Archive for the 'recipes : sweet' Category
| Muesli bread - dried fruits' favorite hideaway |  |
Jul 22nd, 2008 |
I streamlined Petra’s recipe a little bit, because the last time I prepared this tasty bread, I was running out of time. Nevertheless it tasted deee-li-cious.
| Strawberry ice cream with balsamic vinegar |  |
Jun 3rd, 2008 |
Our friends Sherry and Bob had taken us to Bi-Rite Creamery, where we had tried different flavors from the sample spoons they very accommodatingly handed over the counter until we stopped at balsamic strawberry, salted caramel and roasted banana. Ice cream heaven! Every spoonful a delight, somehow the strawberry creation left the most notable impression and last Saturday I tried to recreate it.
| Pimpin' an old favorite |  |
May 23rd, 2008 |
Getting the taste of your very first [almost] flourless chocolate cake, there’s no way back. It is a regular on our table, my friend Kristin serves it (with even more butter ) in her coffee bar next door and my grandpa’s girlfriend who is in her 80s fell for the recipe, too.
| Semolina love affair |  |
Apr 15th, 2008 |
One of the most satisfying moments in a kitchen has to be the successful attempt to (re)create a dish from scratch, without a recipe & no ingredients given, merely the recollection of what it tasted like when you enjoyed it. A dish for instance that you had at a restaurant or a store-bought something rather.
| Stack 'em! |  |
Apr 5th, 2008 |
When I was a kid, my mum often asked me in the morning what I wanted to have for lunch after school and chances were high that my first or second choice would have always been thin pancakes filled with jam and cinnamon sugar – it was nonnegotiable, from my point of view.
| In need of sunshine |  |
Mar 27th, 2008 |
Snow in March, I really could have done without you…! In case you, too, are in need for a recipe to lighten up your mood – why not hop over to my recipe contribution to design*sponge’s category in the kitchen with.
| Helado de Cajeta |  |
Feb 15th, 2008 |
So as I was creating the menu for a Mexican-themed dinner party and trying to come up with the perfect dessert, I remembered my old fondness for Cajeta and incorporated it into a simple custard for ice cream. What a hit!
| Ich bin ein Berliner - Step by step to Mini-Krapfen |  |
Feb 7th, 2008 |
Now that this years carnival season has come to an end, I wanted to try my luck with my very first homemade Krapfen. Fully custom designed: Smaller in size than off the shelf ones (so you could have more without feeling guilty!) and of course filled with my favorite rose hip jam.
| Sweet nothing |  |
Jan 7th, 2008 |
Food photography is usually about good timing and taking photos of ice cream can be a tricky thing. And if you believe that there can hardly be anything more challenging to shoot
| Cookie this |  |
Dec 17th, 2007 |
Spotting Mav’s cookie recipe (herself inspired by Camilla), the sloppy piles on my desktop all of sudden became less important… Christmas cookie baking was overdue! Totally overdue. My annual routine…
| Chocolate m-o-o-usse - with olive oil |  |
Dec 10th, 2007 |
Clearly more on the skeptical end, I was quite intrigued by the chocolate & olive oil combo. And stepping on uncertain ground once more paid off, I was very positively surprised by the recipe’s outcome.
| An army of pink, green and yellow |  |
Nov 12th, 2007 |
You wouldn’t find it in my shopping basket, so I thought, until I spotted a beautiful photo in said magazine showing a glas bowl filled with cute colorful meringue bites, using instant jello powder.
| Mama Rita's Peach Cobbler |  |
Sep 17th, 2007 |
On a balmy night in mid-August, we sat on our patio with friends enjoying food and wine of the season. For the “contorni” course, I served a late-summer rendition of…
| Ice cream flavor showdown |  |
Jul 25th, 2007 |
I know, I know, I promised more ice cream recipes and I certainly won’t stand you up, but to be honest, narrowing down my favorite top 3 flavors wasn’t as easy as I had thought. Maybe because we continuously enhanced the flavor throughout the preparation process, until…
| Walnut ice cream with Padre Peppe |  |
Jul 14th, 2007 |
“…something with walnuts”. Skimming across my cookbooks and the net made me realize, that most recipes for walnut ice cream looked like clones of each other, so I started thinking of ways and means to add a little twist. Sitting on our liqueur shelf, Mr. Padre Peppe lend a hand!
