Desserts

One spoon or two – Zabaglione with caramelized pears
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Un cucchiaio o due – Zabaglione con pere caramellizzate
We are still in Italy with this dessert and it’s one of my favorite, I love anything creamy with vanilla but still light. Zabaglione or Zabaione, either way, is a dolce al cucchiaio, meaning a “spoon dessert” or a dessert to eat with a spoon [...]

Little corks for little hunger – chocolate and coconut "corks"
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Petits bouchons pour une petite faim – bouchons au chocolat et noix de coco
Originally this dough was made to bake chocolate madeleines, then I changed my mind and decided to use some other molds instead. So if you wish, you can use them as madeleines. Those days, I just cannot help changing my [...]

Quick, light and refined – Pineapple carpaccio with a mint and rum marinade
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Rapide, léger et raffiné – Carpaccio d’ananas à la marinade de rhum et menthe
I had this dessert at the Brasserie Lutèce in Paris after a huge plateau de fruits de mer (seafood platter), the carpaccio was served with a pineapple sorbet, and it was the perfect sweet touch to that wonderful dinner. [...]

Oeufs à la neige for Marillyn – Sweet Wholesome Wednesday
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Lovely Marillyn from “Just Making Noise” and living in Costa Rica with her family asked me to be her Sweet Wholesome Wednesday special guest and I proudly accepted, no one has ever asked me to be a guest on a blog, so I was very flattered. I really wanted to make something that would fit her [...]

Something to deal with traffic – Riz au lait with strawberry compote
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Une petite douceur pour se remettre du trafic – Riz au lait à la compote de fraises
My Friday afternoon was spent driving back and forth from San Francisco to the East Bay. I completely forgot that on Friday afternoons when it rains the freeways are completely insane and the traffic is worse than [...]

Charlotte sometimes – White chocolate and raspberry charlotte
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Charlotte sometimes – Charlotte au chocolat blanc et framboises
I bought a nice charlotte mold from France last summer, I wanted one so bad, then I got it, and since then, I barely used it. It’s the second time in one year that I made charlotte. What a shame…I am just not a sweet tooth, but there [...]

Papillotes meli-melo – Mixed fruits with honey, raisins, pistachios and coconut in parchment paper
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Méli-mélo de papillotes – Pommes, poires et bananes au miel, raisins, pistaches et noix de coco en papillotes avec glace vanille
Des pommes, des poires et des….bananes!! I have been thinking about those papillottes for so long. I thought about them kept thinking about them, and always made [...]

Something for breakfast…or not – Mini Manqué pear cakes with blackberry jam
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Une petite douceur pour le déjeûner… ou pas – Mini manqués aux poires et la confiture de mûres
Not that I particularly love to celebrate my birthday as a great or special day at all, but it’s the nostalgic side of me that talking. I like to do something different every year because I want to [...]

Classic combination – Chocolate crêpes stuffed with caramelized pears – Almond whipped cream
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La combinaison classique – Crêpes au chocolat farcies de poires caramelisées et crème fouettée aux amandes
Don’t we all love crêpes? They’ re so easy to make and always a great pleasure to share with friends or just when you have a crêpe craving. You can flavor the dough and enhance them with [...]

Good memories are back – Pâtissier flan tart
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Les bons souvenirs sont de retour – Tarte au flan pâtissier
Flan pâtissier, tarte au flan, different names for the same thing. It’s a traditional and classic dessert that is simple and quite delicious, a kids and adult’s favorite in France. It’s not considered sophisticated nor fancy, just a [...]