Somewhere between pastry classes and trying new recipes, between a short vacations and recipe hunting or creating, I fell in love with the intense aroma of deeply ripe bananas. I find them so bright, their flavor is so exotic and yet so familiar, memories coming back from childhood when bananas where rare gems and therefore…
Caramel
{Homemade Salted Caramel Sauce} – Sos caramel sarat
Is there anything better and tastier, smoother and more delicious than salted caramel sauce?! I would be inclined to say that nothing tingles my senses quite like a teaspoon of salted caramel sauce. It’s sweet, it’s intense and just slightly salty, enough to make you crave for one more teaspoon. And before you know it,…
Croquembouche
French pastry is the ultimate way of making desserts! And it’s not just me saying it! The thing with French pastry though is not only that it produces great desserts, but also the fact that learning a certain technique can prove useful later on or it can lead the way to another great technique. I do…
{Caramel Coffee Entremet} – Entremet Caramel si Cafea
This past month has been incredibly busy with classes (you can check out pictures here and here), but here I am finally able to catch up on posting recipes. It’s so refreshing to be able to seat at my desk again and write a post, answer comments and just enjoy this world of blogging at its…
{Banana Dulcey Entremet} – Entremet cu banane si ciocolata
I’m well behind with recipe posts, but I do have a good excuse: Diego Lozano. I’ve been so busy with his arrival and the two events we hosted that I just didn’t have enough time to finish this post, given the fact that I write my recipes in two languages. Not to worry though, I…
Deserturi la borcan – Bucharest Gourmet Festival
Zona de food s-a imbogatit anul acesta cu un nou festival – Bucharest Gourmet Festival – eveniment focusat pe mancarea stradala gourmet – care are loc in perioada 3-5 iunie in Bucuresti, zona drive-in din Baneasa Shopping City. Si cum Electrolux se tine mereu de surprize si provocari, nici de aceasta data nu s-au lasat mai…
{Gateau St. Honore}
The classics should never be forgotten! I strongly believe that before being able to adventure into the world of dessert creation, you need to master the classics, you need to make them first and make sure you’re damn good at it and only then you can take things one step further and create your own mix…
{Caramel Pear Pavlova} – Pavlova cu pere si caramel
My love for meringues is unimaginable. I know there aren’t many clues of this on my blog, but this is about to change with the arrival of my new electric oven. The way electric ovens works allows me to make, you guessed it, meringues. It was one of the reasons I bought the oven in…
{Homemade Salted Caramels} – Caramele cu fulgi de sare
I’ve been dreaming about homemade salted caramels for months and their time has finally come! I bought a candy thermometer a few days ago and I just had to put it to good use! Wouldn’t you do the same?! Every time I get my hands on something as interesting as a thermometer, I just have…
{Spiced Pumpkin Cheesecake} – Cheesecake cu dovleac
My weekly routine includes visiting the farmers market – walking through the stalls is so relaxing. But last week as I was there, I could notice how the market has completely changed its appearance. From vibrant summer fruits and veggies, suddenly the market was full of pumpkins, autumn flowers, tomatoes and cucumbers for pickles, pears, apples…
{Coconut Flan} – Flan cu lapte de cocos
I have a weakness for coconut, whether it’s coconut milk, shredded coconut or fresh coconut. I’d say that after chocolate, butter and milk or cream, coconut milk and shredded coconut are the two ingredients that I have in my cupboards at all times. There’s something about the delicacy of coconut that makes me wanna go…
{Caramel Banana Pretzel Tart} – Tarta cu banane si caramel
It seems that I’m not yet over my salty-sweet combination of tastes and I keep finding excuses to try these new ideas I keep getting. Although this tart is not something I invented, rather something I craved for and since I had all the ingredients on hand, here it is – a rich, buttery, packed…
