been inspired by the book and the series to prepare a cake to taste during the last episode :). So, here come some lemon cakes with almonds, brown sugar and the exotic touch of cardamom. Halfway between a biscuit and a cake, these desserts look like giant … Read More