Christmas tree cheese board is a quick and easy cold appetizer. It’s an idea for a simple but fun and delicious lacto vegetarian finger food platter for Christmas or New Year’s Eve dinner. As you can imagine it’s super easy to put together and impresses with a selection of delicious cheeses, fresh or dried fruit, […]
If you are looking for a fun Christmas cake this cake with white chocolate cream, cinnamon, hazelnuts and rum is perfect for you. It consists of a very light and delicate sponge cake soaked in rum syrup and then stuffed and covered with white chocolate and cinnamon cream. Everything is decorated with chopped hazelnuts, pieces […]
Stuffed pretzel bites are an easy and fun idea for super quick appetizers to prepare for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. It is a delicious cold appetizer served on a dinner with friends and family or for aperitifs. Yummy, very simple to prepare and easily customizable according to your preferences. I created three versions. The […]
The white chocolate and cinnamon cream is really delicious and is perfect for filling Italian pandoro, panettone, Christmas cookies, sponge cake or any other type of dessert. It is a cream without eggs, velvety, fragrant and smooth. It is also very simple to prepare and with few ingredients. You can use it to fill cakes, […]
The lemon white sauce (bechamel) is a creamy and flavorful sauce that is velvety and fragrant sauce perfect with fish dishes, vegetables or baked pasta. It is a variant of the classic bechamel with a pronounced lemon aftertaste and odour. It is a delicate sauce, not at all acidic but citrusy and aromatic. There are […]
This Christmas green velvet poundcake is very simple and quick to prepare, super soft and fun to eat. This fluffy cake is covered with a cream cheese frosting that together with slices of fresh or frozen fruit adds a tart note. The plumcake itself is a very simple vanilla cake, with a delicate flavor and […]
If like me you love hard and not too sweet cookies, these Italian biscotti (cantucci) with almonds and Christmas spices are perfect for you. I modified the traditional cantuccini recipe by adding some olive oil and Christmas spices such as cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and nutmeg. The spices make these biscotti very aromatic and together with […]
This triple chocolate panna cotta is so light and delicate that it melts in your mouth. I have several types of panna cotta on the blog but I must admit this is one of the best. It is super creamy thanks to a balance between cream and gelatine and not too sweet thanks to the […]
These cardamom and lemon Christmas cookies are sweet and with the strong spiced scent and flavor. They are rich in honey and spices such as ginger, cinnamon and cardamom which makes them very fragrant and slightly spicy. They are also enriched with lemon zest and a sweet, but also slightly sour glaze prepared with powdered […]
This recipe for delicious homemade apple and orange cider with fresh ginger and rum is super easy to prepare. It is made simply with apples and oranges, spices such as ginger and cinnamon, water, sweetener of your choice, and rum. It is comforting, warm and delicious. While traditional cider is made with fermented apple juice, […]
