Claudia&Julia's Blog
Dates with Walnuts
I've got two date recipes for you that are as beautiful as they are surprising. One is a very elegant appetizer that will make you look fabulous when you present it at the Sunday table. The second is a dessert or snack to finish the meal, where you aim for a gentle combination of flavors and play with textures.
Salmon Wellington with pâté and creamed spinach
We bring you the showstopper recipe of the holidays, beef Wellington, but in a different and utterly exquisite fish version: salmon Wellington. Salmon stuffed and wrapped in filo pastry is a recipe as delicious as it is elegant. You may have heard of this dish as "Salmón en croûte" (salmon in crust), a salmon wrapped in filo or puff pastry.
Peanut Butter Cookies
If you're a fan of peanut flavor and Christmas cookies, you'll love this peanut butter cookie recipe (or, in other words, the popular Peanut Butter Cookies).
How to Make Almond and Hazelnut Praline
Perfect ingredient to elevate your desserts and sweets, and a delicious temptation—even to enjoy by the spoonful—this homemade almond and hazelnut praline will make your mouth water as soon as you try it.
Vienna baguettes with chocolate chips
Vienna bread turned into a baguette and piled high with chocolate chips — can anyone resist this delight?
Vienna bread is reminiscent of brioche: tender and rather sweet. Its preparation includes milk, butter and eggs, and it’s a dough that can easily remind you of brioche.
Vienna bread is reminiscent of brioche: tender and rather sweet. Its preparation includes milk, butter and eggs, and it’s a dough that can easily remind you of brioche.
Smooth pumpkin cream (Pumpkin soup, by Philippe Laruelle)
Pumpkin is one of autumn’s star ingredients, and also the base of a basic, indispensable cream to warm you up during the cold months of the year. Today, this recipe for smooth pumpkin cream (or pumpkin soup) is here to become a wardrobe staple for everyone who hasn’t enjoyed it yet. For the more culinary-minded, you’ll like to know that it’s a recipe from French chef Philippe Laruelle.
Viennese cookies or Spritz
Surely you've wondered what the perfect recipe is to get those butter cookies from the popular blue tin. Yes, I'm talking about those popular tea biscuits: today we bring you the recipe to make those delicious butter cookies at home.
Salmon Moqueca
Those of you who love bold, daring, and distinctive flavors, close your eyes and travel with me to Brazil to enjoy this wonderful Salmon Moqueca.
One of the fish stews that, if you haven't tried it yet, I recommend you do as soon as possible.
One of the fish stews that, if you haven't tried it yet, I recommend you do as soon as possible.
Roasted Carrots with Honey and Crispy Ham
Super quick to make and with a special touch, these honey-roasted carrots with crispy ham are a perfect appetizer or a side for any meat or fish dish. Paired with a bit of rice, they also turn into a very special and complete first course. Personally, I love having them with couscous, and as a side for fish dishes on the griddle or baked.
Steamed mussels with garlic and parsley
If there's a perfect recipe for a quick dinner, one of those when you barely have time to cook, it's steamed mussels with garlic and parsley. It comes together in a few minutes and the result is very tasty. Also, it's a food with many health benefits. They're fantastic!
How to Write on or Decorate Cookies and Cakes Clearly
Whether it's to decorate some cookies or write a nice message on a cake, sometimes we wonder if we'll be able to write, decorate, or draw clearly on our homemade baked goods and achieve a neat line and a pretty finish.
White Chocolate Delights with Almonds
Often the simplest is the most striking. This white chocolate bites with almonds recipe is a clear example of that. It's so easy to make that I'm not sure we should call it a recipe as such, but I assure you these little bites will make you a hit wherever you take them.
