One of my favorite things to do during the holidays is arranging platers with sweets and cookies… Nuts and dried fruits… My father made this wooden carved tray, by the way. He is a retired carpenter. We were only 4 people for the holidays this year so the assortment was not huge. Some of the…
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Turrón de chocolate recipe
Here’s an easy Spanish holiday recipe: you only need chocolate (250 g), chocolate rice puffs (30 g), vanilla (a tablespoon) and butter (35 g). Melt the chocolate and butter in the microwave (450w, 30 second intervals). My chocolate is Nestle’s milk chocolate. Add the vanilla and mix them together: Add 30 g rice puffs (mine…
Feliz Día de Todos los Santos
This year I went rogue with my desserts… Today you are supossed to have huesos de santo or panellets or buñuelos; but I really felt like baking a cake. This image below was taken in Barcelona and shows a fall showcase in a bakery. As I said I wanted a cake. It’s a simple yellow…
Sweet holidays
Holidays are the perfect excuse for sweets. Like these homemade bonbons: I made bombons for family and friends, which is a tradicion that started just last year. The round ones in these boxes are filled with a mixture of coconut and sweet condensed milk. Then covered with milk chocolate. They are suprisingly easy to make!…