I do not own many of Donna Hay’s books, just two… Yeah, I know, that’s a sad story, but you can’t imagine how difficult is to find them in Italy, especially in English! And in fact the two I own are in French… That’s even sadder, isn’t it??? Yeah, I know…But I also have some
I already made this cake, back in June, but as I did some adjustments and as it’s one of the simplest yet most luxurious and satisfying cake in the world, I thought it was worth writing about it again!I had some kumquats (or Chinese mandarins) in the fridge since ages, waiting for a nice duck
Lately I’m not really inspired for desserts… Mostly because the house is still full of panettone and pandoro…So, this is another way to recycle pandoro: Pandoro pudding!Of course if you don’t burn it, like I did (and just because I was updating the blog in the meanwhile!!!) it’s much better!!! 2 eggs 400 ml of
Tiramisù is one of those Italian desserts known all around the world. It’s simple and quick to make, adaptable in various ways and so so so good!!!The only “rule” you have to follow is to use mascarpone cheese. You can use ricotta, but mascarpone is the only that makes sense: if you are going to
Again something sweet from Donna Hay… Maybe I should buy more booksby her, so I can change trend…Anyway, those amandines (almond tartlets) are so simple to make, andto eat, that are worth even the effort of making the pastry base(yes, sometime I’m so so lazy that I discard recipe that impliespastry making…)!For the pastry you
Another Donna Hay recipe: this woman is full of wonder!This cake has a sweet short crust pastry that has the incredibleadvantage of remaining “crusty” (or croustillant, my favourite Frenchword!!!) for days, even with the moistest filling. On the other hand, Ifound it a bit too much hard on the first day, but ok after the
It’s pumpkin time! Pumpkins are so good and delicious! And they areorange, happy orange!!!These cheesecake is from Nigella’s Feast, and it’s a glorious recipe,expeccialy for the smoothness of the pumpkin filling! I substitutedcream cheese with ricotta, and the can of pumpkin purée with steamedpumpkin. I divided by two the filling, as I needed a cake
Donna Hay is a recent discovery for me: in Italy is quite difficultto find her books and her magazines. In one ofMilan’s best bookstore, Hoepli (they have the largest collection ofcookbooks in Italian, French and English of the city), I found one ofher books translated in French, Gourmandises (Modern Classics, Book2), by one of my
To celebrate the first blog anniversary of a friend from Veneto living in Spain, I came out of the lethargy imposed by a big event I catered, and make those Venetian cookies. Happy blog birthday Cannella!!!I know: they are not rounded, so they are not strictly cookies, but neither are biscotti, because they are not
I had some pears in the fridge and, honestly, they had been there for some time. I didn’t know what to do with them. I didn’t even know what kind of pears they were, but they surely looked like William…Anyway, I needed a recipe for one of those days when you would like to cook,