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Scottish haggis: traditional recipe, history, tips and secrets of a mythical dish
If there’s one dish that can sum up Scotland’s culinary soul, it’s haggis: rustic, generous, deeply rooted in history, and much tastier than it first appears. Haggis, a great classic of Scottish cuisine Scottish haggis intrigues, fascinates, sometimes confuses, but it deserves our attention. Behind its reputation as an atypical dish is actually an ancient,…
Thiéré bassi salté: Senegalese couscous with millet
Thiéré bassi salté is a generous and fragrant Senegalese couscous with millet, served with a sauce made of meat, chicken, vegetables, chickpeas, white beans, raisins and lalo, a baobab leaf powder used to bind couscous. A festive dish as much as a family dish, the thiéré occupies an important place in Senegalese cuisine. It is…
Peruvian Beef Empanadas: Lima-Style Meat Pies
Peruvian empanadas are savory Meat Pies filled with beef, onion, ají amarillo, garlic, cumin and sometimes hard-boiled egg, olives or raisins. They are usually baked in the oven and served with icing sugar and a squeeze of lime. We discover our “dumpling” of the country with Peruvian empanadas! As in all former Spanish colonies, empanadas…
Iranian Bamieh: Ramadan Fritters with Saffron and Rose Water
Iranian bamieh are small fried doughnuts in the shape of mini-churros, prepared with a cooked dough made from flour, butter, water, sugar and eggs. After frying, they are dipped in a syrup flavoured with saffron and rose water. Iranian bamieh are small, fried, golden, fluted doughnuts dipped in a syrup flavored with saffron and rose…
Shirini Latifeh: Iranian pastries with cream
Shirini latifeh are small Iranian pastries made of two very light cookies, filled with whipped cream flavored with vanilla, rose water and decorated with pistachios. Their rounded shape may reminds you of a macaroon, but their texture is very different: it is more between ladyfingers, the airy sponge cake and the small filled cake. The…
The Persian Vavishka
Today we take a little break with a very simple recipe to make, gourmet and accessible to all: the vavishka. The vavishka Vavishka is a traditional dish that originated in the Gilan region of Iran, on the coast of the Caspian Sea. It is a region made up of green land, covered with Hyrcanian forests,…
Coconut Beijinho: The Recipe for Brazilian Coconut Docinho
Coconut beijinho is a Brazilian docinho made with sweetened condensed milk, butter, and shredded coconut. Very common in parties and birthdays in Brazil, it forms in small balls rolled in coconut and is often decorated with a clove. What is coconut beijinho? We’re sending you lots of love today with the kisses coco, or Beijinhos…