Yumm!

heavy green

Pumpkin Spice Loaf

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Last leaf • November Gift

[Hello November]

Ode to my own

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             20 OCT poem              

I'm in every leaf of grass

and every fleck of dust

I'm each inch of this ground

worm or ant

calm or loud

I'm those million tears of sky

breaking down

a starry night

I'm the moth around each flame

and the outrageous of her blame

I'm the sister of Great Oak

filled with berries, roots and cold

Flume or river

  flash or thunder 

there's no force that brings me under

I'm in wind

that wilder blows

out of memories

and words   

                                       .F

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October: be mine

The Autumn Skies are flush'd with Gold

And fair and bright the Rivers run;

These are but streams of Winter Cold,

And painted mists that quench the Sun.

In secret boughs no sweet birds sing,

In secret boughs no bird can shroud;

These are but Leaves that take to wing,

And Wintry Winds that pipe so loud.

'Tis not trees shade, but cloudy glooms

That on the Cheerless Vallies fall,

The Flowers are in their grassy tombs,

And Tears of Dew are on them all.

- Thomas Hood -

Chay Tea Latte - Gloomy Afternoon

" She was always walking, 

Singing to her footsteps

Dirt ditched paths and pine cones

Digging up glass bottles

Rusty springs from feather beds

Old hubcaps on a picket fence

She planted beds of flowers

Stayed outside for hours "

A.D -The Ocean

{Chai tea Latte & Spiced honey Muffin}

TEA

1/4 Litre boiling water

2 tsp Black Tea

3 cardamom seeds

1 cinnamon stick

1 star anise

3 cloves

Put all ingredients in a tea bag and let infuse 

in warm water for 4 or 5 minutes (no more!)

Remove tea bag and add hot or cold milk 

as you like it!

MUFFINS

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 big egg

100 gr butter (melted and cooled)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 tsp ground all spice

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 tsp baking powder

a pinch of salt

2 tblsp raw honey

1/3 cup milk

Add honey to warm milk, stir

until dissolved an set aside

Whisk together sugar and egg

until white and fluffy,

gradually add the butter

Put all dry ingredients together,

stirring slowly by hand add alternating flour mixture

and milk plus honey to the pastry

Fill muffin tin and bake at 180°C 

until golden brown and toothpick 

came out clean

Enjoy!

Ashes of Spring

G.o(d)p

- Vedi...è questo che ancora non sopporto!

- Cosa?!

- Quel suo modo di starti addosso.

1st of Sep.

- stranger •ness -

{ Rondò Veneziano }

Serendipity

Monsieur Le Jardin et ses nouvelles

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Mini Cheesecake

crust:

200 g  favourite cookies

70 g  melted butter

filling:

400 g  cream cheese softened (quark, ricotta or cheese)

400 g  fresh whipped heavy cream

4 tbsp powdered sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla bean seeds

or 1 tsp vanilla extract

21 g  gelatin 

4 tbsp hot water

method:

mince well the cookies in a fine texture

add melted butter and stir well

and gently push over the bottom 

of the cupcake pan 

cook in the oven at 200°C  until the edges

are golden brown

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whip the cream with 1 tbsp of sugar

and store in the fridge

whisk cheese, vanilla and the remaining sugar 

until smooth

soak the gelatin for at list 1 minute

then squeeze it well 

and put in hot water whisking well

until dissolved

add it to the cheese mixture

and stir

at the very end add the whipped cream

and mix until well incorporated

keep in the fridge about 4 hours 

before serving

Sour Cherry Compote: 2 cups of sour cherries (washed and pitted)

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice and 1 cup sugar, 

Let boil on high heat stirring continuously

for 5 to 8 minutes

and let cool

Enjoy!

FareWell - July