My mom’s rice pudding

Valentina is hosting an event for blogs in Portuguese called “My Favorite Dish”. We are supposed to cook and post our favorite food as kids - savory or sweet.This is the recipe I chose to participate.My mom used to make this sort of rice pudding – it was more liquid and I would eat it hot, sprinkled with tons of cinnamon, to keep warm in cold days.The thing is I loved this rice pudding so much

Hay, Hay, it's Donna Day: Guava soufflé with catupiry sauce

I’ve always wanted to take part in foodblog events – 2 months after starting the English version of my blog, I decided to do so.Tami of Running with Tweezers is hosting “Hay, hay, it’s Donna Day” this time – she was very kind and quickly answered the email I sent her, full of questions and doubts.I decided to use a very Brazilian recipe - Guava soufflé with catupiry sauce.Catupiry is a popular

World Peace Cookies

Jenjen made them. Deb made them too. So did Anita.“There must be something about these cookies…” I thought. Something really good to cause such a commotion.The only way to find that out was to bake them – and here you are, ladies and gentlemen: one of the most delicious cookies I have ever eaten, certainly the most delicious I have ever baked.My cookies turned out great but they tended to be a

Striploin with golden new potatoes, rosemary and tomatoes

An important Brazilian magazine launched a special edition with chefs’ profiles and recipes – Joao bought it for me.I made a recipe from the magazine right after I got it but it didn’t work out – there was something wrong with the amount of flour. I’ll try it again some time.I was flipping through the magazine the other day, determined to try a new recipe, when I saw this beautiful piece of beef

Hearts of palm risotto

My dear friend came to Brazil last month and we had lunch together – it was wonderful!We ended up ordering the same dish and just noticed that when the waiter brought our food. :DIt was a heart of palm and snow pea risotto. It was delicious and I tried to recreate a similar recipe at home.I chose not to use the snow peas and focused on the heart of palm – I cook with it often and have posted one

Tenderloin medallions with carrot “farofa”

It’s amazing how many people I’ve been in contact with since I discovered the delicious (yep, pun intended) foodblog world – and then started my own blog.People who share the passion for food I have, people who understand the excitement of trying a new recipe, of cooking for family and friends, of tasting new ingredients for the first time.One of these people is Terry, from Blue Kitchen – a blog

Parmesan chicken

I printed this recipe the minute my dear friend Valentina posted it - but it took me a good 4 months to make it. I shouldn’t have waited that long – this dish is delicious!I love to try new chicken recipes and this one won my heart when I saw it called for Parmesan cheese.The crust is very crunchy and I like the idea of baking instead of deep-frying.Valentina doesn’t mention how she seasoned the

Chocolate truffle cake

This is the third – and last – dessert from the Christmas series. I must confess it’s my favorite...

It was a pretty chocolate-y Christmas, as you can see. :D

Chocolate truffle cake
from Modern Classics Book 2

Cake:
68g all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
75g caster sugar
4 eggs
80g butter, melted

Truffle filling:
450g dark couverture chocolate – I used semisweet Callebaut that’s

Bûche de Noël

I had decided not to post this recipe because of its horrendous presentation – but this cake is so good that I thought I should share it with you.

It’s a very traditional recipe and maybe you already have your favorite version for it. I liked the cake a lot and I have thought about making it again as a jelly roll – Joao (my husband) loves jelly rolls.

I’ll make a dulce de leche roll as well – I

Ebony & Ivory "Pavê"

We spent Christmas' Eve at my sister-in-law's and I was in charge of making dessert. With this "excuse" I was able to prepare something I was missing so much, because of the stupid diet I'm on. I got wild and made 3 different desserts. And yes, my dear, I made Donna Hay's truffle cake, too. :DThe pictures are awful because we arrived there very late (it was 11:40pm), there was no room for the

Pizza

Last week I invited my father and my brother over for dinner. The menu was... homemade pizza!

I got the recipe from Dough: Simple Contemporary Breads - which is one of my favorite cookbooks. The photos are beautiful and I felt like running to the kitchen to prepare ALL the recipes the minute I started flipping through the book. There's a DVD included, which shows Richard Bertinet's way of