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A clafoutis is a typical French cake, which is prepared with a liquid dough based on eggs, flour, milk, butter and sugar. The most traditional clafoutis is the cherry clafoutis, which was baked with the cherries whole and pitted. But you can make a clafoutis from any fruit! I personally adore strawberry clafoutis (we have it on the blog, here), and today we give the recipe a twist by making a base of clafoutis with cocoa -the flavor of the chocolate combines perfectly with the pear, with which we will crown this today's clafoutis.

If there is any dessert that is the most fluffy and soft, it is this lemon pudding cake that we bring you today. We bring it in an individual version, presented in the Le Creuset mini cocottes that we like so much, both to present at the table and to bake, because the truth is that there are some luxury biscuits left!

I love making sweet preparations, whether they are cakes, desserts,... I like any of them, with fruit, with cream, with or without dough. But above all I like that they are not excessively sweet, that is, that you cannot enjoy all their nuances because the excess sugar covers them.

Related to the family of flans and puddings , Calatrava bread may be one of the easiest recipes to prepare and at the same time most appreciated. Its basic ingredients could not be more: milk, eggs and sugar, to which is added a part of pastries or bread (hence its name) as the main characteristic. Come on, a classic egg flan only with a prize. Doesn't look bad at all, does it?

I've always found it great to find a way to use leftovers and not waste anything in the kitchen. This coconut pudding recipe is just that, a recipe for using stale bread. The bread, buns or even croissants that you have left over from a party and that you do not want to waste.

When Claudia suggested that I prepare a recipe with the Ilsa flan trays, I immediately replied that I wanted to make my tocinillos de cielo. They are such an exquisite and delicate snack that I wanted to show you how to make them at home. And it is that, whenever I serve them in a meeting, they triumph.

Back in World War II, two Canadian officers were staying at a hotel in the northeast of England, where they gave a recipe for a pudding to the owner of the hotel; and it makes sense what they tell us that its origin is not English but Canadian, since the dough is more similar to that of an American muffin than to that of a delicate English sponge cake. I'm talking about the delicious sticky toffee pudding.

You will not think that the pressure cooker is designed to steam vegetables only, right? Because very far from it, the pressure cooker allows you to make meats that are tender and wonderful in record time, it allows you to make stews with a fabulous amalgamation of flavors, you can make the healthiest steamed fish, you can make delicious biscuits ( yes, in a steamer pot some great biscuits come out!) and you can also make delicious flans like the one we bring you today, the coconut flan recipe. Among many other things, of course.

The origin of flan dates back to the Romans, where it was prepared in both a sweet and savory version. The sweet version was much sweeter than the one we know, since it was sweetened with honey. Initially pepper was added, yes, pepper as you hear it, until the pepper was replaced by the current caramel.

Despite the bad reputation that British cuisine has, it is undeniable that pastries are tremendously rich and varied. Years ago, during my time as an English student, I discovered her and fell at her feet ipso facto, but it was not until I adopted a British family as a policy that my eyes were opened to homemade sweets. They are another world.

The prospect of a good homemade cheesecake is always synonymous with parties and celebrations at home, a favorite in practically any of its formats and varieties. And to the greater satisfaction of the staff (this one who writes included), the latest and happy discovery has been the acclaimed Japanese cheesecake , cotton cheesecake (in English) or Japanese soufflé (as it is known precisely in Japan).

Carmen, author of Tia Alia , is back to bring us a lemon and meringue pudding that is the richest and easiest to prepare. Any excuse will be a good one to prepare this delicious dessert!