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Showing posts with label jam. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 9, 2015

How to do Crepes and Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam

Hello everyone!

Today's recipe is one of the first things I ever learned to do in a kitchen. I must have been around 11 years old, spending my summer at the Mediterranean coast with my parents, uncles and cousin. It was my cousin Núria, actually, who taught us how to do crepes. I remember being very excited about it, too. I was completely blown away when she just flipped the crepe in the air, with a skilled flick of her wrist. We would melt some chocolate and everyone would fill their own, topping them with some whipped cream or simply with some jam.



Doing crepes at home is easier than you may think. You can even do them without a specific pan, it is enough if it is a nonstick pan. The ingredients are so simple that you probably have them in your kitchen right now.




This crepes are filled with delicious greek yogurt and some homemade rhubarb and strawberry jam. It will be a very fresh and healthy dessert (or breakfast, or mid-afternoon snack!). Both recipes are under the following cut so, keep reading!


Sunday, November 2, 2014

DIY: Blackberry Jam and Syrup

Hello everyone!

If the last two recipes are any indication, you will know that I have been in possession of a good amount of blackberries lately. The main culprit is my sister's dog, Curro, who happens to be an excellent blackberry hunter! Just look at him! He even chooses the ripest ones!


We only had a small container but it was enough for at least 4 cakes and then some. But, of course, the blackberries would have ended going bad if I kept waiting for another recipe to inspire me. 

 
Of course, jam was the answer. But not any recipe. I looked for ideas in Pinterest and found this Blackberry Simple Syrup by Living better together. I did not, however, follow her recipe completely, and I ended up not only with syrup but also with a small jar of jam.


I used this jam in my last cake, Chocolate and Blackberry Cake, as a filling. It gives a touch of bitterness to the sweet flavour of chocolate and cream cheese frosting.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Chocolate and Blackberry Cake

Hello everyone!

Today's recipe is three layer chocolate cake, with homemade blackberry jam and cream cheese frosting.




Although it demands a little bit of time, the recipe is not that hard, actually, and the results are really pretty.



Blackberries and chocolate are always a good combination, right?




And here comes the recipe!



Thursday, August 21, 2014

Plum and Lavender Jam + "Tapa"

Hello everyone!

Last Saturday I found myself in possession of various kilograms of "Greengage" plums. As it turns out, a branch of one of the trees in our orchard fell down and we found ourselves with two big crates of plums that weren't ripe enough to eat.



They ended up divided among all my family and my mum, my grandma and I made jam with them, everyone by herself. Today's recipe is similar to how they use to do it, with a twist.



I investigated a little bit in Pinterest and, although they did not usually use this particular type of plum, there were a lot of recipes with golden and purple plums. Some of those were spiced with some kind of herb. So taking tips from different sites and with my mum's base recipe, here it comes: