I recently realized I never shared my recipe of crepes. It’s one of those basic recipes I didn’t think I should blog about. But, if I’m not making them for a while, I need to refresh my memory, so I really need them on the blog. I like crepes a lot, filled with chocolate spread
Category: Basics
How to cook Kalettes
I found these new veggies at Lidl called Kalettes and I had to try them. After trying a few recipes with them, I’ve decided to make a post on how to cook Kalettes. First of all, let’s talk about Kalettes. They are a new vegetable obtained by crossing kale with brussels sprouts with traditional hybridization.
Basic Fresh Pasta Recipe
I’ve been meaning to make Fresh Pasta for a while, but I thought it takes a lot of time and kept postponing it. I was wrong, making pasta is actually quite easy if you have a pasta machine and takes minutes. I made a basic pasta dough with only 2 ingredients just to see how
Smoked Cheddar
Cheddar is my favourite type of cheese. I tried shop bought smoked cheddar, but I found the taste quite mild, so I decided to make it at home. Full disclosure: hubby smoked the cheese, as using the BBQ is his domain. The whole process will last for 3 hours. You’ll need some smoking chips. Hubby
Dark salted toffee
Having a big jar of dark salted toffee means I can make desserts in no time. I keep the jar in the fridge and I use a spoon on top of yogurt and banana slices. I made a banoffee dessert, recipe will follow soon. Ingredients for Dark salted toffee: – 300g sugar – 100g demerara
Choux pastry
This is the basic recipe for Choux pastry. The dough can be used for profiteroles, eclairs and croquembouches. Ingredients for 12 Choux: – 90g flour – 2 eggs – 60g butter – 100ml water Melt the butter in the water in a pan over medium heat. When it starts to boil, remove it from the
Almond butter
I’ve been making my own butter from almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts for years. It doesn’t take a lot of time to make and it’s healthy. There are a few jars of almond butter that don’t have any additional salt or oil, but there are harder to find and the jars are quite small. To make your
