Tag Archives: dessert

Panettone Bread Pudding With Grand Marnier

Every fall, supermarkets in the US start to get flooded with boxes of the sweet Italian currant bread called Panettone. My family loves to eat Panettone slices for breakfast - lightly toasted and then slathered with some good butter. So each year before the kids come home from college for the Thanksgiving break or Christmas break, I stock up...
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Raspberry Almond Cake with Sunflower Seeds

These days I have been trying to cut back on my sugar intake (on my doctor’s recommendation) but every now and then I desperately crave something sweet. It’s on days like this that I allow myself a tiny indulgence - a Raspberry Financier and a cup of espresso at Le Pain Quotidien. This Financier is tiny (two bites and...
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Pineapple Trifle

I haven’t made Jello in a long time. I guess, partly because my kids are all grown up and so no one at home is nagging me for it anymore and also because I prefer to make dishes from scratch now and avoid most packaged and pre-prepared foods. My son teases me and says stuff like “Mom, you’re a...
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Blueberry Cranberry Teacake

Even though it is the peak of winter where I live, the supermarkets here are flooded with all kinds of berries these days. I suppose the berry season in California and Florida is having a great year which is great for me because I love every kind of berry. I usually wash a whole box of berries and keep...
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Vanilla Panna Cotta with Mango Gelée

Now that all my friends completely associate me with nothing but food, I get gifts of exotic foods and ingredients. A good friend of mine went to Mauritius over the past Christmas break and brought me a packet of good quality Vanilla Beans. I have tried to find Vanilla beans in my area and the only place that sold...
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