I was in the mood for Couscous for a while, but kept postponing making this recipe. Finally I made the Mushrooms Couscous and it turned out just as expected, delicious. It is one of those very easy to make recipes, perfect as a side dish or on its own. If you want to make it
The pistachio cookies are a more indulgent version of the peanut butter cookies I’ve shared a few months ago. Those are a more basic recipe because they are made with peanut butter. The pistachio cookies are indulgent because they are made with pistachio butter and that is indulgent in itself. I thought these nutty cookies
Chocolate Fudge Cake with dark chocolate sponge and a velvety white chocolate ganache. That sounds amazing, doesn’t it? This is the last bake for this year’s Bake Off. I can’t say I’ve enjoyed the series as much as I did the one before (and none as much as the ones at BBC), but I loved
This recipe for Merinque chocolate dessert has a funny story. I wanted to make tarts, for my baking along the Great British Bake Off, but I was camping with the caravan and I had to buy ready made pastry casing. I didn’t find any at the nearby shop that used sustainable palm oil, so I’ve
Last week was pastry week at the Great British Bake Off and one of the challenges was to make a savoury tarte tatin. I love tarte tatin, but I prefer the sweet version with plums or apples. It was a funny coincidence, but the day before GBBO was aired, I’ve ordered a plum Tarte Tatin
I published this post a few years ago, but I’ve decided to update it and publish it again today. One of the challenges at Bake Off this week was to make a festive bake. One of the contestants made kozunak, the Bulgarian version of Cozonac. On Tuesday, a few hours before the show was aired,
The showstopper challenge at Bake Off for Dessert Week was a bombe. The one that won Star Baker made a really nice bombe and, after chatting with my husband, we’ve decided to make something similar, a Foret Noir Bombe. This was a joint venture between me and my husband. So, it was fun to bake
