We love experimenting and combining different culinary traditions! 🙂 Today recipe comes from that, a puff spiced pastry composed of three discs and stuffed with vanilla custard and apple compote. This small cake will satisfy both your palate and your eyes, combining classic traditions of Italian-French puff pastry, with the constant of German food, the spices! Once prepared remember to let it … Read More
Long Island iced tea
Long Island iced tea takes its name from the similarity to the classic iced tea, but unlike this innocent drink, it is made up of four spirits and stained with a dash of cola. The result? You will not notice any difference either in appearance or in taste… Just be careful not to overdo! 🙂 The Long Island may be born … 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
Pastiera – Easter Neapolitan tart
We’re concluding the lunch menu for Easter with a traditional tart from Neples, Italy: an sweet dough enclosing a rich cream made with ricotta cheese, cooked wheat, candied fruit, eggs and spices. We are sure that you have already figured out what recipe is that… The unmistakable Pastiera 😀 . To prepare a good pastiera time and patience are indispensable, … 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
Red Velvet Cake
After having presented the Red velvet cupcakes, it was our due to introduce the unique and unimitabile Red Velvet Cake 🙂 ! The history of this charming cake with that white-red contrast that characterizes is very special, and even though we’ve already told it in the cupcakes, today we’re going to tell you again 🙂 . In the 20s, a lovely lady tasted … Read More
Dark chocolates with mint heart
Easter would not be Easter without a little chocolate! 🙂 We could not forget about it, that’s why today we’re presenting some chocolates to prepare and leave unattended in the living room during the holidays 😉 . The shell of dark chocolate encloses a soft filling of white chocolate scented by the first mint leaves in spring 🙂 . We … Read More
Turkey roulade with ham and caramelized onions
Let’s proceed with the Easter lunch, presenting a tasty turkey roulade, which contains the delicate caramelized onions and ham. All wrapped in slices cooked ham, which help to keep the meat soft and making it even tastier 😉 . Last year at Easter we prepared an excellent rabbit with cranberries… And we did not find any chocolate egg hidden in the garden … Read More
Veal roast with candied fruits sauce
After the brief interruption of Baci di Dama cookies, let’s get back to Christmas lunch 😉 . Today we’re presenting the main course, with Renaissance hints: a tender veal roast served with a sauce made with candied fruits. The roast is typical of the Christmas time, because it takes time to be cooked slowly in the oven. Don’t worry, it won’t … Read More
Montblanc – Chestnut dessert from Valle d’Aosta
And after the first three dishes of our Christmas dinner, here we come to the dessert! Today we’re presenting the Montblanc, a popular soft chestnut dessert topped with fresh whipped cream. The name of this cake derives from the Mount (from Aosta Valley), and of course it also kind of looks like it. The origin is, of course, contested between Italy … Read More