desserts recipes
. . . and it really is just like a "FROZEN COCKTAIL" ! (for the gentle & harmless drinking adults that we are). So, Olena (my upstairs neighbor and friend) showed up with a large bowl of cherry plums. Her and her future husband Ivan had picked some small red cherry plums (officially called myrobalan plums) in the French...
This year, there will be alot of juicy succulent NECTARINES so we’ll start with the easiest recipe which is an adaptation of a simple cake with fresh fruits often called a “buckle” cake when topped with a "crumble", but I don’t like that “crumbly” stuff (like a streusel topping). I...
“ I TOLD YOU SO ! ” . . . but who listens to me ? About 6 months ago, if you remember well, I told you all to freeze some berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants, etc.) because summer is still far away but spring is here with its share of holidays and preparations. Okay, don’t worry, this...
HAPPY "VALENTINE’S DAY" to my MAMA and my PAPA (and a very happy birthday to my mama this week too and who still looks fabulous) ! In your lifetime, you will end up with several “valentine’s day” candidates (I remember that as a kid in elementary school, we would all make hand-made cards in class and give...
January 6 : ‘EPIPHANY’ or the visit of the 3 WISE KINGS and also my cousin ANGIE’s birthday (who is exactly 10 years and 1 day younger than I am) . . . Happy Birthday my darling & youngest of cousins ANGIE ! January 6 is also the official date for the «GALETTE DES ROIS» or...
My dearest Angelito, I wish you a HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY (that’s 3) BIRTHDAY ! You loved this cake last year when I quietly and secretly whipped it up (yeah I’m sneaky) while you were hanging out with your mama dearest from Spain who was visiting Paris (which is why I only took one picture of the finalized cake with a picture of...
A MID-SPRING DESSERT CLASSIC made easy (or easier) . . . with simplified steps : 1. No slicing up of strawberries (which is why I use very large whole strawberries that have been softened just enough with lemon/lime juice and sugar and have released part of their juices). 2. Using the released juices to create the syrup glaze for the...
BLANCHED ALMONDS - GROUND ALMONDS - ALMOND POWDER - FLAKED or SLIVERED ALMONDS . . . ? You can do this all yourself you know, starting off with plain regular almonds but anyways, it’s just a thought ! I’ve never made these before, but these babies are one of my favorite greek pastry and bakery items....
. . . let me explain : the original name of this working-class (or actually for people not working at all) winter dessert from Quebec during the Great Depression and the Wall Street Crash of 1929 is 'POUDING-CHOMEUR' which can be left as is or literally translated into ‘poor man’s pudding’ or ‘pudding for...
CHOCOLATEY & FRUITY & CREAMY & NUTTY & CRUNCHY & CHEWY & SPICY (but not too spicy this time) . . . ***and stop panicking, you all still have time to get everything done !!! Here’s an easy holiday recipe that is an adaptation from last year’s “chocolate holiday sausages” (see recipe here) but...
A certain Mr. Jack DIRE (or terrible Jack) wrote this article a few years ago : “Dear People Who Like Neapolitan Ice Cream. You like horrible things. Neapolitan is for people who don’t know what the hell they are doing with their lives. It’s the psychology major of desserts. Something told you it would...
A VERY SHORT & SWEET STORY : "One fine day, coming home after work (and on this same very fine day), when Angel was working from home and had time to do all the cooking, I discovered these wonderful little tartlets . . ." SHORTCRUST PASTRY DOUGH + CARAMEL + CHOCOLATE = Angel’s versions which were simpler but equally...
"A cube of glistening darkness . . . topped by a golden square of pale caramel & crowned with a walnut kernel . . ." yeah … whatever ! I made these little numbers by modifying and transforming my chococolate-covered clementine almond cakes recipe (see recipe here) by using home-ground walnut powder,...
SOOOOOO . . . what do you do (in the winter) when you have loads of walnuts and dried dates and breadcrumbs & earl grey tea too ? The 2 kg of dates and 2 kg of walnuts and the earl grey tea we’re all given to me by my friends & neighbors and the breadcrumbs (also 2 kg at least) are the result of my own weekly bread I make...
APPLE PIE : American, European, French, British, German, Austrian, Scandinavian ? ALL of the ABOVE my friends, and many more . . . (and I know this too well because I've prepared at least a dozen pies in the last 2 months). Each continent and country has its own versions. Some with top and bottom crusts, Others only with a bottom...