Apple Financiers
Financiers are a small french tea cake. They are similar to madeleines, but smaller and more tender. They are usually rectangular, but they can be found in many shapes. They can be filled with any fruit which can be baked (such as blueberries, raspberries, apple, pear or mango). These financiers are filled with sautéed apple and baked in rose-shaped molds.
Casadielles
Casadielles are a typical dessert from Asturias, which is a region at the north-west of Spain. They are some sort of pasties with a sweet filling. The dough is usually puff pastry although when made at home, a simpler dough is used. The filling is normally made with walnuts but it can be made with any nut.
Pil-Pil Cod
Bacalao al pil-pil is a traditional recipe from the Basque Country or País Vasco, which is a region in the north of Spain. Bacalao is Spanish for cod and pil-pil is the name of the sauce you serve the cod with. In Spain it is common to find salt cod (which is salted and dried cod) as opposed to fresh one. The fish needs to be prepared two days in advance to eliminate all the salt in the flesh, before it is suitable to eat.
Daring Baker’s Challenge: Orange Tian
The 2010 March Daring Baker’s challenge was hosted by Jennifer of Chocolate Shavings. She chose Orange Tian as the challenge for this month, a dessert based on a recipe from Alain Ducasse’s Cooking School in Paris.
St. Patty’s Matcha Kasutera
This cake is a wonderful bright green color, which makes it great for celebrating Saint Patrick’s day. Matcha Kasutera is a Matcha tea japanese sponge cake. There are different types of kasutera, including honey and chocolate, and matcha tea kasutera is just one of the many variations. Kasutera is the japanese transcription of the word Castella. This term comes from the portuguese pão de Castela or bread from Castilla, which is a region in Spain (historically called reino de Castilla or kingdom of Castilla).
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