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You wouldn't think that the Le Creuset Bread Cocotte is only for making bread, would you? It is a perfect oven for all kinds of doughs, apart from being able to use it for your grilled meats and fish whenever you want! And today I show you that you can make wonderful recipes with it with these Spiced Cinnamon Buns in a quick recipe that comes out delicious

Shall we make a vegetable tian like you haven't seen before? It is an aubergine, carrot and courgette tian, and what makes it special is its lengthwise presentation, which gives it an elegant and highly appetizing presence.

I am in love with the combination of the sweetness and softness of the pear with the flavor, intensity and saltiness of the gorgonzola cheese. It is a combination that I often have as an appetizer or snack to kill hunger: pear cut with bits of gorgonzola cheese. As is, delicious! But you can give this combination a more beautiful and rounded finish if you wrap it with Serrano ham and melt it in the oven. A marvel!

Caramelized or candied nuts are a delicious sweet, a sugary snack that you cannot escape after eating one. Today I tell you how to make delicious candied pecans at home! Sweet and crunchy, be warned that they are highly addictive, and to make them you only need a frying pan.

With very few ingredients we can make an exceptional dessert. These meringues with roasted strawberry sauce is a recipe as beautiful as it is sweet and delicious. I think we can agree that it can be the perfect recipe for your Valentine's Day, or to say "I want to make you happy", just by taking one of these meringue nests to our loved ones.

At Christmas we can enjoy a wide variety of sweets, in fact, it could be considered the sweetest time of the year just for that reason. But if there is a sweet star on these dates, it is, without a doubt, our beloved Roscón de Reyes.

The stew with balls from La Vega Baja del Segura is a traditional dish from our region. Like any other stew from Spain (Madrid, Lebaniego, escudella, Andalusian stew...), it is a comforting, familiar dish, and its recipe passes from generation to generation, never finding two that are the same, and even being the same area, we will always find nuances. However, that is the beauty of these traditional recipes inherited, do not you think?

Stewed sausages are a very popular dish, since sausages tend to be liked by both children and adults, and they are very tasty. Today we make the recipe for smoked sausage stew with beans, a dish that you can prepare both in the cold months and use to celebrate the night of San Juan.

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. We can find a very wide and varied assortment, so that it is totally impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I have a very sweet tooth.

Have you tried making stuffed vegetables? It's easy, it's colorful and elegant and a most practical and tasty option. This time of year is when we eat more stuffed vegetables at home. It is an elegant and different way of enjoying vegetables, you can look good if it is a holiday by having a light first course

A few days ago, we shared a post in which we told you how to prepare the icing for cookies. Christmas is here and it's time to put it into practice! Simple decorations for Christmas cookies, but defined and elegant. That is what we want to focus on in this post. I hope that the ideas for making Christmas cookies that I bring you today inspire you to prepare some of the most beautiful, homemade and original cookies.

Eggnog is what we call here eggnog or Christmas punch, a sweet drink made from eggs and milk, and spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, a good dose of ginger and cloves. It is a really special drink, which you have to try if you want to have an alternative drink to a good glass of chocolate to sweeten the afternoon or you want to offer your guests a drink to finish the meal and accompany some cookies. I have fallen in love with this punch!