Friday, August 31, 2018

Pumpkin cheesecake

Today I am baking Pumpkin cheesecake. I am inspired by this awesome autumn, the amazing colors of it and the desserts that we can make in this period. So in this note, my dessert of today is one also with pumpkin that I've baked in the oven for 1 hour with a little bit of sugar on top  and scoop the interior with a tablespoon.
The easy recipe you can watch right now!


Ingredients for Pumpkin cheesecake

3 eggs
170 gr sugar
150 gr butter
400 gr cream cheese
200 gr biscuits or crackers
200 ml cream
a little bit of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon cinnamon
400 gr pumpkin puree

Directions
First crush the biscuits. I use the food processor to do that, but you can do it with a rolling pin.
Mix the crushed biscuits with the cinnamon and with melted butter.
Use a round tray (22 cm diameter) and press the biscuits mixture in one even layer and place the tray in the refrigerator.
Mix the egg with the sugar until is dissolved and add the cream cheese, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree and the cream. Mix everything together and pour in the tray, over the biscuits base.
Bake in the preheated oven at 170 degree C for 1 hour. Let it cool in the oven.
Decorate with cinnamon.
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Baked apples in puff pastry

Baked apples in puff pastry is the easiest dessert that you can make. It taste like apple pie with cinnamon and is the most delicious thing you can make when you are in a hurry and don't have much time but you have a sweet tooth.



Ingredients for 8 Baked apples in puff pastry
8 apples (sour ones and not too big)
a handful of raisins
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
10 gr vanilla sugar
3 tablespoon room temperature butter
1 egg
1 sheet of 450 gr puff pastry
1/2 lemon juice

Directions
In a large bowl pour cold water and squeeze half of  lemon.
Wash the apples and peel them and also remove the core and place them in the lemony water.



Mix the butter with the vanilla sugar, cinnamon and the raisins. You can add more sugar if you prefer it and crushed nuts.



With a rolling pin press a little the pastry dough to stretch a little and cut in 1 cm thick strips, and also cut 16 rectangular (3 cm x 3 cm) shapes.



Take the apples from the water, dry them with a paper towel and taking dough strips roll around the apple and try not to let the apple show.


At the base of the apple place a little square of dough, press it with your fingers, fill the core of the apple with  butter mixture and on top place another square of dough.


Do the same with all the apples and place them on a tray lined with baking paper.
Preheat the oven at 200 degree C.
With the egg brush the apples and after baking will make them look beautiful.


Bake at 200 degree C for 15 min, lower the heat at 180 degree C and bake for another 30 min.



Serve it warm or cold this apples are delicious and is very easy to prepare.

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Coffee dessert

Hello, Coffee dessert lovers
Today I have made an amazing dessert with coffee and I invite you to watch the recipe below or to read the recipe...but most I invite you to prepare it too because is DELICIOUS!


Ingredients
Crust/base
8 egg whites
5 yolks
220 gr ground walnuts
100 gr sugar
a pinch of salt
3 packs of 1.8 gr instant coffee

Frosting
250 gr butter
200 gr sugar
3 eggs
100 gr chocolate
100 ml fresh made coffee, sifted so that not have coffee grounds

How I made the crust for this Coffee dessert
Preheat the oven at 180 degree C and line a tray (33 x 33 cm) with baking paper.
Ground the walnuts with your food processor or with the rolling pin until fine crumbs.
Mix the egg whites with a pinch of salt and add the sugar until stiff peaks form.
Incorporate now the yolks and the coffee powder.
Mix in the grounded walnuts.


Pour the batter in the tray an bake for 15 min at 180 degree C, do not remove the tray from the oven after baking, let it cool down for another 15 min.

How I made the frosting
I've boiled the coffee with the sugar to make a thick syrup. Remove from the stove  and mix in the egg yolks while the syrup is still hot, and add the chocolate also. Mix well and let it cool down.
In a large bowl mix the room temperature butter until fluffy and add gradually from the coffee mixture  made earlier until you incorporate all.
Will result a fine, fluffy and tasty frosting.

Assembly the cake
Cut the crust vertically in 3 equal parts.


Place one part on a serving plate face down and remove the baking paper.
Split the frosting in 3 parts also.
Level one part of the frosting on the first crust. Proceed the same with the other two parts and cover everything in frosting.
Decorate with melted white chocolate, coffee beans, cocoa powder...or as you prefer.
Place the dessert in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours before serving.



