Entries by Elena and Alfredo

Baked Apples in Puff Pastry Recipe




It’s always fun to bake fruits in crispy puff pastry. This unfailingly makes nice and yummy desserts. We baked apples stuffed with apricot jam. The taste was awesome! So we couldn’t wait to share this delicious recipe with you. Feel free to substitute apples with large plums, pears or peaches.







How to Pickle Artichokes




It is better to take small artichokes for pickling. Marinade recipe isn’t difficult at all. You can improvise and add some new ingredients as you like. You can pickle artichokes for storage or for one meal. These tasty flower buds would make a great side dish to meat or fish and enrich any meal.







Chicken Insides in Tomato Sauce Recipe




Chicken insides are very healthy as they are source of many nutrients such as folic acid, iron and full proteins. Low-calorie, they make a figure-friendly lunch or dinner. Chicken insides have a good taste, quick to cook and require almost no fuss in the kitchen.







How to Make Rabbit Liver Pate




Rabbit liver pate is considered a delicacy. As rabbit liver has a slightly sweet smack, it would go well with some gin in the pate. Somewhat bitter and juniper-flavored gin plays well with tender pate’s taste. You can serve rabbit liver pate in a variety of ways. Wrap it in ham or serve as a […]







Foods Which Make You Look Good




With age our skin becomes not as fresh and smooth as before. Dryness, flabbiness and bleak color are the main problems with skin which may get even worse over the years, if you don’t change your lifestyle. Besides that you have to stay healthy, get more fresh air, exercise and apply facial masks, it’s also […]







Pineapple Martini Drink Recipe




You can make a great variety of cocktails with flavorful, slightly bitter martini and different juices. There are a slew of recipes, so anyone will find something appealing. One of the greatest options is to blend dry martini with iced sweet pineapple juice. This cocktail has very smooth and balanced taste. It’s uplifting and full […]







Fruit and Wine Dessert Recipe




Fruits and wine are a must in your diet. They could any dinner or lunch remarkable. Sweet wine is relaxing, warming and spirit lifting. And if you pour the wine over fruits, you’ll get incredibly yummy dessert. Besides, this dessert is so healthy and amazingly low on calories.







Pasta with Shellfish and Shrimp Recipe




Today we post a gourmet seafood recipe where we use large shrimp and bivalve mollusks Tellina. These mollusks are also called Spisula or surf clam as they live in surf zones buried in the sea floor sand. The recipe also uses troccoli pasta. This is a hard wheat pasta that is not fattening.







How to Bake Cantucci, Hard Almond-Flavored Biscuits




Cantucci or cantuccini, porous hard almond-flavored biscuits that look more like crackers, were born in Florence, the capital of Tuscany region where it is customary to eat Cantucci dipping them in sweet wine. Or it is possible to say that these hard biscuits were specially invented for dipping in wine. Italian stores offer boxes of […]







Recipe for Anchovy and Olive Appetizer




This dish requires anchovy as large as to wrap an olive. Or any small fish is suitable. Also buy pitted olives, although those with pits usually taste better. Remove pits with a special device, which is also used for removing cherry pits. If you are a fan of spicy dishes, stuff olives with chilly red […]







Wine Extends Life Expectancy




Red grape wine undoubtfully tops the list of the healthiest foods on the Earth, as its complex of unique antioxidants is capable to slow down cell aging process throughout all the systems of our body. Every new day more health benefits of wine are discovered by scientists.







How to Cook Grilled Chicken Legs




Grilled chicken legs make a gourmet attraction, if marinated in white wine, lemon juice, bay leaf and onion. Excellent flavor is guaranteed! Crispy crusted on the outside and amazingly juicy inside, these grilled chicken legs are very easy and quick to cook and make a perfect lunch or dinner, especially if served with fresh vegetable […]







How to Make Mojito Cocktail




Last century’s invention of hot Havana, Cuba, Mojito Cocktail is one of today’s most popular cocktails all over the world. It contains mint, lime, rum and cane sugar, the splendor that is normally crowned by a soda water or iced mineral water. Splendid tasted and refreshing, Mojito is ideal for slaking thirst. This cocktail features […]







Lamb Fricassee Recipe




Suitable for spring time when the most tender, sweetest and freshest green pea appears, this recipe makes a very succulent and dainty dish of green peas and young lamb, also known as fricassee, the taste of which is perfectly emphasized by white wine. Besides this dish is rich in elements required for normal functioning of […]







Pink Dream Gin Cocktail Recipe




Holland-born, with tender velvet flavor and rich aroma gin is prepared from juniper berries which makes it ideal for cocktail mixes containing juices and liquors. Such gin cocktails are quite common as they are smooth to drink and warm up comfortably in spite of being originally rather straight and strong. Our cocktail recipe is based […]