Lime Sorbet with Vodka is the perfect refreshing ending of a Summer dinner with friends. Whether you are serving seafood or meat, this smooth and citrus sorbet will leave a fresh and clean taste in your mouth making the after dinner a pleasant ending. Very easy to make, it will be ready in the freeze to…
Dessert Recipes
Who doesn't love dessert. The right dessert recipe can make or break even the best meal. Fortunately, we have you covered with detailed desserts which run the gamut. Find a dessert that is easy-to-make that will make you the HIT of your next meal or party!
From traditional French Ile Flottant to Peach Tarte Tatin to Old Italian Ricotta Cake without Butter, find the perfect recipe that will have even your harshest critics screaming for seconds!
Beignet D’Acacia: Acacia Fritters Recipe
Acacia fritters recipe is perfect for celebrating mother’s day, the edible acacia flowers blossom right at the beginning of May. Just in time for the celebration. The beignet d’Acacia is a typical recipe from the French Riviera where the Acacia tree are aboundant. The flowers have a sweet scent similar to orange flowers. We have…
Pastiera Napolitana Ricotta Pie
Pastiera Napoletana is a ricotta pie typically baked for Easter. The filling is made with wheat, ricotta and has a distinctive flavour of the flower orange water and lemon zest. It is a traditional Eastern dessert for many Southern Italian regions, where ricotta is often used in pastries like in Cannoli Siciliani or Sfogliatelle Napoletane. If…
A Dark Chocolate Mousse Easy To Make
This is a dark chocolate mousse easy to make, no cream only eggs, butter and sugar if you like sweet. If you like dark chocolate like me, forget the sugar. Dark, smooth and chocolaty. This mousse is perfect for dinner parties as you can prepare ahead of time and keep it in the fridge ready to…
Traditional Struffoli Recipe With Cognac
Here is the authentic Struffoli Recipe, an Italian dessert mostly known as a Christmas tradition from Naples, but in many other Italian regions are traditional during Carnival and called Pignolata. Whatever the tradition, I am happy to eat them anytime: fried dough coated with caramelized honey. This Struffoli recipe is from my Aunt Ada, she…
Simply Apple Cupcakes Recipe
This Apple Cupcakes Recipe is simply made with plenty of apples to fully enjoy their taste: 1 kilos (2 pounds) of apples and no other spices added. The juices from the apples make each cupcake moist and soft. Most of the apple cakes recipes use cinnamon and just enough apples to barely taste them. This recipe…
Carrot Cake with Walnuts Recipe
This carrot cake with walnuts is perfect for picnics, it is easy to carry and mess free! This recipe combines the crunchiness of the carrots and the walnuts with a moist batter. No, there is no frosting on my carrot cake. Frankly I found the frosting too sweet and carrots are so sweet already. This…
Torrone Italian Nougat Recipe
The Italian and the French cuisine have a lot of similarities, Torrone is one of the most popular Italian Christmas desserts and is the same French nougat recipe. Usually exchanged as edible gifts, torrone/nougat is a caramelized mix of marshmallow and honey filled with toasted almonds and pistachios. There are hard and soft versions, this…
Roasted Chestnuts Recipe
While most bloggers are talking about pumpkins and cinnamon, I like to celebrate Autumn with a Roasted Chestnuts Recipe as they have been my Autumn delight since I was young. Walking around Rome, and most European cities, you find on the street corners vendors roasting chestnuts in a kiln. They offer their hot roasted chestnuts…
Pavlova Recipe with Chestnut Mousse
This pavlova recipe is my version of Mont Blanc with Chestnut Mousse, made with 2 large round shapes of meringue covering them with chestnut mousse. To make a thick crunchy meringue that doesn’t stick to your teeth I have a secret: “wine vinegar and cornflour I know, I was also sceptical at first but I…