My collection of food photography and recipes. Attention: sugar high content!
The first time I tasted Greek Yogurt, I fell in love with the stuff. So creamy, dense and bitter, it was way better than the regular stuff! Soon I realised that if I added some walnuts and drizzled it with honey, I had the perfect instant dessert, the most sophisticated quick-fix ever. (It’s a shame that, unlike in London, it’s not available in most supermarkets in Lisbon, and I have to go to the shopping centre I hate the most just to get it.)
Let’s go for something healthier today, shall we? Pears are now in season, and this fresh and light desert is perfect to make good use of them.
The night before this month’s challenge was posted, I dreamed it was going to be all about profiteroles. I was pleasantly surprised when I woke up the next morning and realised it was indeed a choux pastry recipe.
My friend André wanted me to keep this recipe secret, isn’t he selfish? But it’s my mom’s recipe, (her mom’s before her) and she’s ok with sending it out to the world, so why not?
Have you ever had any of those happy accidents, where you improvise something with leftovers and it turns out to be even better than the original recipe? This recipe was just like that.
Daring Bakers, I’m sorry I’m one day late… Had such a migraine, I couldn’t even think of looking at the computer yesterday, let alone write a post. But better late then never, so here it goes!
When I first looked at July’s challenge, I panicked a bit. After all, a chocolate covered hazelnut cake with buttercream wasn’t quite what I wanted to be doing, because of several reasons. First of all, hazels are my least favourite nuts, specially when combined with chocolate - I hate Nutella! Secondly, after the Opera Cake and Helena’s birthday cake, I have done and eaten enough buttercream for the whole Summer, so the idea of doing it again in this hot weather didn’t please me at all. Same thing for the chocolate frosting, after Filipe’s and Pedro’s birthday cakes, I promised myself I would lay off chocolate ganache for a good while.
Time flies! My adorable niece Helena is already one year old! And what a smart, happy and fun kid she’s turning out to be! My mission for this weekend was to bake her a birthday cake, big enough for a crowd of 50. Scary…
©2007 Patrícia Furtado
