Lemon Tart Recipe

A classic, French-style lemon tart made with a buttery, flaky crust and creamy, dreamy lemon curd filling. Ingredients Crust fully baked tart crust Lemon Curd Filling 2 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks (or 3 whole eggs) ¾ cup (150 g/5.3 oz) granulated sugar 1 tablespoon lemon zest ½ cup (120 ml) freshly squeezed lemon … Read more

Bigne (Choux pastry)

You may have thought that the bigne was French, and you are wrong. The recipe is all Italian.? The recipe of choux dough was born during Florentine Renaissance court, it migrated to France in the middle of the 1500s because Caterina de’ Medici sent chefs to France for her wedding to Enrico II of Valois. … Read more

Cannolo

The Sicilian cannoli, together with the cassata, are the most well-known sweets in Sicilian cuisine. INGREDIENTS Cannoli Shells 220 g flour 00 1 cup 40 g lard or butter ~ 3 tbsp 30 g sugar 2 tbsp 1 egg 5 g cocoa powder 1 tbsp 25 g marsala wine ~ 1 fl oz 25 g … Read more

Sweet Christmas Fillo Shells

Sweet Christmas Fillo Shells- these little gems will end your Christmas meal elegantly and tastefully. The shells have the characteristic of being made of fillo dough with a concentrate of delicious creamy sweetness inside that looks very similar to pastry cream, but it differs from the lack of eggs and the addition of condensed milk. … Read more

The Best Sicilian Cake

2 Perfectly moist and delicious layers of sponge cake. INGREDIENTS 150 g pistachio grain 0.4 pounds Sponge Cake 5 medium eggs room temperature 130 g flour 00 4.6 oz 30 g potato starch 1.1 oz 150 g sugar ⅔ cup 1 grated lemon peel 1 scraped vanilla bean Ricotta Cream 1000 g ricotta ~ 5 … Read more

Genovesi Pastry-Sicilian Dessert from Erice

Genovesi Pastry-Sicilian Dessert from Erice- They are hill-shaped sweets made of a thin shortcrust pastry filled with custard and dusted with icing sugar. They are crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. INGREDIENTS Shortcrust Pastry 125 g flour 00 1 cup 125 g semolina flour 1 cup 100 g sugar 1/2 cup. 100 … Read more

Swedish Almond Tart

Almond paste topped with the sweetness and crunch of caramelized, glazed almond bits – Swedish Almond Tart simply delivers a luxurious taste of ALMOND in every bite! Ingredients ▢1 pc 8-inch pie/tart dough ▢Almond Paste (see below) ▢100 grams almonds, slivered/sliced ▢75 grams butter, unsalted ▢75 grams cream ▢50 grams sugar ▢50 grams golden syrup … Read more

Lemon Almond Cake

I was looking for a nice light spring dessert and this lemon almond cake is perfect! Lemons really scream spring to me and combining them with almonds in a cake like this is just beautiful. This is an almond based cake where half of the flour is replaced with almond flour/meal which helps keep the … Read more