As promised, crispy Italian cookies - Hazelnut Cookies with Chocolate Chunks, the perfect accompaniment to the chocolate dessert (Chocolate Hazelnut Pots de Crème) I shared last week. When I was growing up there were two things my mother could always be certain of. One,
I was immediately inspired to make these Pots de Crème when I ran across a few unopened parcels from a “food prop” shopping spree I took a few months ago. It was like Christmas all over again. Every time I
I couldn’t have picked a better day to prepare this warm Pear Tart, the snow is falling and it’s so cold outside. I think it may be the only thing I enjoy about the winter season, indulging in what I
I’ll never forget the first time I enjoyed Shortbread Cookies, I can remember thinking where have these extraordinarily tender cookies they call shortbread been all my life. The literal melt-in-your-mouth lusciousness was out of this world delicious. Christmas would never
Zeppole di San Giuseppe (Saint Joseph’s Day Fritters), scrumptious deep-fried Italian Fritters are made with pasta choux or bignè (cream puff dough). The pastry dough is piped into nests and deep-fried creating a crispy outer crust. The choux pastry nests are truly irresistible
I know what you’re thinking, “More chocolate?” – Yes! – But not just any chocolate, undeniably delectable chocolate. Light and creamy Raspberry-White Chocolate Ganache sandwiched between two intense soft and chewy Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookies. Can you say, “Irresistible?” I know
I’m back with something special - Mocha Cupcakes with Chocolate Mousse Frosting. I feel like it’s been months since I’ve been in the kitchen covered in flour with smears of chocolate on my face. I hadn’t even had anything chocolate in
Bomboloni, fluffy pillows of rich and tender fried pastry dough rolled in sugar and filled with velvety Crema Pasticcera {Italian Pastry Cream}, fresh and warm out of the oven. Have I enticed you to indulge? One thing’s for certain –
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