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Tag Archives: Winter Food
Pear Tart with Chocolate Cream
A stunning dessert! This delicate chocolate cream with the tart pears melts in your mouth. The dough also has a wonderful flavor and crumbly texture making it perfect for any sweet tarts. When you cook the chocolate, it’s necessary to stir constantly so that it doesn’t burn. This tart is easy to prepare and will impress your friends and...
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Chicken Mini Pot Pie
My daughter asked me to make chicken pot pie so many times a long time ago. So, we finally decided to do it, especially now that the kids are home and I have this great mini pie mold which I use a lot for sweet mini pies. This mini mold makes...
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Spanish rice
I made the rice in instant Pot. In mode ' Saute', heat the oil or lard, then fry the chopped carrots, onion, and garlic. Add the rice, and fry for a couple of minutes, mixing all the time. Pour in chicken bullion or water, salt, pepper, and optionally certain spices for the rice (I brought my from Mexico, special...
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Tres Leches
The first time when I heard, made, and tried the Tres Leches cake was many years ago, when we had our cooking trip to Tepoztlan, Mexico. Chef Ana taught us how to cook so many delicious and unique Mexican dishes. You can read my
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Duck pate
Once in a while I make chicken pate, but when I buy duck, I definitely use the liver for duck pate, one of my favorites! If you are making this pate for a couple of days and will eat it right away, you can cover it with a or plastic, but if you are making pate for a longer...
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Asian-style duck soup with rice vermicelli and mushrooms
After making Peking duck, the next day I usually make duck soup, using the carcass of the duck, some leftover duck meat, bones, wings, neck, and the giblets.
You can make the duck stock with all the parts of the duck, and afterwards you can add whatever to the soup you want, like meatballs, smoked tofu,...
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Peking Duck, my new recipe
I made Peking Duck already so many times, but I keep changing or adding something to it to make it tastier and easier. This time the duck was perfect (ok maybe almost perfect). Not the same obviously like you‘ll get in a Chinese restaurant, but for homemade it was really good!
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Sweet Rogaliki
Rogaliki usually are a sweet combination between a pastry and a cookie with or without filling. This dish occurs in many European countries, such as 'Rogalik' in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine, 'Kipferl' in Austro-Germany, 'kifla' in Serbo-Croatian, 'rogal' in Polish, 'giffel' in Danish, 'rožok' in Slovak also, as well in Bulgarian, Hungarian, Swedish, Macedonian, Albanian,...
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