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Homemade quince jam

There is no real autumn without Quince jam and pumpkin pie because I love this two things. When I look on my bedroom window now all I see is rain, dark clouds, wind and cold so my beautiful quince jam cheers me up and it makes my day great.


Ingredients for my Quince jam
4 kg quince
3 apples
10 gr vanilla sugar
the zest from one lemon
juice from 1-2 lemons depending how juicy they are
2 kg sugar
1 liter water

In a large pot pour the sugar and the water and let it boil until the sugar is dissolved and it forms a almost thick syrup.
Wash the lemon in hot water to remove the wax from it surface and grate it.
Extract the juice from the lemons.
Wash well the quinces and the apples and grate them with a large grater and sprinkle lemon juice over them so that doesn't oxidase.
When the syrup is done, turn off the stove heat and add the fruits in the hot syrup. and let it sit for 10 min.
Turn on the stove and simmer at low heat until the syrup thickens up again and the fruits change color and become translucent.
Stir the jam with a wooden spoon from time to time so that the jam doesn't burn.
When the jam is dome add the lemon zest and vanilla sugar and mix.
Pour the hot jam in jar with clean fitted lids and let it cool down.
You can store the quince jam like this all winter in cold pantry.

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Half moon cookies

Delicious Half moon cookies ready in a blink of an eye.
I do not know how others are, but me as soon it is cold outside I only think at desserts with dough, desserts that are baked in the oven or let to rise staying near the heater.
These cookies are ready in a few minutes, just mix the ingredients, give the desired shape and bake them in the oven for 12-15 min.You can store them in jar with a lid and will remain tender and soft for a few days.
Here you can watch how I made this Half moon cookies and I wish you could try them to see how soft and good are.


Ingredients for Half moon cookies
220 gr flour
100 gr powder sugar
120 gr lard or butter at room temperature
2 yolks
2 tablespoon milk
a pack of 37 gr vanilla pudding (powder)


Directions
Mix the lard with the egg yolks and the powder sugar
Add the milk into this mixture and the vanilla pudding powder.
It is time to gradually add the flour and knead the dough.
Take a small piece from the dough and roll it with the hands in a long strip 2 cm thick.
Cut it in 7 cm long pieces and shape them in a crescent form.
Proceed in the same way with the rest of the dough.
Place the cookies in a tray lined with baking paper and bake them in the preheated oven at 180 degree C for 12 -15 min.
Remove them from the oven and sprinkle powder sugar over them while are still hot.
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Russian Hats

What can I say about this dessert....it's look great, it's taste great, it's made easy....so I like it, and not only me, my family eat this with such a pleasure that I could't believe.


Ingredients for the Russian Hats
Sponge cake
4 eggs
120 gr flour
140 gr sugar
4 tablespoon cocoa powder
8 gr baking powder
6 tablespoon water
Filling
120 gr sugar
500 ml milk
200 gr butter
1 pack (37 gr) vanilla pudding

Glaze
50 gr chocolate
1 teaspoon butter
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coconut flakes



Whisk the egg whites with a pinch salt and add sugar gradually and  mix until a stiff meringue.
Fold 6 tablespoons water gradually, mixing continuing.
Add the egg yolks in the batter.
Baking powder and cocoa mix with flour and sift over egg mixture.
Mix everything easily with slow movements from the bottom up.
Pour batter into a baking tray (23 x 33 cm), lined with baking paper and bake  in preheated oven at 180 C for 20 min.
From baked and cooled cake cut out discs with a diameter of 4-5 cm.
Filling
Mix the sugar with the pudding powder and cold milk and place over low heat and stir continuously until thick, and let it cool down.
With the electric mixer stir the butter, at room temperature, and add gradually cooled pudding.
Assembling cakes
Each disc cut out of the sponge cake cut it in half, put the filling in between and spread on the sides also and roll into the coconut flakes.
Store  the cakes  in the refrigerator until the glaze is preparing by melting chocolate and butter over low heat and with this glaze the cakes on top.

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Homemade chicken liver pate

My mom use to make this Homemade chicken liver pate when I was just a kid and I remember  how good and tasty was and had nothing in common with that thing that is sold in the store in tin or aluminium box, and on top it is so easy to make .
So here it is!



