This weekend we decided to make a chocolate cake with pastry cream and apricot preserve. Literally our weekend was dedicated to this wonderful endeavor.The visual story below is just a little teaser, definitely there are more steps around this little baby.[br] [br] Later today, finishing the cake,...
On Saturday night Alfonso grilled 3 types of sausages (chorizo, chiplote and an Irish style pork sausage) and we served them with "Pebre". At my end I'm working on a layer cake and on our beer tasting post of the month. More to come on...
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Last Sunday we made strawberry preserve to have some good sweets for Winter. We rode our motorcycle to Sunset Park in Brooklyn looking for a nice fruit to preserve, strawberries are in season and we got a good price for them, so now the story...
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Alfonso took the challenge to improve the "eggs pizza" recipe. The results were fantastic and the Shiitake mushroom worked perfect along with the fontina and gouda cheeses. Happy dinner! Thanks Alfie. [gallery link="file" columns="4"]...
After a long day, Alfonso prepared such a light and tasty dinner. As always a wonderful evening.[br] [br] Menu[br] Stuffed tomatoes with a roasted corn, red onions, roasted red peppers, chopped cilantro, mayo, and splash of lime juice.[br] Beets salad with mini Mozarella cheese balls, thinly sliced...
Preparing two types of Manicotti fillings was a great idea. We had two nights of wonderful dinners without much time involved. Definitely a concept that we will explore in the upcoming weeks. [gallery link="file" columns="4"]...
On Sunday night Alfonso prepared baked manicotti with two types of filling. One with ricotta, walnuts and beets and the other one with ricotta, butternut squash and asparagus. We saved the beets one for another day and we baked the one with asparagus with a...
On Friday night Alfonso prepared a pork tenderloin to have it ready for Saturday Dinner. This time he stuffed the tenderloin with figs marinated on rice vinegar and a splash of soy sauce and rub the meat with Hoisin sauce. He left the meat marinating...