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Summer is behind us, but there are still days when we feel like having cold desserts. I already have my bundt moulds ready to bake hard this autumn, but I am also using them for other preparations, such as today's: a pannacotta, which is a dessert with a texture similar to flan, very silky and really delicious. There are different versions of pannacotta: from the simplest, with vanilla, to more sophisticated ones.

Let's see, you catch me red-handed: Who's up for a pizza for dinner? I already imagined that you were all going to sign up! I think I don't know anyone who doesn't like pizza, and if there is, it's because they haven't tried this pizza with figs, ham and arugula. A combination of 10! And with homemade dough, of course.

With these temperatures you have to take a lot of courage (or have a thermometer-proof confectioner's will) to face an oven on. Even so, in order not to discourage those who are reluctant to deprive themselves of a succulent dessert despite the summer heat, today I bring you this S'mores Cake, a recipe that does not require an oven, but that will hardly find a rival among those that do.

Do you like Nutella? And the oatmeal cookies? Both things excite me and if we put them together I get the perfect dessert. Also now that we are in summer, the best dessert is in the form of ice cream. Do you not agree with me?

So today I propose a good homemade Nutella ice cream served on a glass of homemade oatmeal and coconut cookies. How have you been?

You will forgive me, I know that nowadays there are plenty of wonderful frozen desserts to beat the heat. An immense range of flavours, textures, colours... But I am a romantic and, despite enjoying everything new and novel, I cannot do without the sweets of a lifetime. That is why this summer we cannot stop making this Frozen Whiskey Cake and dust off good childhood memories.

Few things are more refreshing when the heat is on than a granita, and if it's homemade and lemon, I won't even tell you. To start and not stop!
Sorbets and granitas differ from ice creams, in general, in that they do not contain dairy (or eggs in the case of cream ice creams), so they are much less greasy and tend to produce a more icy sensation. But for that very reason they are perfect for the heat.

I love aromatics; I use them for almost everything in the kitchen. Some, like basil, I don't get all year round, others, in exchange, are always available in a pot... like rosemary.

In general, the aromatic ones are usually sold in trays that carry more quantity than we are going to need. Many times, as happens with parsley bouquets, the herbs end up spoiling inside the refrigerator.

We bring you a recipe for layered bread, but in order to make it to your liking, this time we will give you homework: you will have to think about which flavors are your favorites in order to round off the finish. Do you dare to try?

Globalization has brought us delicious dishes from distant lands, including all the pasta consumed in Japan, like these homemade soba noodles that we can prepare with the KitchenAid robot's pasta accessory and that we put in an orientalizing vegetable broth. Yum.

I admit that I am a person with a sweet tooth, and that desserts are my weakness. I like them all, come on! But even so, I have my favorites and one of the ones I like the most are the fruit tarts, especially the Tatin tart, starting with the traditional apple tart and ending with the one that I bring you today, the delicious pineapple tart Tatin.

You know that I really like sharing recipes from different parts of the world with you, it's something that drives me crazy. I think there is nothing better than getting to know a place through its gastronomy and traditions. When we travel, I would dare to say that I almost feel like going to markets, restaurants, shops, pastry shops... than visiting the place itself! LOL. It's something I really enjoy. Today we are not going very far, I want to share with you how to make and enjoy an incredible Mallorcan potato coca.

Coca de forner or baker is a flat and elongated bread very typical in Catalonia that was originally prepared with unenriched bread dough, painted with olive oil, garnished with pine nuts and sugar on top and sprinkled with anise when it came out. from the oven. Simple and very effective.