A rainbow of tastes

Lækkerier magazine and Macarookies Few days back I saw an amazingly well made danish magazine. After a bit of browsing through out its pages I decided to buy it. Great idea! It is called “ Lækkerier ” and it’s filled with recipes for some delicious and great looking desserts and breads. Its name actually can be translated into “Delights or Delicacy” and let me tell you that this magazine has lots of delights, the only drawback is the difficulty of some of those recipes. Many of them require culinary and baking training and skills, however there are few that can be successfully made also by amateurs. And in today’s post I am trying to write about 1 recipe that everyone can make. But first few more words about this magazine. This edition theme is: “Grøn” which means “Green”. So all the recipes presented in this edition of the Lækkerier magazine are made with green ingredients, like: matcha powder, pistachio, pumpkin seeds, mint, basil, and other herbs, squash, spinach, kiwi, avocado...

Homemade Gluten Free Cookies These easy-to-make homemade Gluten Free Cookie s are simply everyone’s favourite! They are crunchy around the edges, soft in the centre and moreover, the entire family and all the friends will love them! If you don’t want your cookies gluten free, then you might choose any other type of flour to substitute the gluten free oats. The ingredients below are for aprox. 20-24 fairly large pieces. Ingredients for Homemade Gluten Free Cookies: 300 g Muscovado sugar (or other brown sugar) 250 g unsalted butter, softened  2 eggs  340 g gluten free old-fashioned oats, processed into a fine meal (or gluten free oat flour) 6 g salt  5 g baking powder 100 g dark chocolate  How to make Homemade Gluten Free Cookies: Preheat oven to 160 °C . Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine oatmeal flour with baking powder. Mix well and set asid...

Macarons with dark chocolate buttercream My first Macarons ever with a very decent result! They even have feet :). I’m a huge fan of the classic French macarons, however I never thought to give them a try. Honestly, I’ve always felt intimidating by them. Few days ago, Dragos asked me to bake him some macarons. Oh boy, so much research and work to make this impressive cookie. So, back to Dragos' request. Of course, I could not refuse him and after a lot of reading I decided to bake some macarons. I was so happy with the result, I even danced when I saw the feet of my macarons. But before I dug in, I searched the internet and read everything I had to know about how to make the perfect macarons, how they should look when proper done, how important is to measure the ingredients and how to keep them fresh. There are lots of amazing video tutorials, detailed techniques and recipes that’ll come out perfect every time. I am truly happy and confident to try to make macarons again...