desert

Sourdough maple sticky buns

February 11, 2018 by Ariel 4 Comments

If you’re nursing a sourdough starter, there’s always this one day where you have too much of it and, before feeding it, you have to discard some. Since I don’t like thinking I’ve been “wasting” all this precious flour and water, this recipe is a delicious way to use your discarded starter.

There’s only one word to describe these… AMAZEBALLS. They are drenched in maple and brown sugar and the bread texture is soft and elastic. I really hope you’ll get a chance to try this recipe because it’s absolutely delicious and really easy to do.

Definitely one of those sweet treat worth cheating on your diet.

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Basil Tea Cookies (Gluten Free)

January 31, 2014 by Ariel 5 Comments

Just the perfect butter cookie texture with the delicious aroma and flavor of the basil. For everybody who had an over flow of fresh basil last summer and made my recipe for BASIL SUGAR, this is the recipe I told you so much about. These gluten free butter cookies are just out of this world and even Max who usually the type of guy who’s gonna go for the big double chocolate cookies with a ton of fat and calories beg for these ones…

Give them a try and you’ll see 😉

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Homemade Basil Sugar

September 9, 2013 by Ariel 6 Comments

OOhh my basil plants are happy with me this year. I think I have found THE perfect spot on the balcony to place them because they have been giving me fresh basil for the past few months like CRAZY! For the people who are following me on twitter, you know what I’m talking about. I was tweeting my harvests almost daily for a while and kept taking your suggestions on what I could do with all that amazing basil. One of my sweet followers had the great idea of suggesting me to do basil salt. I LOVED the concept but I wanted to do different. Often I like to use basil as a fun desert flavor ( don’t do a weird face, wait till you taste my strawberry/basil pie) so I thought, if we can make basil salt, we can for sure make basil sugar!

Using the same process as we would to create basil salt and like I’ve done for my “pesto” powder, I created this recipe for a fresh and flavorful basil sugar that you will be able to use in all sort of delicious ideas; cookies, tarts, pies, cakes, yogurt or just on top of fresh fruits… this aromatic sugar wont disappoint. Try it out, SERIOUSLY!

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Classic Potato Candy

June 22, 2013 by Ariel 5 Comments

…and it’s that time of the year again! 🙂 For many of you around the world, the long week end of the St-Jean Baptiste might be something you never heard of but here is Quebec, it’s a national holiday and it’s this week end! yoohoo! On June 24, everybody in the province of Quebec is going to take it easy and relax because they are going to be on vacation and hopefully remember why we celebrate this holiday. What will most probably be the reason of this relaxing mood, will be because the day before, they partied like CRAZY and they are super hung over LOL … That’s probably what I’m gonna be doing anyways 😛

To celebrate this long week end and our national holiday, I thought a classic Quebec recipe was in order… Now to be honest, I had problems choosing witch one I was going to share with you because there is a LOT of delicious and easy recipes that have been invented here (but again, I’m from Quebec so I’m sure everybody says the same thing from their roots).

…since it’s for a celebration, why not sharing a sweet candy recipe right?! Plus Max had never tasted potato candy before and I thought it was the perfect occasion to make him taste this easy and decadent desert or snack. If you have a sweet tooth, these are for you but watch out because the recipe I’m giving you is making 40+ candy!

The potato candy was first invented back at the beginning of the colonization in Quebec and like many other recipes of that era, they were made around 3 basic ingredients (potatoes, ground beef and carrots) because they were easy to found around that time. Good thing our gran-gran-gran-gran mothers had a lot of imagination because during the holiday, most people were too pore to buy candies for their kids so instead, they tried to make some with what they had around the kitchen and this is how the potato candy was born. Pretty sweet story right?

I remember my sister and I being so anxious while looking at my mom preparing these candy once in a while. It really was a special treat that we didn’t see often so it made them so special. Because of the insane amount of sugar content, it’s not something you want to be making every weeks but everybody needs a treat once in a while!

