Claudia&Julia's Blog

Making cookies at home is a great pleasure, and they're really easy to make! The recipe Virginia (from Sweet&Sour) shares today — chocolate and hazelnut cookies with a touch of orange — is a guaranteed success. Go for it!

Chicken "en pepitoria" is a recipe you're sure to really enjoy at home. Pepitoria consists of cooking the meat enriched with hard‑boiled egg yolk and ground almonds. This combination is especially delicious when you also bathe the chicken with a bit of stock and wine and let it simmer away. It's a very easy recipe to follow, brought to us by Carmen (Yerbabuena en la cocina) just as her family tradition taught her. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day is very close and if there's something beautiful about this day it's the chance to share. What could be more romantic than sharing a moment of peace, good conversation, tender glances, and delicious food? That's why we bring you some ideas to make this day special, free of too much work (we want to enjoy it, not be locked in the kitchen!) and full of rich flavors. Happy Valentine's Day!

If there’s a perfect day to make a sweet recipe, it’s Valentine’s Day: sharing a delicious dessert is as romantic as it gets! Since it’s a day to enjoy, not to be stuck in the kitchen, the recipe Lola brings us (from the blog Loleta) is as easy and quick to prepare as it is appealing: strawberry clafoutis recipe — you’ll love it!

What a delicious bundt cake Leti from Revelando Sabores brings us today! This is a traditional orange sponge cake recipe that she prepares in the beautiful Kugelhopf pan from Nordic Ware. It will surely be a hit at home — there’s a reason the classics never die!

The recipe Miriam brings us (El invitado de invierno) is one of those we love: a very traditional pâté de campagne that you'll thoroughly enjoy simply accompanied by good bread. Enjoy your meal!

Luisa Morón (Cocinando con mi Carmela) brings us a classic you'll love for its simplicity and yet intense flavor. This is a pork curry recipe (which you can also make with beef), a great option both for everyday meals and for more festive occasions.

French tradition says that on February 2nd crêpes should be prepared. They can be sweet or savory, but when making them the crêpes must be flipped with one hand while two coins are held in the other. Those two coins are wrapped in the crêpe and kept that way for an entire year, and the next year the coins are given to the poor.

Today's recipe is brought to us by Juana, author of La Cocina de Babel. It's a typical Italian dish that many of you have heard of: veal ossobuco Milanese-style, or as a true Italian would say "Ossobuco alla milanese". If you like meat, you'll love this recipe!

If you like uncomplicated baking, today’s recipe is ideal. These are coconut and cocoa mug cakes (a winning combination!) that Beatriz, author of To Be Gourmet, has prepared in a traditional way: mixing the ingredients in a bowl and baking the mug cakes in the oven. I encourage you to try them — the result is a delicious cake and a very original presentation.

Grills are an indispensable utensil when it comes to light cooking, but they also allow you to cook many more recipes than you might initially imagine. Today I bring you 3 great recipes, which can serve as a starter, a main course, and a dessert, to inspire you with their possibilities. Enjoy!

Eva, author of Bake-Street, brings us a tart that you can prepare either as a starter or as a dessert. It's a savory cucumber and cilantro tart, with a cocoa base that suits it perfectly! She explains in detail how to make it. You'll surprise everyone!