The loved ones – Red Currant Mazarin Tart

August 14, 2015 by nadel&gabel

When you would ask me about my favourite summer cake, my answer would always be the same: A “Träubleskucha” (red currant cake) the way my grandma always made it and how it is still made in our family. Red currants always bring childhood memories with them. I remember the garden of my parents that produced such masses of red currants throughout the summer season that we were busy to handle all of them – besides all the other fruits and […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, summer, vegetarian • Tags: almond, berries, cake, cookie & dessert, cream, crust, fresh, marzipan, Mazarintårta, recipe, red currant, scandinavian, shortbread, sour, summer, sweden, swedish, sweet, tart, tartlet

Sweet prospects – Pasteis de nata

May 28, 2015 by nadel&gabel

Imagine a small bar/café, a cup of coffee (good coffee!) and a small piece of sweet pastry in front of you, combine this with a stunning view on the surrounding landscape (at least one of the following: sea, river, mountain, old town) – and you have it: my quintessence of holiday, my pictured wanderlust! As we are planning our summer holiday in Portugal at the moment, these memories – and prospects! – come to my mind and with them memories […]

Categories: cake, cookie & dessert, In the kitchen, snacks & small dishes, vegetarian • Tags: belem, bica, cinnamon, coffee, cream, custard, nata, pasteis, pastel, pastry, Portugal, portuguese, puff, recipe, sweet, tartlet