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Can you imagine enjoying the timeless flavor of crema catalana in a homemade, refreshing ice cream? With the Ninja ice cream maker it's super easy. This crema catalana ice cream blends the smooth, rich texture of crema catalana with the freshness of ice cream, creating an incredible dessert that will delight the whole family.

Today I bring you a "battle" recipe — simple, effective and, best of all, very quick to prepare. A chicken and vegetable rice in a pressure cooker that will make you lick your fingers. It's a dish you'll have ready in no time and that you can cook any day of the week to impress at home. Once you've sautéed the ingredients and covered the pot, you have a little over 5 minutes to set the table before serving the rice.

Making natural pineapple juice at home is super quick and easy — it takes you 10 minutes. Plus, you can be sure it contains no added sugars. It's funny how we tend to buy bottled pineapple juice, despite how easy it is to make at home, how delicious and filling the natural version is, and that natural pineapple juice is a favorite of both children and adults.

Tiger nut horchata is one of the favorite plant milks of many (it’s certainly mine!), and you’ll be happy to know that homemade horchata is a milk with endless, highly valued nutritional properties, but often what holds us back from enjoying it is the sugar that has traditionally been added. But that’s going to change today, with this super delicious homemade sugar-free horchata recipe!

Although the good weather is starting to show, there are hot dishes that are great all year round. This is the case of the delicious cauliflower puttanesca with eggplants. Besides being a very nutritious recipe, I assure you it's finger-licking good. Or you won't stop dipping bread!

Today I bring you a savory tart that's all color and flavor. If the Caprese salad dressed up for a party, it would be very similar to this cherry tomato and burrata tart. With its colorful, aromatic and tasty filling, it's a recipe that feels very summery to me and is perfect for eating at home or sharing on an outdoor picnic.

Since I first tried a strawberry and chocolate cake, it became one of my favorites. And you can't imagine how delicious this recipe is! The juiciness the cake takes on, along with the flavor of the roasted strawberries, makes every bite taste heavenly.

Get ready, because today I bring you one of those recipes I love, where to achieve a wonderful result you hardly have to complicate things in the kitchen. You'll see that when you try this little casserole of eggs with prawns, white wine and saffron, you'll make it over and over again.

Hearing the word "mortar" used to instantly make me think of that heavy ceramic bowl painted in yellow and green tones that my mother always had at home, with its gorgeous traditional wooden pestle. It’s curious how that view of the mortar as a traditional or old-fashioned utensil is completely outdated, because the mortar has, fortunately, become a staple of the modern kitchen.

The Chicken Karahi recipe is traditional in Pakistani cuisine, and today we'll cook it in the Le Creuset Balti Dish, a utensil that is essential in my kitchen and that I believe captures the essence of this age-old dish, full of flavor and about which I'm eager to tell you several things I hope will spark your interest in trying it, because its marinade is easy to make and results in a dish with exquisite tones.

Semlor, or semla (singular), are one of the most traditional pastries of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Estonia. They consist of a cardamom bun filled with almond paste and whipped cream. In my case, I chose whipped cream and mascarpone, because to my taste, besides having a better texture and body, they are much richer.

The Swedish buns, known as 'Kanelbullar' (kanelbulle, singular), have become a culinary treasure of Swedish tradition. These buns, intricately twisted, imperfect and individual, capture the warm essence of cardamom from southern India. Cinnamon and cardamom are the most popular fillings, topped with Swedish pearl sugar on the cinnamon ones and a touch of sugar with cardamom on the cardamom ones. I encourage you to try them because they are delicious!