Here is my latest favourite recipe: pistachio friands with berries. This is a GLUTEN-FREE recipe!
Saturday, 14 December 2013
Pistachio and berries friands (GF) - Financiers a la pistache et aux fruits rouges (GF)
I love making (and eating) friands! There are quick to make and very convenient to use unused white eggs after you made a custard or ice cream. Plus, it's very fancy: tiny, yummy, pretty and French! So easy to wow your guests with friands! At last but not least, there are super easy to turn into a gluten-free sweet treat!
Here is my latest favourite recipe: pistachio friands with berries. This is a GLUTEN-FREE recipe!
Here is my latest favourite recipe: pistachio friands with berries. This is a GLUTEN-FREE recipe!
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Gingerbread biscuits - An Alsatian tradition for Saint Nicolas
All right, I am late about that post...
Every year on the 6th of December, since I am a child, I enjoy this family tradition. Saint Nicolas, protectors of children, visit houses and reward well behaved girls and boys. It is cold and dark (in France). We - the children - are all excited about his coming but also a bit anxious that we may receive the visit of the Pere Fouettard - a nasty, scary, smelly guy who correct naughty children and may eventually take them in his bag. So this night, we would stay with our family sharing treats in a very special atmosphere: hot chocolate, ginger bread (i.e., pain d'epices in French), mandarin, walnuts and other treats. The little man, called Mannele in Alsatian, are made of brioche (a sort of a sweet bread) - these are also part of the tradition; I will write another post with this recipe - in the meantime, you could use my recipe for soft milk buns - here.
This is the recipe of a tasty-licious ginger bread that is originally coated in chocolate or cover with royal icing, on the top of what we put a picture of the majestic Saint Nicolas (see the picture). In order to involve No. 1, this year, we also used a ginger man cookie cutter. We made them for his daycare Christmas family party and especially for Santa.
At least, you can't say that you have not got time to practice this easy recipe for next year Saint Nicolas.
Every year on the 6th of December, since I am a child, I enjoy this family tradition. Saint Nicolas, protectors of children, visit houses and reward well behaved girls and boys. It is cold and dark (in France). We - the children - are all excited about his coming but also a bit anxious that we may receive the visit of the Pere Fouettard - a nasty, scary, smelly guy who correct naughty children and may eventually take them in his bag. So this night, we would stay with our family sharing treats in a very special atmosphere: hot chocolate, ginger bread (i.e., pain d'epices in French), mandarin, walnuts and other treats. The little man, called Mannele in Alsatian, are made of brioche (a sort of a sweet bread) - these are also part of the tradition; I will write another post with this recipe - in the meantime, you could use my recipe for soft milk buns - here.
This is the recipe of a tasty-licious ginger bread that is originally coated in chocolate or cover with royal icing, on the top of what we put a picture of the majestic Saint Nicolas (see the picture). In order to involve No. 1, this year, we also used a ginger man cookie cutter. We made them for his daycare Christmas family party and especially for Santa.
At least, you can't say that you have not got time to practice this easy recipe for next year Saint Nicolas.
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