Tag: Sweets

French Crepes

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Crepes with Honey and Cinnamon

Perfect for breakfast or as a dessert, this French speciality is easy and quick to prepare.

Ingredients

  • 125 gr of Flour
  • I250 ml of Milk
  • 2 Eggs
  • 50 gr of Butter
  • a pinch of Salt

In a bowl place the flour and the salt. Add the eggs and whisk. Pour in the milk slowly whilst whisking until it becomes a soft batter. Let it rest for 15 minutes. Melt the butter in a frying pan and add it to the batter. Whisk until it blends. Heat up the frying pan. Pour in a small ladle of batter in the middle of the pan. Spin the pan gently in circular moves to spread the batter. Let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then flip and cook on the other side. Carry on the same process and you ran out of batter. Serve with honey, a squeeze of lemon juice and cinnamon powder.

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Creamy Rice Pudding

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Creamy Rice Pudding

Delicious creamy dessert. Can be serve warm but it is at it’s best straight out of the fridge. Cinnamon gives it a special touch.

Ingredients

  • 75 gr of Shrimp
  • 1 lt of Milk
  • 80 gr of Sugar
  • 1 Lemon peel
  • 1 Cinnamon Stick
  • Cinnamon powder
  • 4 Eggs
  • Salt

Place the rice in a pot and cover with water. Add a pinch of salt, the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick. Cook until the water evaporates. Heat up the milk and add to the rice slowly. Add the sugar and stir. Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat. Let it cool down. Remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick. Add the yolks and stir until it blends. Put back on the heat and stir until it thickens. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with cinnamon powder. Let it cool down and place in the fridge.

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Rum Cake with Caramel Drizzle

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Rum Cake

It looks like a normal pound cake but it is so much more!! Buttery, moist and boozy… No more words needed!

Ingredients

  • 2 Eggs
  • 180 gr of plain Flour
  • 1/2 tsp of Salt
  • 2 tsp of Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp of Baking Powder
  • 113 gr of Butter
  • 1/2 double Cream
  • 1/2 Vanilla bean
  • 100 gr of Sugar
  • 75 gr of Butter
  • 1/2 cup of Rum

Pre-heat the oven to 180° C. Whisk the eggs with the sugar. Add the butter and whisk until creamy. Add the flour, baking powder and baking soda. Slice the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape the vanilla into the cake mix. Add the cream and stir gently. Grease a round cake tin and sprinkle with flour. Pour in the cake mix. Place in the oven and bake for 45 minutes.

Prepare the caramel by heating the butter, rum and sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves completely. Let it simmer for a couple of minutes.

Remove the cake from the oven. Gently slide the cake out of the tin. Make several holes on the top using a toothpick. Slowly pour the caramel over the cake.

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Tiramisu

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Tiramisu

An undisputed king of desserts, this Italian classic will make you cry for more.

Ingredients

  • 3 Eggs
  • 250 gr of Mascarpone Cheese
  • 80 gr of Sugar
  • 150 gr Sponge Fingers
  • 300 ml of strong hot Coffee
  • 50 ml of Rum
  • Cacao powder

Whisk the eggs with the sugar until it becomes a creamy white mix. Add the mascarpone and half the rum and mix well. Mix the hot coffee with the rest of the rum and wait until it is luke warm. Quickly soak the sponge fingers and place a layer in a tray. Cover with the mascarpone cream and repeat alternating layers of sponge fingers and cream. Finish with a layer of cream. Sprinkle with the cacao powder and place in the fridge for at least 2 hours.

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