This cake is inspired by the sunny side of Italy on the Amalfi Coast. The mascarpone cream in this cake tastes intensively after lemons which immediately brings me to Positano or Maiori where the lemons grow everywhere. The poppy seed sponge cake is very easy and quick to make so maybe so let this...
The crème de la crème of Austrian cuisine and wine culture has represented their work in the Viennese ´Central Park´ Stadtpark over the weekend of 8th-9th September. The famous Gault&Millau restaurant guide opened the door of Kursalon in Vienna, to the Festival of fine dining cuisine, wine, and bread. The venue, which is usually...
The Christmas is slowly approaching and I intensively started to think of all the stress and panic shortly before 24th December. And because this year I want to be prepared, I started to collect my favourite recipes for Christmas baking. Recipes for these hazelnut cookies come in many versions, also in Italian. But I...
Here another sweet Italian recipe that is easy and delicious to try. Italian Coconut Biscuits with white chocolate inside. Try it at home! ITALIAN COCONUT BISCUITS WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE Prep time: 25 min Baking time: 20 min Portions: about 30 Ingredients: 250g Grated Coconut 100g white chocolate buttons 2 Eggs 90g...
You have this lazy weekend, but still craving for some homemade cake delicious cake? Got some ripened bananas at the hand? Now you can either lie on the coach or have your easy peasy home-made banana loaf ready for the oven within 15 minutes. Since I started to make the banana loaf like this,...
If you are awaiting some guests at the weekend and you want to prepare an original home-made and easy appetizer for them, do not hesitate and try these easy cheese and black pepper Grissini (Bread Sticks) at home! With some prosciutto or home-made basil pesto, this would be a favourite snack for everyone! Lets'...
If you want to prepare some special breakfast/brunch for your family during the weekend and don´t want to spend hours in the kitchen (only 1 hour maybe), then is this frittata with zucchini it! Let's prepare it! FRITTATA WITH ZUCCHINI AND SALSICCIA Prep time: 15 min Cook. time: 25 min Baking time: 40...
Today's late breakfast at home is rather special for me. Traditional Scottish porridge is easy to prepare and reminds me of my childhood where my granny used to make it quite often 'cause its inexpensiveness. Slovak and Scottish cuisine are similar when it comes to different kinds of hearty, heavy food. I prepared today's...
Two things need to be clarified at first: 1. When eating in Italy, you will hardly be looking for "Spaghetti Bolognese" in a restaurant. In the real Italian culinary world, there is only tagliatelle, gnocchi or similar kind of pasta which can be made with ragù - rich (usually) meaty sauce cooked for hours....
