May 13th, 2011
Carrots, Potatoes and Spinach Creamy Soup
I recently made a connection at Lisbon airport, and before taking the next plane I walked a little … it was a cold evening and I felt like having a soup before tackling those meals served in the air …:) I found in the Harrods café a creamy soup that completely satisfied my needs at that moment… it was a [...]
May 6th, 2011
Urucum Flowers
In Brazil, the urucum is known not only for its use as a natural dye (from red-orange colour) and spices (known as colorau) which taste is not so strong, but also as a dye that the native Indians used to adorn the body and to protect from the strict sun (it’s said that it protects from [...]
May 6th, 2011
Green Asparagus Risotto
After a long (too long …) and gloomy winter spring has finally arrived … and with it the asparagus … here there are of various types and colors, Bassano white asparagus, green, and light purple … here we uso to eat them just warm with boiled eggs and it’s a nourishing and light meal [...]
Feb 7th, 2011
Almonds Meringue Biscuits (Brutti ma Buoni)
I do not know the exact origin of these delicate “cookies“ but philosophically I like the name already… may look ugly, aesthetically unattractive … but are very good …. and teach us to rely not only by appearances .. .:))) to taste with tea, coffee with milk or with mascarpone cream to overdo the calories [...]
Feb 2nd, 2011
Ricotta and Pear Pie
The cheesecake is light and delicate, and this is one of my dining experiences … I’ve been doing it for long time , sometimes I add raisins, sometimes almonds… it is a mixture of cheesecake and pie … to try … for the base of the cake: . 200 g finger biscuits crushed . 100 g butter, melted Crush [...]
Jan 30th, 2011
Bloody Orange Plumcake
We are still in the season of blood oranges, and this plumcake brings together the flavor and color of these tasty citrus … You can do 2 plum cakes or a cake in a squared baking pan … . 3 whole eggs . 150 g of sugar . 200 g of melted butter . 175 ml of milk . [...]
Jan 5th, 2011
Roman Gnocchi
This is one of my favourites…it’s light, delicate and very tasty….you can prepare it previouly or ever freeze them…I used to prepare them cutting the little discs with a pastry cutter but a friend of mine who is more experient and clever than me thought me that’s possible to make a cilinder of the mixture, [...]
Jan 3rd, 2011
Cocconut Panna Cotta
This is a very fast and easy to do and to eat recipe…it’s very delicate and you can add your preferred sauce to it (blueberries, wildberries, pineapple, passion fruit, or even dried apricots as I have done…). For 10-12 unities: - 400 ml of cocconut milk - 200 ml of fresh cream - 4 leaves of gelatine - 120 [...]
Nov 12th, 2010
Caramelized Banana Cake
This cake has obtained much success around these parts…maybe because it seems “exotic” as it is made with bananas…I have always appreciated fruit cakes…and my mom use to make them with bananas when we were children…so… For the caramel: . 1/2 cup of water . 2 cups of sugar Let the sugar dissolve into the water in low heat [...]
Nov 8th, 2010
Pear and Cocconut Cake
Ingredients: . 3 whole eggs . 2 drops of vanilla essence . 100 g of melted butter . 250 g of sugar . 350 g of all purpose wheat flour . 1 tbsp of baking powder . 60 g of dried grated cocconut . 3 mature williams pears peeled and diced. Mix in a bowl the whole eggs, the vanilla and sugar and mix [...]
