Almond cookies with chocolate icing
Today I would like to share a delicious recipe with you: almond cookies with chocolate icing. They look good on every coffee table not only at Christmas time, but also throughout the rest of the year. These little treats are easy to prepare and a real delicacy for all chocolate lovers.
read moreChristmas “Schokoli” with tonka bean
Christmas “Schokoli” are chocolate cookies of my childhood. We made them every Advent season. I refined my mother’s recipe with a bit of tonka bean. This is how the small, tender chocolate balls taste even better! And somehow even more Christmassy!
read morePiedmontese chocolate pudding with vanilla quince
A beautiful and strong coffee, anyone? Then, after a substantial meal, this specialty from the Piedmont is the right! In Piedmont, this pudding is called also Bonèt, because its form probably reminds something to a hat or a chef’s hat. Another story around the Bonèt comes from the Langhe. It states that one puts so to speak “a hat” – a crown – on dinner with this dessert. Anyhow, it tastes excellently and even better when prepared the day before. Incredibly handy when you expect guests.
PS: The Vanilla Quinces are a perfect match!
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