Archive for December 16th, 2006

Prunes with lard

Posted by Michael on December 16th, 2006

This is a great dish to make as a quick appetizer or as fingerfood for a party. It’s so simple that you don’t really need a recipe for it. Still, for the sake of completeness, here it is:
You need:
2 packets of dried prunes
2 pack of lard slices (the type you’d use for scrambled eggs)
toothpicks
Preparation:
Cut the [...]

Crème Brulée

Posted by Michael on December 16th, 2006

Ah … what better way to finish off a nice, rich meal than with this typical French sweet. Of course, it is the identical dish as Crema Catalana, a typical Spanish sweet. I’ve even heard rumours that the English kitchen knows of a pudding called “burnt cream”, which, I strongly presume, is much the same [...]