Posts Tagged ‘recipes’

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I’ll start this blog with a sinful confession: I just found out how to preserve fresh cut basil. Which makes me cry even harder over the big quantity of fresh basil I tossed during the past years. Here’s the secret: treat it like fresh flowers (which means cut the bottom and immerse it in water) [...]

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Pandoro cake with mascarpone cream

A few days ago, I attended a Christmas potluck with some Italian friends and since I was in charge of bringing un dolce (Italian term to define a dessert) I decided to make the pandoro farcito con crema al mascarpone (pandoro cake with mascarpone cream). This is a very simple and yet delicious dessert that [...]

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Crostata alla Nutella

Ok, ok, I admit it, the only participant to the contest was actually me, but since this was a big personal challenge, I really felt like a winner when my Nutella tart turned out to be not only delicious (it didn’t survive 12 hours, including night time since I baked it after dinner…) but also, [...]