A pastry typical for southern Italy. It was first made by a nun of the Santa Rosa Monastery in Conca dei Marini (the Amalfi Coast) in the 17th century. In the 19th century the recipe was “upgraded” by a Naples-based pastry chef Pasquale Pintauro whose shop was on Naples’s renowned street – via Toledo. [...]
This traditional Italian dessert is easy to prepare. It only uses 4 ingredients and takes 15 minutes to prepare. Ingredients: 500 ml sweet cream 80 g sugar 80 g gelatine leaves 1 vanilla pod (or 1-2 tsp vanilla extract or 1 pouch vanilla sugar) Method: Submerge the gelatine leaves in cold water [...]
Taken from the book „Sv, Hildegarda i hrana kao lijek“ (St. Hildegard and Foods of Health) Ingredients: 250 g butter 180 g sugar 250 g spelt flour 120 g ground almonds 120 g grated chocolate 5 eggs (separate the yolks from the whites) 1 sachet vanilla sugar 2 tsp baking powder [...]
Ingredients: For the sponge: 3 eggs (separate yolks and whites) 3 tbsp cold water 150 ml sugar 150 ml flour Crème # 1: 250 g chocolate 125 g butter 5 eggs (separate yolks and whites) 75 g icing sugar 3 gelatine sheets Crème # 2: 4 egg yolks 100 g sugar 150 ml milk 1 [...]
Sugar and flour free Ingredients: 500 g boiled and peeled chestnuts 5 tbsp almond liqueur or orange juice (or rum) 5 tbsp acacia honey 6 eggs (separated) 1 tbsp vanilla 250 g ground almonds a pinch of salt 1 pouch baking powder For the icing: 50 g chocolate 100 ml sweet cream almond [...]
Ingredients: 35 dag coarse flour 25 dag butter at room temperature 3 egg yolks 3 tbsp sugar 3 tbsp sour cream a pinch of salt, lemon zest and a small amount of rum 1-1 ½ kg tart apples sugar – about ½ cup or more 1 pouch vanilla sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or gingerbread spices) [...]
Our grandmothers used to bake cookies on wood burning stoves, in moulds that were borrowed from “door to door”. Today, there are waffle makers, some in the shape of hearts that will serve just fine for making these traditional cookies. Ingredients: 250 g margarine or lard 200 g sugar 5 eggs 1 pouch [...]
Ingredients: 200 g almonds, peeled and ground (almond flour) 70 g potato flour 150 g melted butter 4 eggs, separated egg yolks and egg whites 150 g a pinch of salt grated lemon zest 1 vanilin sugar 30 ml Limoncello Method: Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Grease a 25-cm cake tin and line [...]
Melt the butter and chocolate over low heat. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Grease a 20-cm cake tin and line with a sheet of parchment paper. Beat the egg yolks with half the amount of sugar, grated zest and rum until foamy. Add the lukewarm chocolate. Stir with a spatula. Stir in [...]
Ingredients: For the crust: 400 g plain flour 100 g sugar 200 g cold butter 1 egg 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest ½ teaspoon baking powder For the filling: 500 g ricotta cheese 2 pouches vanilla sugar 6 tbsp sugar 3 eggs 2 cups fresh blackcurrant gelatine spray – optional Method: Combine the flour, [...]