For this easy and so much tastier recipe I will use
500 gr chicken liver
100 gr butter
1 tablespoon mustard
1 small onion
salt and pepper to taste
milk
Optional: garlic, paprika, tomato paste
Wash the liver very well quite in a few waters in cold water to remove blood and put it to boil in milk for 20 min. If you use cow or pork liver boil it much longer.
Remove the liver from the milk onto a plate, and if you use the cow or pork one cut it in fine strips.
In a frying pan add a bit of butter (50 gr) and cook the liver to get a little bit of color. When is almost ready add the chopped onion and let it cook for a few minutes, until the onion softens..
Take the liver and the onion fro the pan and let it cool for a couple of minutes.
Now is time to blend everything using a blender or a food processor until you get a very fine and smooth paste.
Add the butter, mustard, salt and pepper and blend again.
You can add a clove of garlic and paprika if you prefer, I will kip it simple but make sure to store it in a recipient with a lid. If you like not to oxidase at all smear  on the surface some butter and store it in the refrigerator a few days.

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Cake with nuts and orange frosting

I come back today with the recipe of this cake that I've bake for New Year Eve, Cake with nuts and orange frosting, my family loved it and I thought you might as well. So here I am with the video recipe for this homemade cake and you can find down below the ingredients and all the steps that you need in order to prepare this cake.



Ingredients
Sponge cake
9 egg whites
300 gr roasted nuts
a pinch of salt
80 gr flour
225 gr sugar
zest from a lemon
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 sachet (10 gr) vanilla sugar
Frosting
9 yolks
a pinch of salt
300 gr butter
225 gr sugar
vanilla extract
orange zest
fresh juice from 6 oranges (aprox 350 ml fresh juice)
Syrup
100 ml water
100 gr sugar
2 oranges - sliced and can be used for decoration







Sponge cake
- Walnuts baked in the oven chop them with food processor and mix with flour and baking soda
- Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt and with the caster sugar and the vanilla, added gradually
- In the stiff meringue add lemon zest and lemon juice for it to remain firm
- Incorporate dry ingredients into the meringue and combine slowly in three stages
- Preheat oven to 180 gr C and prepare the cake tray (pan diameter 22 cm) coat the base with baking paper and brush edges with butter
- Pour batter into tray and bake in hot oven for 40-45 minutes, enough to pass the test with toothpick, and let it cool in oven
- When the sponge cake is completely cooled can be slice into two or three parts/sliced.

Frosting
-Squeeze oranges from juice, and take the zest from one of them
- Mix the yolks with a pinch of salt and sugar on hot steam bath
- Stir continuously until the sugar almost is dissolved
- Add orange zest, vanilla and fresh squeezed orange juice
- Continue mixing until the mixture thicken slightly, and if it coat the spoon and trace a line the with one finger and the edges remain separate, the frosting is ready.
- Take it off the heat and let it come to room temperature
- Cream the butter and add the egg mixture gradually, one spoon at the time, until the two are completely mixed
-  kept it in the refrigerator until the cake is ready to assembly

Syrup
- Boil together water and sugar
- Oranges cut into thin slices after they were washed and boil in the syrup until tender
- Cool it down before use

Assembling the cake
- The frosting sits between the sheets of cake, and dress the cake in the same delicious frosting
- Moist the sheets of cake with cooled syrup
- I decorated the cake with ground nuts and orange slices cooked in syrup
- Keep the cake in the refrigerator at least 3 hours before being served

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Vanilla and berry's cake

Vanilla and berry's cake looks delicious and most important was delicious. I had gust in the previous weekend and everybody loved it. It is easy to prepare, you don't have to bake anything because I've use sweet crackers, but you must keep it in the refrigerator until the next day in order to be able to slice it properly and to keep it's shape.



Filling 
1 liter milk
160 gr sugar
5 tablespoon cornstarch (aprox.  60 gr) + 1 tablespoon flour
10 gr vanilla sugar
vanilla extract
200 gr butter
Assembly: crackers and berry mix
Decoration: 400 gr cream, 2-3 tablespoon powder sugar, berry mix


In sauce pan mix the cornstarch, the flour and the sugar and add the cold milk and stir it well. Cook it on the stove, on low heat and continue staring until thickens up. Now add the vanilla sugar. And let it cool at room temperature.
Mix room temperature butter and add gradually one table spoon at a time from the mixture prepared earlier. Add some vanilla extract for more vanilla flavor And the filling is ready.

