Ingredients: For a 21-cm cake tin For the cake/base: 75 g butter, softened 75 g sugar 2 eggs 85 g plain flour 2 tbsp milk ½ teaspoon baking powder a pinch of salt 25 g cocoa powder 50 g ground almonds ¾ cup black coffee, cold For the crème: 350 g dark chocolate, chopped 300 [...]
Ingredients: 100 g ham, diced 100 g cheese, diced 2 hard-boiled eggs, diced 1-2 pickles, finely chopped 1 egg 1 tbsp mayonnaise 1 teaspoon mustard 2-3 heaping tbsp sour cream salt and pepper toast or yesterday's bread slices Method: Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Combine the fresh egg, cream, mayo and mustard in [...]
When a holiday season calls for roast turkey or duck, instead of serving it with the Croatian staple – mlinci (pasta tatters), in the region of Moslavina they are served with vanjkuši (pillows). Ingredients: 750 g plain flour ½ dl oil about 5 dl warm water 500 g cottage cheese 80 g maize [...]
Ingredients: 2 heads broccoli 3 potatoes 2 cloves garlic ¾ l vegetable stock 200 ml cooking cream salt and pepper Method: Slice the broccoli stems and separate the florets. Peel and dice the potatoes. Cook the potatoes, garlic and broccoli stems in salted water for about 15 minutes. Add the florets and cook for [...]
Chocolate fountains always cheer up the young (and not-so-young) birthday or pyjama party guests. If you do not have a fountain, prepare the dessert in a pot, just like fondue. Ingredients: For the dip: 300 g chocolate, chopped 250 ml sweet cream 50 ml milk 50 g butter a pinch of cinnamon – [...]
Queijadas de Sintra Lord Byron loved Sintra, the small, picturesque town in the hills above Estoril. He called it heaven on earth and surely enjoyed the cheesecake tarts that Sintra is famous for Ingredients: For 12-14 servings: For the dough: 25 g butter or 50 g clarified butter, diced 225 g flour a [...]
LAVADORES - Portuguese cookies that resemble washboards used for hand-washing laundry Ingredients: ½ cup butter, softened (about 100 g) 1 + ½ cup sugar 4 eggs 4 cups plain flour grated zest of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon baking powder Method: Preheat the oven to 160 ºC. Beat the butter with a mixer. Add 1 [...]
The recipe for this indigenous Portuguese treat was kept secret for centuries by Catholic monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in the parish of Belém, Lisbon. When the order was disbanded, they handed over the recipe to a nearby pastry shop. Today, every Portuguese confectioner and every family has its own recipe. The tart is [...]
Just like gnocchi, these fritters require a dry variety of potatoes. When in Croatia, ask for potatoes from the region of Lika. Ingredients: 1 kg potatoes about 1 kg plain flour 1 dl milk 40 g fresh yeast salt and sugar 2 pouches bourbon vanilla sugar 1 juicy apple grated zest of 1 [...]
Ingredients: For the brownie: 150 g dark chocolate, chopped coarsely 200 g butter or margarine, diced 2 tbsp cocoa powder 8 tbsp sugar 1 pouch vanilla sugar 10 tbsp plain flour a pinch of salt 4 tbsp coconut flour (or plain flour) 3 eggs, lightly beaten For the coconut filling: 1 package cream cheese (200 [...]
