I had best intentions, I was in fact looking forward to writing another post for the time we’d spend traveling. But you know how life goes, the week before you leave is always the craziest…
Not overly creative, but probably the next best thing, I’d like you to accompany me through my last virtual trip through the web highlighting a handful of fellow blogs presenting tasty bites. No culinary cravings that couldn’t be addressed with the below list, promised!
Keep it cool:
Gianduja gelato – A ticket to hazelnut heaven
Strawberry watermelon agua fresca recipe
Matcha white chocolate ice cream
Snack away:
Zucchini carpaccio, two versions
Cauliflower & gorgonzola soufflés with walnut & celery salad
An anniversary served with fried chicken
Sweet tooth cravings:
Passion fruit soufflé glacé with pineapple fruit soup
Crumbling towards ecstasy with strawberries
Children’s birthday cake – in shape of a fish!
Besides food:
If in need of something to keep you warm during summer, this is probably the most beautiful way. If I only had the patience! And a hilarious read about nudity (yep you read right).
Wishing you lots of sunshine!
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. Not a single ice cream experiment failed – quite the contrary and if only because of continuously enhancing the flavor throughout the preparation process up to to the very final step of freezing it. More sugar here, a bit more lime there, added some chocolate, even with the custard ready to chill there’s still a chance of adding a last spoon or drop of something. Of course this entails not sticking to any recipes. The upside is, once you figured out the general process and methods, custard-based, yogurt-based or sorbet, there’s hardly a chance to wreck things. Be adventurous is the credo!
Sleeping with a wet towel draped over your body seems like the only viable option during the current heat-wave we’re experiencing, and soaring temperatures surely added a fair share of heat to last week’s partying, too. Our friends Carlos and Anja were hosting their 2nd International Tapas Event, a ballsy title you think? The understatement of the year I’d say – we looked at the most extensive variety of tapas I have ever seen on a single – aching under the weight – table.
After almost a complete week of excessive ice cream production and consumption, I can happily report that there are no downsides to our recent acquisition – quite the contrary she does what she does and she does it great! No negative side-effects? Hello waistline? Not the slightest grumble came from the Gaggia despite the fact that we made her work seven days in a row without a single day off. Good girl. Ahead of us lies what is promised to be a wonderful hot and sunny summer weekend and I’m still not tired of creating new ice cream flavors. Not a single one we made so far was a let down.
Complying with Oliver’s wish, the first one had to be “…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 lent a hand!
