Recipe: Firnee (Cardamom & Rose Water Custard)
Serves 4 The bold flavors of Firnee will shock the western palette. Rose water and Cardamom dominate this delightfully creamy custard. Ingredients: 2 1/4 cup whole milk 1 cup sugar 4 Tbsp...
View ArticleRecipe: Llokume (Turkish Delight)
Makes approximately 50 pieces Llokume was popularized in Eastern Europe and North Africa during the Ottoman empire. This recipe makes enough Turkish Delight to share. Bring the confection to a...
View ArticleRecipe: Cream Roll (Brac de Gitano)
Serves 4-6 Brac de Gitano is a thin cake filled with apricot cream, rolled and then sliced. Andorrans enjoy this rich dessert with tea or coffee. Ingredients: Cake: 4 eggs, separated 1/2 cup sugar 1/2...
View ArticleRecipe: Cocada Angolana (Coconut Dessert)
Serves 4-5 Cocada Angolana is an intensely sweet dessert. Make sure to add plenty of cinnamon; the warm spice rounds out the flavor. Ingredients: 1 cup water 2 cups sugar 4 whole cloves 4 cups grated...
View ArticleRecipe: Crepes with Milk Fudge (Panqueques de Dulce de Leche)
Serves 4 Got a sweet tooth? Argentine crepes with dulce de leche will satisfy. The creamy carmel like filling makes this dessert date night material. Ingredients: For the crepes: 1 cup flour 1 cup milk...
View ArticleRecipe: Armenian Hazelnut Cake in Honey Syrup (Revani)
Serves 8 This dense cake has a muffin like texture. Depending on how coarse you grind the nuts, you can experience quite a bit of “crunch.” Serve chilled or room temperature with vanilla ice cream....
View ArticleMonday Meal Review: Azerbaijan
This is meal #11 in my personal challenge to eat one meal from every country in the world. “Hey, wait a minute!” Brian said. Startled, I looked from him, to his fiancée, to my husband. We were standing...
View ArticleRecipe: Vermicelli in Sweet Custard (Shemai Custard)
Serves 8-10 This sweet custard reminds me of rice pudding. The man who taught me all about how to make this dish told me that the mixture should neither pour off the spoon, nor stick too much to the...
View ArticleRecipe: Bajan Christmas Puddin’ (Pound Cake with Cherries)
Makes about one 10″ bundt cake or several smaller cakes Enjoy this lovely pound cake cold with hot tea or a tall glass of milk. We loved the addition of maraschino cherries and wished we would have...
View ArticleRecipe: Strawberry Kisiel (Thick Strawberry Puree)
Makes about 1 1/2 quarts Strawberry Kisiel is easy to make and very tasty. The sweet dessert remains light and refreshing. Unless, of course, you serve it over a bowl of vanilla ice cream… which I...
View ArticleRecipe: Baby Bananas in Orange Sauce
Serves 2 Bananas in orange sauce is a fresh, summery way to use bananas as a dessert topping. When we made the Baked Brown Sugar Bananas for Antigua and Barbuda (made with brown sugar, rum and butter)...
View ArticleTechnique Thursday: Recipe & 5 Tips for a Great Fruit Salad
The crimes of fruit salad are many: not ripe, over ripe, tart, bitter, warm, rotten … Because of these transgressions fruit salad has become the “Fruit Cake” of summer barbecues – a popular dish that...
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