May, it's already May

- Ho le formiche in testa...

- Si dice pigne!

- No no... guarda!
Ho proprio le formiche!!

Sunny Day - Sun in a Jar

Lemon Curd • Recipe Soon!

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Apple Galette | Almond Crust

Recipe

for the crust:

125 gr  whole wheat flour

2 tblsp  powdered almonds  

1 tblsp  powdered sugar

60 gr  granulate sugar

80 gr  butter

1 egg yolk

1 tblsp  Marsala wine

(or other sweet dessert wine)

a pinch of salt

filling:

3 medium size fuji apples

2 tblsp dark brown sugar

2 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground cloves

Method for Crust:

Easier with a mixer!

pour flour, almonds, powdered sugar, salt 

and butter softened and cut in small cubes

in the mixer

mix for a while then add sugar

and mix again

in a small bowl stir together egg yolk and wine

and add it to the mixer

impulse two-three times until the dough comes to

a ball and the mixer is clean

Enjoy!

After gloom

Beginners 

How they are provided for upon the Earth, (appearing at intervals)
How dear and dreadful they are to the Earth,
How they inure to themselves as much as to any-what
a paradox appears their age,
How people respond to them, yet know them not,
How there is something relentless in their fate all times,
How all times mischoose the objects of their adulation and reward,

And how the same inexorable price must still be paid for the same great purchase.

W.W.   — Leaves of Grass 

Sweet Sound

www.thestaves.com

The sun was an altar
Before which he knelt
And raised up the dagger
That hung from his belt
He cursed his delusion
And the sadness he felt

Gra-Granola Bars!

Dry ingredients

2 cups  old-fashioned rolled oats

1/2 cup  sesame (raw or toasted)

1/2 cup  sun-flower seed (raw or toasted)

1 cup toasted hazelnuts chopped

1 cup  dried cranberries

(or any other dry fruits 

you like or chocolate chips)

Wet ingredients

1 oz.  butter

1/2 cup  honey 

(+ 1 tbsp maple syrup 

if you like more chewy bars)

1/4 cup  dark brown sugar

2 tsp  pure vanilla ex.

1/2 tsp  sea salt

1/2 tsp grated ginger optional

Method

Preheat oven at 180°C - 357°F

Cover an 9x8 or 11x10 inch

square pan with parchment paper

(dimensions of pan define

the thickness of the bars,

those are good for about

half inch thick bars)

Mix all dry ingredients together

in a bowl and set aside

In a small saucepan 

let the butter melt

on a slow heat 

then add honey, sugar and maple syrup

vanilla ex. and sea salt

stir constantly at medium heat

until sugar and salt are

completely dissolved

(don't let the mixture boil)

Pour the hot syrup 

on the dry ingredients

and mix well

quickly put the mixture

in the papered pan 

and flatten it with the back

of a spoon

Reduce oven at 150°C - 300°F

and bake for 20-25 min.

Let cool completely and cut

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Enjoy!

1st Day of March

Pre-spring Fair

| 26 · 01 · 13 |

I'm Late for Breakfast

poached egg

Crouton

Yumm!

M for migrations

Camelia japonica

As flower's mute -

The endless sea

Rebirth in you -

The evil seed.

Seagulls on a Cloudy day

" Tu eri un esule, Jon, ai tuoi tempi, eri un reietto. 

E come puoi illuderti che i gabbiani, gli stessi di allora, 

ti ascolterebbero? 

Tu conosci il proverbio, e dice il vero: 

più alto vola il gabbiano e più vede lontano. 

Ma quei gabbiani lì, dalle tue parti, 

non si levano quasi da terra, 

stanno sempre a schiamazzare e a far baruffe fra di loro. 

 Sono lontani mille miglia dal cielo, 

e tu vorresti farglielo vedere, il paradiso, 

da laggiù dove si trovano?  

Jon, quelli lì non vedono al di là del proprio becco! "

                                       - Richard Bach

Cinnamon Sugar BRKFST puffs

Ingredients:

1/3 cup Butter (browned!)

1/2 cup White Sugar

1 Big Egg

1 1/2 cups Flour

1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder

1/2 tsp Salt

1 tsp Orange Zest

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp Ground Cloves

1/2 cup milk

Extra:

1 cup melted butter

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

3 tbsp sugar  

Method:

In a deep bottom pan 

let liquify all the butter

and let it cook on low heat

until brown and nutty 

stirring constantly 

(don't let it boil)

Whisk together egg and sugar

until white and fluffy 

(about 2 minuts)

Gradually add the brown butter cooled

at the egg mixture

(still whisking with electric mixer)

At the end add gradually

dry ingredients and milk

whisking by hand

cook at 180°C / 356°F

for 30 min

until stick comes out clean

Melt the extra butter and set aside, 

mix sugar and cinnamon together 

in a bowl

Put each puff first in the melted butter

and then roll it in the cinn-sugar

Serve warm

Enjoy!