Claudia&Julia's Blog

It is an Easter tradition to make the Babka or Baba recipe, a fluffy rectangular braid or ring-shaped made from a fermented sweet dough so delicious that we are enjoying it all year round. In the babka recipe we bring today, we explain how to make a Chocolate Babka that is delicious and traditional, with a detailed step-by-step so you can make it confidently and have all your questions answered

We bring you a lemon and white chocolate cake that, with a butter frosting and a pretty white chocolate nest decoration, becomes a real beauty to bring to the table on Easter, or any day you want to make an anniversary cake.

Fritters are a very typical dessert in Spanish cuisine. I’m bringing you an easy recipe to make classic airy fritters and explaining how to prepare vanilla pastry cream and Chantilly or whipped cream fillings. I’ll also tell you how to make them puff up a lot and turn out very hollow. I encourage you to make them because they’re truly delicious. You’ll see your family appreciates that little bit of time in the kitchen. A luxurious dessert for very little money.

You don’t think the Le Creuset bread casserole is only for making bread, do you? It’s a perfect oven for all kinds of dough, and you can also use it for your roasted meats and fish whenever you like! And today I’m showing you that you can make wonderful recipes in it with these spiced cinnamon rolls in a quick recipe that turns out delicious

Shall we make a vegetable tian like you’ve never seen before? It’s an eggplant, carrot, and zucchini tian, and what makes it special is its lengthwise-cut presentation, which gives it an elegant and truly appetizing look.

I'm in love with the combination of the sweetness and softness of pear with the flavor, intensity, and saltiness of gorgonzola cheese. It's a combination I often have as an appetizer or snack to stave off hunger: pear sliced with little pieces of gorgonzola cheese. As is, delicious! But you can give that combination a prettier, more rounded finish if you wrap it in jamón serrano and melt it in the oven. Wonderful!

Garrapiñadas, or candied nuts, are a delicious treat — a sugary snack you can't resist once you've had one. Today I'll show you how to make delicious candied pecans at home! Sweet and super crunchy, fair warning: they're highly addictive, and to make them you'll only need a frying pan.

With very few ingredients we can make an exceptional dessert. These meringues with roasted strawberry sauce are a recipe as pretty as they are sweet and delicious. I think we can agree that it could be the perfect recipe for your Valentine's Day, or to say "I want to make you happy", simply by bringing 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 for that very reason. But if there is a star sweet at this time, it is, indisputably, our beloved Roscón de Reyes.

The cocido with meatballs from La Vega Baja del Segura is a traditional dish of our region. Like any other cocido in Spain (madrileño, lebaniego, escudella, puchero andaluz…), it is a comforting, family dish whose recipe is passed down from generation to generation, with no two ever the same, and even within the same area you will always find nuances. Nevertheless, that's the beauty of these inherited traditional recipes, don't you think?

Stewed sausages are an extremely handy dish, since sausages tend to be liked by both children and adults, and they turn out very flavorful. Today we make the recipe for smoked sausage stew with beans, a dish you can both prepare in the cold months and use to celebrate St. John's Eve.

One of the best times of the year for those with a sweet tooth is Christmas, without a doubt. You can find a very wide and varied assortment, so it's absolutely impossible not to feel satisfied. I include myself because I am very fond of sweets.