Len

A dessert I wanted to be a bit different for the new year. Inspired from many sources (1, 2, …), here is the “orange mousse” made with oranges, red grapefruit and mandarin oranges.

Orange mousse

This is a tasty Austrian dessert/main dish recipe. It’s mainly a form of dumpling filled with jam, boiled then served with vanilla sauce (check the romanian recipe here).

Germknoedel

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My neighbor which I occasionally help with PC problems seeing me in the street Friday gave me a bunch of apples saying these are “bio”-apples from his house in the mountains. I should take some since he has just picked up his apple tree and has too many apples and no idea what to do with them.

Starting with the apples and the sour cherry (or bilberries) cake recipe this was the result:

Apples and nuts cake

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Intr-un final am ajuns si eu la “next-evolution” in ceea ce priveste prajiturile cu faina. Iata rezultatul:

Pufoasa cu glazura (updated 19-oct-2009)

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As a child my grandmother would make this recipe and then defend each piece like a guardian. It seemed a magical threat. So when I tried it a few days ago and realized how easy the recipe is it seemed like gaining a new magical grade :)

Updated 2010-01-23 with new photo(s).

Naming: I did some research and found out that the “creme brulee” term is not the best. A more precise equivanlent is: “creme renverse au caramel”.

Crema de zahar ars

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Dupa mai mult de 3 ore de munca asteptat si pus tava, scos tava, racit tava iata rezultatul dupa reteta mai veche de aici. Cu lapte cald cu ciocolata :)

Choockies

The quince recipes are sweet memories from my grandmother, lost and then found again. This is a combination of 2 recipes which can be done in sequence from the quince fruit. I translated here the romanian recipe for Guy which grows quinces in his backyard for which I envy him.

Quince dish recipe

(photos updated 06-Dec-2009)

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Astazi pe la 3 tocmai am dat peste piata flotanta de la Academia Militara si cum era pe terminate am gasit doar 1kg de mere. Pe seara, dupa ce am spalat bicicleta de noroi, inghetat bocna m-am gandit ca n-ar strica sa fac o prajitura cu merele cumparate asa ca am facut un pic studiu de retete si am descoperit pe langa placinte, fie cu foi (romanesti) fie “apple pie” un alt tip de prajituri cu fructe si anume “apple crumble“. Dupa putin studiu am trecut la practica cu experimentul reteta urmatoare care s-a dovedit a fi una din cele mai bune prajituri cu mere pe care o stiu.

Prajitura cu mere si bezea

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Ieri in piata nu erau decat cartofi, dovleci, telina si conopida mov asa ca mi-am adus aminte ca am vazut o reteta cu placinta cu dovleac si am decis sa incerc desi n-am mancat aproape de loc dovleac pana acum. Iata ce-a iesit:

Prajitura cu dovleac

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Azi a fost frig si urat, numai bine de facut clatite calde cu dulceata. Ce sunt clatitele? Oua, lapte, faina si ulei. Le putem insa simplifica foarte tare daca vrem. Doar apa, faina si ulei.

Cand am ajuns la jumatatea clatitelor mi-am dat seama ca as putea foarte simplu sa fac si pancakes. Ce lipseste la clatite ca sa fie pancakes? Bule si inca un pic de faina ca sa tina bine bulele. Ce sunt bulele?

Clatite si pancakes

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