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
Pork roast with Russet Apples
Temperatures have dropped and, as someone says, winter is coming, so we’ll propose a roast to be slowly cooked in the oven, letting its scent invade the whole house 😉 … Here is a pork roast with russet apples, flavored with honey, cinnamon, cloves and black pepper. Why precisely russet apples? We have chosen them for their taste not too sweet, nor too sour, perfect together with … Read More
Lime meringues
We often have many egg whites into the house, for example, if we have just finished enjoying a vanilla custard 😉 . Today we’re proposing a way to use them: lime meringues. The sour-bitter taste of lime goes very well with meringues and it dilutes thier sweetness 🙂 . Preparing the meringues at home is not that complicated, you just need a … Read More
Banana and avocado Muffins (no butter)
Have you ever been in the terrible situation of having to prepare muffins and having no butter at all? 🙁 That has happended to us and of course that was a tragedy, but having at home very ripe bananas and avocados, we started to experiment and made get these soft and tasty banana and avocado muffins scented with vanilla 😀 . To … 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
Pizza with ham, gorgonzola, apple and honey
Today we wanted to delight you with a new pizza! Although it is one of the last pizza that we have tried, we liked it so much that we immediately inserted among our favorite… A recipe does not need to age like wine 😉 ! Back to the pizza: a thin layer of tomato sauce with the addition of mozzarella, … Read More
Învârtită cu nucă: Romanian walnut cake
Today we’re going to present a dessert of Romanian origin: Învârtită cu nucă, a walnut cake rolled up on itself. The Învârtită is certainly a very scenic and tasty dessert, yet simple to prepare. The first time we’ve tried it, we marveled: it is a slightly sweeten bread dough, which encloses chopped walnuts and brown sugar, no spices at all; but the … Read More
Seuppa d’éforié – Spring soup with rice and nettles
Sometimes we like to propose you some recipes from the old book about Aosta Valley cuisine published by and written by our mother. And since it’s spring, this soup with rice and nettles looks just perfect! 🙂 It is a dish of the rural tradition of the Aosta Valley, consumed in the early spring months because nettle is used mostly … Read More
Purple Spell (blueberry cocktail)
For a couple of week, we have started doing experiments in molecular cuisine… Finally we are ready to prepare you our first recipe: Purple Spell. This blueberry cocktail will amaze and delight your friends 🙂 . In a base of vodka and ice, small molecular blueberry float free… Just before drinking it, shake it and by magic your drink will turn deep purple.For … Read More
Venere rice with prawns and orange
It’s been a long time since the last time we presented a rice recipe… And we wanted to prepare something special… So we took two birds with one stone and decided to add the aroma and taste of oranges to the classic black rice with prawns 🙂 . Choose carefully your black rice, taking care if it is a pre-cooked rice … Read More