In a tray like this coated with clear film add a layer of sweet crackers and if needed cut some in smaller pieces to fit the tray and to cover the entire surface.
The tray is 30 cm long and 12 cm wide.
Over the layer pf biscuits add a few tablespoon of filling and level it and again with the biscuits/crackers.
When I reach the middle of the tray I've put the frozen berry's and again filling and crackers until I finish the  filling and I filled the tray, but make sure you end it with a layer of crackers.
Cover everything with the clear film and put the cake in the refrigerator until the next day.
It is important this step because in this time the crackers will soften, will absorb moisture from the filling, and the filling will be more thick and the cake can be portioned easily and will keep the shape.



I've decorate the cake with whipped cream and again frozen berry's.

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Cake with syrup and two colors

I don't remember since I did'n make a cake with syrup but it was time and this Cake with syrup and two colors was so easy and so good, and the most important, my family loved it.


Spring potatoes with meatballs


I present you today with a new way to prepare spring potatoes with meatballs and an amazing sauce. It's such an easy recipe but so tasty and I invite you to prepare it too and let me know your thoughts. And you can watch I how I prepare it in the video below, it has English subtitle so I hope it is ok.



Sunday, August 26, 2018

Pumpkin dessert

Today’s dessert has the taste and aroma of autumn, Pumpkin dessert is always present in my house every fall because  is among the most appreciated by my family.
The recipe is simple and I hope it will be helpful and you will bake it too.
In my case I cannot say how quickly disappeared from the plate ... this cake is delicious and you cannot stop eating ..... the baked dough is softer, and if you have the good fortune to reserve one portion for the next day ... is become better  ....
I share with you today how to prepare!

Ingredients for Pumpkin dessert
For the sheet of pastry


200 g butter at room temperature
150 gr powder sugar
a pinch of salt
vanilla extract
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking powder
400 g flour + for the work surface

Filling
a pumpkin of 1.5 kg
100 gr caster sugar
10 gr vanilla sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
I’ve started with pumpkin which I cut in half, I removed the seeds, I peeled and I chopped the food processor.
I put it in a saucepan with the sugar on the stove and I let it cook a little and reduce.


After I got off the heat I added vanilla sugar and I let it to cool.
I did not put in the chopped pumpkin cinnamon because it will change color, and I do not want this.
For the dough I mix the butter with a pinch of salt and powdered sugar. Add the egg and started to add the sifted flour and the baking powder.


When the dough no longer sticks to your hands is ready, but I leave in the refrigerator about 30 minutes.
Divide the dough into two equal parts and I stretched one with rolling pin on my tray size (33 cm x 23 cm).
Over the first sheet of dough I put the pumpkin filling. Sprinkle over pumpkin the cinnamon powder and put the other sheet dough on top.
I pressed the edges of the pie with a fork and all pinched with a fork the top sheet.
Bake the pie in preheated oven at 170-180 g for 40 minutes and until catch a little bit of color.



After baking let it cool, partitioned and powder with powdered sugar.

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Lavender moments

This post it is not about food, it could be but it is not. It is just about moments in life that you remember all life.
It is not a big event or anything like that but little moments, wonderful moments that make you feel happy and be grateful that you live life and not just exist.
This is just one of this wonderful moments when you see something beautiful that fill the heart with beauty.


I film this Lavender field in June and it was a beautiful site. My parents plant and take care of this lavender field and me and my husband went to help them to harvest the purple flowers.
So many butterfly and bees were there on the flowers, I never seen something beautiful never in my life. Ones again the amazingness of the nature is breath taking.
So I just wanted to share this great moment of my life with you. I hope you like it.
Next post will be something tasty.
Bye!

Raffaello cheesecake

This cheesecake is amazing dessert is one of my favorite, maybe because of the taste and also because of the fact that it doesn't need baking.  The coconut flakes give a distinct taste, a creamy sweet one, and the base with crackers and butter is delicious. As decoration you can use Raffaello candy that you can by from any store, but I use ones made by me at home.
And you can watch the recipe right here!!!