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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

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:...

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) First part: Ingredients 2 large quinces (around 1kg). You can use only 2 for the first recipe if you don’t peal them and add the third at the end....

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Apricot cake – prajitura cu caise (sau visine, prune, mere) This is a very common cake here which can be done using apricots, peaches, apples, cherries, sour cherries (most common), bilberries, etc. mostly fresh. It’s quite simple to make but it has a few tricks. Updated: 15-08-2008: the bilberry cake photo Ingredients 3 eggs 1 cup milk 2 cups sugar 3 cups flour 1 tbs baking powder 1/2 cup oil or melted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 kg fresh fruits with no kernel if it applies to the fruit type Preparation remove the fruits kernel if it’s the case (this is the most time consuming operation, especially for the sour cherries) separate the egg whites and beat them until solid add the sugar, egg yolks, milk mix the flour with the baking powder and add to the composition while mixing it add the butter and the vanilla extract let it rest for 10 minutes while you preheat the oven mix the fruits with a bit of flour, this will help the fruits to leave too much liquid and keep part of the composition uncooked pour the composition in a pan then add the fruits on top, don’t press them into the dough, they will fall by themselfs cook for 30 – 45 minutes be careful when you test the readiness to test around the fruits....