Claudia&Julia's Blog

The French brand De Buyer has released some ideal Sets both for gifting and surprising and for equipping yourself with a few essentials. There is, for example, the Set Brunch Time -perfect for treating yourself- or the Set Steak Lovers, for lovers of natural cooking and including a few timeless basics. In the same vein, it has released the Set HomeMadeBread ("homemade bread"), which includes a basic and essential Set, perfect for getting started in the world of bread.

There's nothing like waking up to the smell of freshly made waffles. Making waffles is like making pancakes, you never make enough and if on top of that they are a different flavor then it's one of the best ways to start the day, although I'll tell you that at home they're liked just as much in the morning as in the afternoon.

This type of bread closely resembles cristal bread. It is a slightly flattened bread, with a very thin, crispy crust and a very light, airy crumb. Without a doubt the perfect option to use as a side or to enjoy as the base of a coca. For example using the same ingredients we use to make the Coca de Recapte.

We leave summer behind but there are still days when you feel like having cold desserts. I already have my Bundt pans ready to bake a lot this autumn but I’m also using them for other preparations like today’s: a panna cotta, which is a dessert with a texture similar to flan, very silky and truly delicious. There are different versions of panna cotta: from the simplest, with vanilla, to more sophisticated ones.

Okay, you caught me in the act: who wants to share a pizza for dinner? I knew you’d all say yes! I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t like pizza, and if there is someone, it’s because they haven’t tried this fig, ham and arugula pizza. A perfect combination! And with homemade dough, of course.

With these temperatures you need a lot of nerve (or a pastry-baker's willpower that ignores thermometers) to face a hot oven. Even so, so as not to discourage those who refuse to give up a sumptuous dessert despite the summer heat, today I bring you this S'mores Cake, a recipe that doesn't require an oven, yet will hardly find a rival among those that do.

Do you like Nutella? And oatmeal cookies? I love both, and if we combine them I get the perfect dessert. Besides, now that it's summer, the best dessert takes the form of ice cream. Don't you agree with me?

So today I suggest a good homemade Nutella ice cream served in a homemade oatmeal and coconut cookie cup. How do you feel about that?

Please forgive me, I know there are countless wonderful frozen desserts today to beat the heat. A huge range of flavors, textures, colors... But I'm a romantic and, despite really enjoying all things new and novel, I can't do without the timeless sweets. That's why this summer we can't stop making this Whisky Ice Cream Cake and dusting off fond childhood memories.

Few things are more refreshing when the heat hits than a granita, and if it’s homemade and lemon, even better. The perfect way to start and keep going!
Sorbets and granitas differ from ice cream, in general, in that they contain no dairy (nor egg in the case of custard-style ice creams), so they are much less creamy and tend to produce a icier sensation. But for that very reason they’re perfect for hot weather.

I love herbs; I use them for almost everything in the kitchen. Some, like basil, I can't get year-round, while others I always have available in a pot… like rosemary.

In general, herbs are usually sold in trays that contain more than we'll need. Many times, just as happens with bunches of parsley, the herbs end up spoiling inside the refrigerator.

We bring a layered bread recipe, but to make it to your liking this time we give you homework: you'll have to think about which flavors are your favorites to round off the finish. Are you up for trying it?

Globalization has brought us delicious dishes from faraway lands, including all the pasta eaten in Japan, like these homemade soba noodles we can make with the KitchenAid mixer’s pasta attachment and tuck into an oriental-leaning vegetable broth. Yum.