We began last week to publish marmalades, starting with the orange one, today we continue with lemon marmelade with its bitter taste and unforgettable aroma! To get the best marmelade you need to choose carefully the lemons, first of all must be neither treated nor waxed, then choose them as large and fragrant as possible 🙂 . It needs a little patience to prepare … Read More
Cocoa and citrus hearts
Saturday is Valentine’s Day, and you surely don’t want to miss the chance to impress and delight your beloved one with a fantastic and romantic dessert 🙂 ! We’ll propose cocoa and citrus hearts: chocolate sponge cake, flavored with lemon zest, filled with orange custard and coated with a thin layer of chocolate icing. The preparation of the hearts is not … Read More
Lemonade
Turning on the oven with the temperatures of recent days would certainly be heroic 😉 , so here we are to prepare a fresh drink to be sipped during the hottest hours: lemonade 😀 . A recipe with few ingredients: lemon juice, sugar and water. Yet, even in its simplicity, this sour drink is incomparable to cool off under the sun … Read More
Carrot cupcakes with lemon and almonds
Today, a special recipe: delicious carrot cupcakes with lemon zest and almond, topped with a mascarpone cheese frosting 😀 . The cupcakes contain half wholemeal spelt flour. Spelt is probably the oldest cereal cultivated by man, and leaves a sweet aroma more intense than wheat. Also, this grain is more easily digestible, even by people intolerant to gluten. Spelt was extremely … Read More
Panettone
Il Panettone, the King of Italian Christmas cakes… Have you ever tried to do it at home? The process is going to seem long, but the yeast will make most of the work with five hours of leavening. The origin of the Panettone is told by various legends, and among these we have chosen a really pretty one. It is … Read More
Mayonnaise
Today we’re proposing one of the most classic sauces and most used in the kitchen: mayonnaise 🙂 . This sauce goes well with meat, fish, eggs and vegetables. It lends itself also very well to refined decorations. You’ll surely have a jar in the fridge, but the flavor of the sauce homemade will be far better than the one purchased. … 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