dark chocolate raspberry tartBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Bread, Dough & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 23, 2024crostata al cioccolato fondente e lamponi I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t like the marriage of chocolate & raspberry! The union of bitter dark chocolate with sweet-tart raspberries is heaven to me and (fortunately) to all I hold dear, so when I decide to bake this crostata for a Sunday treat (when raspberries are…
apricot and almond tartBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Bread, Dough & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 16, 2024crostata di albicocca e mandorle apricot and almond tart I’ve had all the best intentions to share this recipe with each summer (it’s only taken 5 years)! Alleluia, finalement, it’s here and well worth the wait I assure you! There are two memories etched deep in my mind; both involve apricots! The first is of…
Italian trifleBaked Desserts, Baking & Pastry, Christmas, Desserts, Holidays, New Years, SummerBy AngelaDecember 20, 2022zuppa inglese Italian trifle Zuppa Inglese literally translates to ‘English Soup’, but there is nothing soupy about this dessert and it’s not English! So why is it named so? No idea! Perhaps it refers to ‘layers’ of ‘flavour’ one would find in a soup! Nonetheless, there are ‘layers’ and there are ‘flavours’, and the only…
dark chocolate, cherry raspberry & almond semifreddoChristmas, Desserts, Frozen desserts, Holidays, SummerBy AngelaDecember 16, 2021semifreddo al cioccolato, ciliegia, lampone e mandorla dark chocolate, cherry, raspberry & almond semifreddo I was once envious of those who celebrated a White Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere; open fires, mulled wines, rightfully eating copious amounts to kill two birds with one stone – in celebration & to keep warm! Now, however, I am…
plum jamBaking & Pastry, Desserts, Jams, Curds & Preserves, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaDecember 2, 2021marmellata di prugne plum jam This jam is my childhood favourite! There are other mature flavoured jams I have come to adore as an adult, namely cumquat & quince, however, as a child, it was plum jam for me! Chunky cut slices of bread, toasted and plastered with thick creamy butter, then smeared over with…
cherry tartBaked Desserts, Christmas, Jams, Curds & Preserves, Pies & Tarts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 21, 2021crostata di ciliegie cherry tart Every year, just before Christmas, my mother-in-law delivers a 5kg box of summer cherries from the “cherry capital” of NSW – Young. It’s one of our favourite traditions leading into to the festive season! We eat cherries straight from the box for days; plump dark red cherries with firm sweet…
strawberry ice creamFrozen desserts, SummerBy AngelaJanuary 14, 2021gelato alla fragola stawberry ice cream I’m thrilled to say that this is the first summer (after many attempts) that I have been successfully able to grow my very own strawberries! Unfortunately not enough to make strawberry ice cream, but, alas, sufficient to savour the sweet marvel that is freshly grown & picked strawberries! The…
Semifreddo Ciliegia (cherry ripe semifreddo)Frozen dessertsBy AngelaFebruary 28, 2018Semifreddo Ciliegia cherry ripe icecream The Village Cooks is open: sharing the art of good food! And better late than never…..that Cherry Ripe Semifreddo recipe from…. you know, ages ago! Wow, what a year 2017 was! I made changes to my business name and structure; we spent majority of the year under construction, renovating our…
Honey Butter Nuts & Seeds SemifreddoFrozen dessertsBy AngeDecember 18, 2016Honey Butter Nuts & Seeds Semifreddo My absolute favourite summer & Christmas dessert is Semifreddo. It’s an Italian style semi-cold treat – its not gelato or ice cream, but more like a frozen mousse. It is a close chic cousin. It is made using only a few ingredients – mainly egg yolks, egg whites and pouring…
Semifreddo al Torrone CioccolatoChristmas, Frozen desserts, SummerBy AngeJanuary 9, 2015Semifreddo al Torrone Cioccolato Nougat and chocolate icecream Semifreddo translates to semi-frozen in Italian. It is an Italian frozen (ice-cream) dessert which doesn’t involve the use of an ice-cream machine. The flavours here are nougat (torrone) and chocolate (cioccolato). The first time I ever made semifreddo (as a teenager) I remember thinking – how easy is…
