Chocolate and Cream Petit Choux + Massive Attack

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Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet

I always thought Petit Choux (or Profiteroles) were a complicated pastry. Just a myth. It is a nice dough to work with and the result is just delicious…can’t stop eating them!

For the piping bag, a little trick: To fill it in a clean way place the bag inside a tall cup or glass. Fold the excess bag that doesn’t fit inside the cup over the edges of the cup. Spoon the dough inside the bag. Remove the bag from the cup and squeeze any air bubbles out of the bag. Twist the top part of the bag and proceed with piping.

Music…Teardrop by Massive Attack.

Condensed Milk, Cocoa and Olive Oil Marble Cake + Depeche Mode

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Baking, Cake, Cooking, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet

After a period of Granola for breakfast I had to move on. It is cake time to go with my first coffee in the morning.

This one is a sweet cake but not too much as it compensates with the olive oil bitterness.  It makes you think there is some kind of liquor in it. It is just the olive oil magic…

Music: Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode.

Homemade Granola + Echo & The Bunnymen

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Baking, Cooking, Food, Granola, Music, Recipes, Sweet

Going through the kitchen cabinets at home I spotted a couple of packages of oats. I like my porridge in the morning but it is going in seasons. I go mad for a week and I stock up for a month and then I get bored.

Let’s find a new life to those poor porridge oats hiding in the kitchen.

Mornings are definitely better with your own Granola!

A great song : The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen.

Chocolate, Pink Pepper and Maldon Salt Truffles + Lou Reed

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Chocolate, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet

Intense and delicate. And very easy to make.

The main thing is to use a good chocolate. Valrhona is my choice.

Then, you can play around with ingredients: chopped almonds or hazelnuts, chocolate chips, a piece of candied orange or ginger in the middle….

Music…  A Walk on The Wild Side by Lou Reed.

Mantecadas + Of Monster and Men

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Baking, Cooking, Food, Mantecadas, Music, Recipes, Sweet

 

It has been a very busy and interesting November. A few days of holidays in Spain, 2 weeks travelling in Northern India and a weekend at Ballymaloe Cooking School. I might post some of the India pictures soon…

It is time to go back to the kitchen. And, as Christmas is coming, I will start with a Spanish traditional Christmas sweet.

Mantecadas are made with lard (manteca). And it gives a different texture, they melt in your mouth.

Delicious with a good coffee. I had 7 or 8 since yesterday.

Not the healthier option but who is 100% healthy in this period of the year?

Music by Monster and Men…Little Talks.

Swiss Roll with Mascarpone, Beetroot and Port Filling + Eric Clapton & Mark Knopler

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Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet

I have never tried to bake a “Brazo de Gitano” (“Gipsy’s Arm” is how we call a Swiss Roll in Spain) before. I thought is was more complicated but it is surprisingly easy.

The filling is something I improvised by looking around the kitchen. It was delicious. The beetroot doesn’t add much flavour but a nice colour to it.

Plenty of room to play around with ingredients: add cocoa powder to the cake, strawberries to the filling, cream or custard instead of mascarpone…and you could also cover the whole roll with chocolate…

Enjoy it anyway!

And your song for today: Layla by Eric Clapton and Mark Knopler.

Homemade Wafer Sticks + Christy Moore

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Baking, Cooking, Dessert, Food, Recipes, Sweet

Wafer Sticks are very common in Madrid, Barquillos for us. During the XIX century Barquilleros were very popular in Madrid’s streets. Kids love them…adults too.

You can still see Barquilleros  in Madrid selling their wafers. If you are lucky to come across one, try them.

Today’s music. Ride On by Christy Moore.

Sømods Bolcher

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Art, Candies, Food, Sweet, Video

If you visit Copenhagen you know where to stop…

Sømods Bolcher from christian sundsdal on Vimeo.

Red Grapefruit Tarte Tatin + Led Zeppelin

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Baking, Cake, Cooking, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet

And…another cake. I don’t understand how I don’t weigh 100 kilos with all the cakes we are eating at home. I am lucky.

This one has a very nice combination of the caramel sweetness and the grapefruit bitterness. Delicious with a good coffee!

If you don’t like grapefruit you can play around with almost any fruit. Just follow the same procedure.

One of my Led Zeppelin favourite songs: Over the Hills and Far Away

The Pumpkin Cake + Elbow

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Cake, Cooking, Food, Music, Recipes, Sweet, Video

I see recipes with pumpkin everywhere these days. Why not give it a try?

And it was a good decision. My morning improved.

It is an easy cake but surprisingly good. Moist and with different textures. Definitely this cake will visit us again soon.

The music…Grounds for Divorce by Elbow. Another great band I was lucky to see a few weeks ago.