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Pistachio Baklava Cake. I love Baklava—the Greek, Turkish, Lebanese rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with nuts and sweetened with syrup.

Pistachio Baklava Cake

Something about it just grabs me, which is surprising since I usually don’t like very sweet pastries. Perhaps it’s the subtle scent of rose water infused in the syrup or the gossamer layers of phyllo dough. Maybe it’s the baker’s fascination with the amount of liquid that Baklava can absorb. Okinawan Purple Sweet Potato Pie With Haupia Topping Recipe - Food.com - 359757. Sweet honey poached pears with star anis and cinnamon. Malaysia’s First Ever Blogger MasterChef : Poached Pear in Cage {Pear Tart} MasterChef is a worldwide phenomenon.

Malaysia’s First Ever Blogger MasterChef : Poached Pear in Cage {Pear Tart}

A cooking reality show, that although doesn’t allow viewers to vote, has still broken viewership records in US and Australia. Sweet Cherry Lemon and Ricotta Crostini Recipe. When ingredients come into season, I like to just buy them without a real plan of what I am going to make.

Sweet Cherry Lemon and Ricotta Crostini Recipe

This cherry recipe is super duper simple. Its one of those recipes where if you cook a lot, you probably have most of this stuff already on hand. Not only are these Sweet Cherry Lemon & Ricotta Crostinis really gorgeous, they are easy to make. Perfect for a snack, or a summer appetizer. You don’t need to use a baguette either, wheat toast, or English muffins work great too! Sweet Cherry Lemon & Ricotta Crostinis Makes 18 Ingredients:¾ cup part-skim ricotta2 lemons, zested and divided1 tablespoon honey2 cups sweet cherries, pitted and quartered1 sourdough baguette, sliced into 18 pieces and toastedsalt and pepper to taste Directions: 1.

Guest Post # 3~ Lemang/ Glutinous Rice wrapped in Banana Leaf. I am so excited to be invited by Rosa of Rosa's Yummy Yum to write and share with everyone about a traditional Malaysian delicacy, Lemang...

Guest Post # 3~ Lemang/ Glutinous Rice wrapped in Banana Leaf

(pronounce as Le-Mung). Lemang is a 'must-have' dish during Eid celebration. Being far away from home, with only glutinous rice, coconut milk and banana leaves easily available, I managed to re-create Lemang at home... Saffron Pistachio Kulfi - An Indian Ice Cream. Velvet cold cheesecake with peaches. This is very similar cheesecake to that.

Velvet cold cheesecake with peaches

Apple Pine Nuts Tarts Recipe: Gluten Free & Vegan Dessert or Breakfast. There has been a wispy bit of cool air blowing around here in the San Juan mountains.

Apple Pine Nuts Tarts Recipe: Gluten Free & Vegan Dessert or Breakfast

With the crispness in the air I get really excited for fall and of course my favorite season winter. Flavors that swoon include apples, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Connecting Over Coffee {Recipe: Toffee Caramel Dessert Coffee} White chocolate, lime and candied kumquat truffles and two kinds of recycling. Hollywood has been recycling some of the movies I loved watching on TV as a kid; last night at the movies I saw the trailer for the new “Conan the Barbarian”, which, to be honest, did not impress me much – for starters, they do not have James Earl Jones as the villain I’ll stick to recycling food – isn’t it much better?

White chocolate, lime and candied kumquat truffles and two kinds of recycling

Needing to use up the candied kumquats left from the cupcake recipe, I made truffles – and they turned out absolutely delicious. White chocolate, lime and candied kumquat truffles based on a truffle recipe from the gorgeous The Sweet Life: Desserts from Chanterelle 1/3 cup (80ml) heavy cream 225g (8oz) good white chocolate, finely chopped finely grated zest of 1 lime 1 ½ teaspoons lime juice heaping 1/3 cup finely chopped candied kumquats* icing sugar or cocoa powder, for rolling Place cream and chocolate in a heatproof bowl and melt over a saucepan of simmering water, stirring until creamy and smooth. Apple Cranberry Tea Ring. Weather is so cold and snowing outside and the best way to warm up the house is doing some baking.

Apple Cranberry Tea Ring

But it is definitely not a good idea to make bread. Wrong move on my part and because of the cold making this loaf of bread took me over 6 hours from start to finished baking. It just refused to rise. I even stick it into the warm oven to help with the proofing. The end results, I would prefer it to rise a bit more and softer. IngredientsDough recipe adapted from Taste Of Home recipe book.

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Baked. Un dejeuner de soleil: Noël en Italie: Panforte di Siena (cadeaux gourmands italiens) Versione italiana più giù Un petit voyage dans le temps avec ce dessert italien de Noël qui remonte au Moyen-âge.

Un dejeuner de soleil: Noël en Italie: Panforte di Siena (cadeaux gourmands italiens)

Il semblerait qu'il ait plus de mille ans (et se porte très bien ;-). Je le connais depuis toute petite, c'est un gâteau dense, riche et parfumé que nous grignotons surtout les après-midi de fête... entre les repas pantagruéliques. Il est lié à la maison chaude d'hiver, la bonne compagnie, les rires et les papotages. Le Panforte, originaire de Sienne, signifie pain fort grâce à la présence des épices. Oui d'accord me direz-vous, mais de quoi s'agit-il? Le procédé est très simple et, comme toujours, vous trouverez beaucoup de variantes: avec que des amandes, du cacao, plus ou moins de fruits confits ou d'épices.