Recipes
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Pineapple sorbet
I can’t find words to describe how spectacular it’s the taste of this sorbet, the cinnamon topping adds a unique flavor! I know! we are just in January and it’s cold, very cold, but over here we love ice cream, especially if it´s homemade. I made the recipe using an ice cream machine but you can do it without a machine. One of the most frequent problems when making sorbets, it’s that as soon as you freeze it, it becomes really hard like a solid brick of ice and loses the soft and smooth texture. I found a blog post “sorbet 101¨ at Zoe Bakes, in which she explains that the…
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Marinated cold beef
I have been craving this beef we usually ate at my mom’s house and it’s called carne fría “cold beef”, I haven’t been able to make it before because I wasn’t sure what type of beef I should use, the beef cuts in USA are really different from Latin America. After some research I found out I need to use Round Eye Beef. This recipe is really easy but must be prepared at least 8 hours before eating it. The longer you leave the beef marinating it will more tender and yummier. Cook the meat for about an hour in a pressure cooker with salt, pepper and garlic (follow instructions of the pressure cooker), if you do not…
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Chocolate Chip cookies
There are many versions and recipes for chocolate chip cookies, some are crispy others are softer, this recipe is the soft version but the taste is extremely addictive. On this occasion I made them for valentines day but you can adapt the decoration to any other occasion. 1 to 2 hours before starting the recipe, take out from the fridge the butter and 1 egg. Mix in a bowl 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons cornstarch, 1 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cream in a mixer 3/4 cup of butter with 3/4 cup of brown sugar and 1/4 cups of sugar. Remember it´s important that the butter is…
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Salted caramel apple pie
I have been craving apple pie for a couple of days, and for my luck this week nobody wanted to eat apples at home, so it was the perfect opportunity to bake my pie as desired. My husband really likes salted caramel, so I started searching for an apple pie recipe that included salted caramel, I found the perfect recipe! it´s not only one of my favorite stores but they also have super delicious recipes!!! Here I share the recipe from Williams-Sonoma [yumprint-recipe id=’8′]
