Posts under ‘Dessert’

Well, a kind of Mince Pies.
First of all because this are not pies, but tarts, mini tarts.
And second of all because I’ve never tried the real English mince pie, so I cannot know if they taste alike.
The original recipe, from which those little pies are inspired, is from Modern Classics, Book 2, by Donna Hay.

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On the occasion of World Nutella Day, co-hosted by my dear friend Sara, not a recipe, but a fairy tale.
Our heroine was born and rised in Italy, the native country of Nutella.
Our heroine felt in love with nutella at first sight.
The gouyness, sweetness and velvet flavour of a creamy hazelnut and chocolate spread was always [...]

Bavarois is something quite simple to make, if you have patience, passion and a predisposition to make desserts.
Patience because you need to wait, to let the cream cool before to do anything else.
Passion because you need to come up with endless parings to make astonishing bavarois.
Predisposition because if you don’t know by instinct when the [...]

Les eclairs sans glaçage sont moche!
That’s what my French husband declaired while we were discussing about this Daring Baker recipe! And who can disagree with him? Sure not us Daring Bakers!
When I saw that this month’s recipe was Eclairs au chocolat I was absolutely pleased! And when I read that they were a Pierre Hermè [...]

Yesterday was market day! In an almost desert Milan (mid august is the biggest holiday in Italy), we were able to still find some stalks at the local market with wonderful fruits and veggies. Among those, squishy ripe apricots…
Well, what can I possibily do with a kilo of squishy-ripe fresh apricots if not an apricot [...]

I grew up in a home surrounded by a garden. Just outside the window of my bedroom there was, and still is, a big hazelnut tree. simple branches during the winter, but a lot of leaves from spring! It’s one of my favourite tree, not because is beautiful or anything, but simply because it witnessed [...]

One summer afternoon, Sara-Piperita goes to her usual Support Group: Anonymous Daring Bakers Challenged With Some Basic Preparation, ADBCWSBP (meetings every end of the month, day vary).As usually, she meets with her fellow companions (some very skilled!!!), but this time is her turn to step in front of everybody and speak about the dreadful challenge [...]

Opera is a dessert I always wanted to try, but never found the courage! It is one of those dessert so complicate dan with so many different passages and layers, that, honestly, if it wasn’t for the Daring Bakers, I would probably be still here wondering about it!Funny thing is that before to make it, [...]

I was born in the Lake region of Italy: only around Varese there are 7 lakes (famous for a hard bike tour): Varese, Maggiore, Comabbio, Biandronno, Monate, Ghirla, Ganna ! Well, do not imagine lakes of the size of an American lake: no, nothing like that! They small lakes, but very very picturesque… Those lakes [...]

[Update: the pictures were added Monday, 31 March 2008, at 8.56, Italy Time for the reasons explained below]
Oh gosh, it’s today! I though it was for tomorrow!I was freely going around the net this morning, when I hit my FaceBook page and saw a random status message from Jean Aw, Tastespotting founder, saying “… it’s [...]