I tasted matcha green tea the first time in a chilled matcha latte, and fell in love right away with its flavor. Now I like almost everything with matcha, whether tea, dessert or cake. I personally find that smooth milky textures highlight best the green tea flavor, so I figured out it would work beautifully in a matcha pudding dessert. Today's ...
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French Beignets {Gluten Free Doughnuts}
It's Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday', a day of indulgence celebrated in France. Mardi Gras means it's time for beignets (say 'banyeh'), the French pillow-y, soft fried doughnuts dusted in powdered sugar! ...
French Mi-Cuit Au Chocolat Coeur Praliné {Half Baked Chocolate Cake}
Valentine's day is around the corner! Chocolate lovers, this mi-cuit recipe is for you, and to share with your sweetheart! The English translation, ‘half-baked’, doesn’t do justice to this fine French dessert. Yes, a mi-cuit cake is called so because of its short baking time, but there is more to it. Picture this: your spoon is piercing through ...
Chocolate-Dipped Almond Horns (Mandelhörnchen)
The holiday season is near and it's that time of the year where I put my hands deep into biscuit dough. It's a family tradition from my childhood, where we all get busy in the kitchen baking all kinds of lovely Christmas biscuits - or bredele, as we call them in my home region. After the Leckerli and Spritz biscuits I shared with you last year, ...
Chocolate Quinoa & Coconut Bars {Sugar Free, No Bake}
You probably know this by now, looking at very name of this blog, but I have a thing for chocolate and quinoa! In fact, the first recipe I ever shared here was Chocolate & quinoa crisps, and last year for Easter I created those cute Chocolate and quinoa nests.When craving for something sweet hits, and I want to stay on the healthy yet ...
French Dark Chocolate Truffles With A Pinch Of Gold {Dairy Free, Vegan}
Dark chocolate truffles are my ultimate treat for the Réveillon, the French New Year's Eve! Celebrate the start of the new year like we French do, by making these decadent truffles, and enjoy them with your loved ones (or hide them away, they won't last very long, from personal experience). {Recette en français à la fin de l'article} ...
Pumpkin Bread
Happy Halloween! Today I am baking a gluten free pumpkin bread. I do mean 'bread', in the French way, le pain, not the American classic, which is more like a cake. I am super happy how this bread turned out: soft and fluffy, with hints of pumpkin and spices flavors. That lovely pumpkin shape makes it festive, ideal for the season! {Recette en ...
Fig Crumble With Quinoa-Hazelnut Topping
"How do you come up with your recipes?" a friend asked me recently. Quite often a seasonal ingredient is inspiring me, such as luscious figs currently in the markets, and it all begins there. Baked in a pie, like in this indulgent fresh fig and almond cream pie I made last year? Turned into jam? As a pizza topping? Today I fancied a warm comforting ...
Black Currant And Gooseberry Chia Jam {Sugar Free}
Last summer I made my first chia jam, with freshly picked Finnish strawberries. If you haven't made yet chia jam, now is the best time to give it a try, when we are surrounded with the abundance of berries and summer fruits. I picked plenty of black currants and red gooseberries last week end at my friend's countryside cottage, and guess what I did ...
Red And Black Currant Meringue Pie
When I came home from my three-weeks summer holidays, the first thing I did was to go straight to my garden, to check on my dear berry bushes. And there they were, the tiny ruby-red currants or groseilles, and a handful of blackcurrants, ripe for pick up. I planted four bushes of redcurrants and two raspberry patches when we moved in our house, ...