Hope you enjoy this classic Quebec recipe and don’t forget to visit the Quebec category on the side bar to check out other classic Quebec goodness 🙂 Bon appetit!

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Homemade Apple Sauce

January 13, 2013 by Ariel 4 Comments

When I first moved in to my own place, one of the activities I liked the most was to create recipes to fill up an adorable blank recipe book my mom offered me to celebrate the beginning of my independence If I remember right, apple sauce is the first thing I tried to make because even if I don’t dislike the store bought version, everything is always so much better when it’s homemade right? Too bad my family never shared with me any recipe for apple sauce but like you will see, it’s so easy that it almost doesn’t deserve to have a recipe. Everybody is adds their own touch in the end but the basic of the process is universal.

What’s fun about this apple sauce is that it can be use on pretty much everything! From meat to baked goods, the tangy taste of the apple and the spicy and delicate aroma of the cardamom are a great addition to main dishes and deserts. I have a few recipes up my sleeves where I am using this versatile apple sauce that I will be sharing them with you but till then, hope you enjoy this post that bring me back in my first closet size kitchen. 🙂 Ahhhh memories 🙂

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Soft and Chewy Pumpkin & Oatmeal cookies!

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 7 Comments

I’m on a pumpkin rampage, I bought some fresh pumpkins to make my own puree and some canned just because sometimes I can be lazy. My goal is to make as many recipes pumpkin flavored as possible. These cookies are amazing… I had to make 3 different batches before being able to take some photos because everybody just kept eating them before I had the time to take a single picture. If you like soft and chewy cookies that dip in milk perfectly, these are going to be your new favorite ones to celebrate pumpkin season.

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Pumpkin Fudge

October 5, 2012 by Ariel 6 Comments

Ahhh fudge… it’s something sooo tasty but you don’t want to make it too often because you will gain an extreme amount of weight… You can do like me and make a nice batch and give it all away to others will gain the weight hehe #evill 😛

If you never made fudge before (it was my first experience) the only details you need to remember is that it NEED to get to the right temperature during the boiling process and it takes more than a few hours to be the right texture. When I first tried to make it, after 5-6 hours looking at it (no kidding), it still had a very gooey texture more like a spread and I thought that I ruined it but only the next day that I realized that it was actually perfect. I just had to be more patient.. Witch I’m not really… I have to work on that lol

I hope you will enjoy this tasty fall sugar treat with your loved ones 🙂 I love pumpkin season 🙂

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Two Tones Swirl Earl Grey “Biscuits”

September 13, 2012 by Ariel 8 Comments

I’ve been debating the fact of calling them cookies or biscuits but after researching online, I think the final texture of these are closer the traditional biscuit compare to the cookies just because they are very soft and moist on the inside with a crunchy outside… Not too sweet, just the way I like it and perfect to go with a good tea or a glass of milk.

Since my Anastasia Bread, I really started enjoy cooking with delicious teas and I think I will keep going with my experimentations. Hope you will like these biscuits.

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Anastasia Bread…

August 31, 2012 by Ariel 5 Comments

My boyfriend bought me this book where some professional cook from Quebec are cooking great meals and deserts with the famous Kusmi teas. I am for myself a HUGE fan of all sort of tea (drinking tea is my almost my only way to drink water in a day) in general and I find the Kusmi tea incredible so I absolutely wanted to created my own Kusmi recipe 🙂 I hope you enjoy this quick and easy bread!

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Mini Banana & Walnuts Breads

August 28, 2012 by Ariel 4 Comments

It’s the end of August already and once we start September, we can officially said that fall is coming up and then the cold and dark season of winter.. boohooo…. But no need to get all depressive YET because the season of fall bring us a TON of tasty goodies and between you and me, it’s my favorite season.

To celebrate the end of the summer and the beginning of fall, I decided to be make 3 mini loaf of delicious banana bread with 2 of my favorite spices; cinnamon and nutmeg. I don’t know about you but I like to eat my bread warm with a bit of butter… I know it’s not the healthiest way but it’s so worth it!! Hope you enjoy this recipe and happy baking!

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