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The Crema Catalana recipe is a classic of the Spanish cuisine, worldwide famous, but often confused with another culinary masterpiece: the Creme Brulee.
This dessert is great for all the occasions: the end of a family dinner as a little sin before going to bed! The cream is enriched with a thin crust of caramelized sugar, crunchy and delicious.
Here the recipe and the history of Crema Catalana!
The pastry dough recipe is essential for several sweets. Make it is not difficult, but it’s mandatory follow some steps. The rewards will be an crispy and tasty dough, perfect for cookies or tarts. Once you try this homemade pastry dough you can’t do less than make it again, and again!
Strudel is a typical Austrian sweet of Byzantine origin. In Italy is typical in the regions neighboring Austria, especially in Trentino South Tyrol. The original strudel ingredients are apples, raisin and pine nuts, wrapped into a thin pastry dusted with powdered sugar. Today I propose you an original version of strudel, stuffed with pears, chocolate, pine nuts and caramel. Even the dough is made of cocoa to obtain an explosion of flavor!
Chocolate salami is the traditional Italian dessert most loved by children. Just saying the name brings me back to childhood: it was my favorite snack! Preparing the chocolate salami is very simple, the ingredients are few, easy to find, and does not require cooking. To increase the realism, sprinkle the chocolate salami with powdered sugar. It will resemble classic Italian salami and it will be difficult to distinguish from a real one!
