These tasty treats hail from Portugal. I used to eat them at Portuguese bakeries in Toronto when I lived in little Portugal. Now living elsewhere, I miss them and must have them. So we must make them! I referenced a recipe from Leite’s Culinaria. She has a very helpful video! I am using her work…
Tag: dessert
Maple-Pumpkin-Cheese cake-Pie
Mmmm Hmm! Everyone seemed to really like this. It’s the best of all worlds…kind of cheese-cake, kind of pie, kind of pumpkin, kind of maple syrup… In total, its warm and happy and sure to put a smile on your face for next Thursday. Or today. Whatever you chose. You’ll need: 1 1/2 cups pumpkin…
Salted Carmel Whipped Cream
It’s a hit, and perhaps sounds a bit weird, but you are bound to Love it. You’ll need… For the Caramel Sauce you’ll need: 3 T butter (salted or unsalted), cubed 1/2 c sugar 1/4 c heavy cream 1 t vanilla (optional) For the whipped cream, you’ll need: 4 tablespoons of the caramel you’ve mad…
Apple-Cinamon Galette & Salted Caramel Whipped Cream
You may not know, dear American readers, that here in Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the first Monday of October? So, perhaps all these Thanksgiving-themed recipes are coming at you much earlier than expected, but they will fit the season in any case! I made three pies/galettes for a thanksgiving potluck at my darling friend…
Crème Brûlée the Quick Way
In many crème brûlée recipes, they A. don’t put in fun accents and B. follow a long and unnecessary series of steps in which they simmer the cream and egg yolks, strain them through a sieve, accidenty cook the eggs while trying to make a custard, it gets messy. So I decided that I’d skip…