Chocolate Rose Dessert

Chocolate Rose Dessert

Chocolate Rose Dessert

Chocolate Rose Dessert

Romantic indulgence doesn’t have to be limited to Valentines Day. Treat yourself and your love with a special dessert on any day of the year with this easy recipe and our chocolate rose dessert culinary spice kit.

Chocolate Rose Dessert Culinary Spice Kit Ingredients
  • Dark intense Valrhonna cocoa powder from France 
  • Rosebud powder
Dry Dough Ingredients

1/4 cup flour

1/8 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp from the chocolate rose blend

Wet Dough Ingredients

1/8 cup milk

1/2 tbsp butter, melted

Ingredients for Topping

1/8 cup sugar

remaining chocoloate rose blend

pinch of salt

1/3 cup of water

Preparing the Dough

In a BOWL, mix the dry dough ingredients.

Add the wet dough ingredients.

Knead well.

 

Preparing the Forms

Distribute the dough into two or four cupcake forms, depending on the size of the forms, or heart shaped baking forms.

Mix the ingredients for the topping and sprinkle the mixture over the dough in the forms.

Pour the water equally on top of all forms.

Finishing

Bake in the oven at 350° F for 30 minutes.

 

Serve warm.

Optionally, add vanilla ice cream or raspberry or strawberry sauce.

Chocolate Rose Nut Pudding

Dry Ingredients

1/3 cup sugar

2 tbsp starch*

1 pouch chocolate rose blend

a pinch of salt

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* We recommend tapioca flour or arrowroot powder for a change. However, corn starch works too.

Wet Ingredients

1 cup of milk

1 egg yolk, slightly beaten

Other Ingredients

1/2 tbsp butter

1/8 cup chopped nuts**

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** We recommend hazelnuts or walnuts. You may choose any other nuts of your liking.

Directions

In a small POT, add and mix all dry ingredients.

Stir in the wet ingredients.

Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until the mixture comes to a boil.

Turn heat to low. Stirring constantly, cook over low heat for 1 minute.

Remove from the heat and stir in the butter. 

Pour pudding into 2 serving cups.

Sprinkle with chopped nuts to taste.

Cover and let cool. Transfer the cups to the fridge until serving.

 

Trinidadian Doubles

Trinidadian Doubles

Trinidadian
Doubles

Where the Caribbean meet India
You can find this trendy street food all over Trinidad & Tobago. The garbanzo bean dish is served on two, overlapping small flatbreads, hence its name “Doubles”. The real deal comes from the toppings. Obligatory is a fruit chow. It’s sour, sweet, salty, and hot at the same time. If you can spare the time, also make the green seasoning for the cucumbers.
Doubles Spice Blend
Pouch [1] cumin, amchoor, turmeric, yellow mustard, curry leaves, fenugreek, onion, ginger, coriander, cayenne, cilantro, garlic, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon

Pouch [2] Scotch bonnet pepper
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Trinidadian Doubles

Trinidadian Doubles

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A popular street food in Trinidad & Tobago, Doubles features a flavorful garbanzo bean dish served on two overlapping small flatbreads. The key to its authenticity lies in the toppings, with fruit chow being a must—offering a unique balance of sour, sweet, salty, and spicy. For an extra touch, take the time to prepare a green seasoning for the cucumbers.
Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Caribbean
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Shopping list

  • 2 cans garbanzo beans rinsed, (15.5 oz each)
  • 1 can pineapple chunks drained (keep the liquid), 20 oz
  • 1 bunch cilantro finely chopped
  • 1 English cucumber grated
  • 8-16 Flat bread of your choice (e.g. naan or Mexican tortilla)
  • 5 cloves garlic grated
  • 1 shallot finely chopped
  • 1-3 lime for juice
  • oil
  • salt & pepper

Doubles Culinary Spice Kit

  • Pouch [1] cumin, amchoor, turmeric, yellow mustard, curry leaves, fenugreek, onion, ginger, coriander,  cayenne, cilantro, garlic, cardamom, black pepper, cinnamon 
  • Pouch [2] Scotch bonnet pepper

Instructions
 

Pineapple Chow

  • In a BOWL, mix the pineapple chunks with 1/4 cup cilantro and half of the garlic.
  • Add to taste: pineapples can liquid, lime juice, Doubles [2] spices, and salt. Mix well.
  • Cover and let rest for 1/2-2 hours.

Cook

  • In a large POT, 2 tbsp oil over medium heat.
  • Add the shallots and half of the garlic.
  • Fry over medium heat until the shallots turn translucent.
  • Add the garbanzo beans and Doubles [1] spices. Mix well.
  • Add 1 1/4 cup of water and salt & pepper to taste.
  • Cover and bring to a boil.
  • Reduce the heat to medium-low.
  • Cook for 15 minutes.
  • Mash some of the beans with a fork or potato masher.
  • Add 1 tbsp cilantro.

Flatbread

  • In a PAN, quickly reheat or fry the bread with some oil or heat the tortilla without oil.

Serve

  • Serve the beans on flatbread, topped with pineapple chow, and cucumber.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Substitute pineapple with mango,
  • Substitute cilantro with parsley or chives.
  • Substitute some beans with ground meat.
  • Prepare a cucumber chutney with our online recipe.
Hungarian Gulyás

Hungarian Gulyás Meat Soup

Hungarian Gulyás soup in bread bowl

Hungarian Gulyás Meat Soup

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Dig in a bread bowl filled with this hearty soup and savor the taste of freshly ground Hungarian paprika. Gulyás or Goulash is Hungary's national dish. It was invented by Hungarian cattlemen and became their favorite dish. Originally, it was a soup, not a stew. We kept this intention along with the typical ingredients.
Cuisine Hungarian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Shopping list

  • 1 lb beef stew meat (*)
  • 1 lb potatoes cut in bite size pieces
  • 1-2 red or green bell pepper cut in 1 inch pieces
  • 1 can tomato/es whole or chopped (8 oz)
  • 24 oz beef or vegetable broth

Optional for serving

  • 3-4 small round bread

You might have

  • 2 onions chopped
  • oil
  • salt & pepper

Culinary Spice Kit

  • Hungarian paprika, marjoram, black pepper, bay leaves

Instructions
 

Gulyás

  • In a large POT, heat 2 tbsp oil over high heat.
  • Season meat with salt and pepper.
  • Fry meat until all sides turn slightly brown.
  • Stir in Gulyás Spices and fry some seconds without burning the spices.
  • Add onions, tomatoes, broth, and salt & pepper to taste.
  • Cover the POT. Bring to boil. Turn heat to low-medium and cook for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
  • Make sure that the soup is cooking slowly but doesn't stop to cook.
  • Add potatoes and bell peppers. Cook 15-20 minutes until the potatoes are just cooked.

Optional serving

  • Cut off the top of each bread.
  • Scoop most of the inside out.
  • Fill with Gulyás. Serve immediately.
  • Enjoy!

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Italian Lasagne in Padella

Italian Lasagne in Padella

Italian Lasagne in Padella

Italian Lasagne in Padella

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The name Lasagna, or Italian Lasagne, is derived from the Ancient Greek word ‘Laganon’ which refers to a flat dough. Lasagna is #11 on the world's best food list voted by CNN readers. Make the tomato sauce ahead of time and cook this delicious comfort food with layers of ricotta, kale, and mozzarella on any weeknight quick and easy in a pan ("in padella").
 
Hands-on Time 30 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz lasagna*
  • 1/2 lb ground meat e.g. beef, pork
  • 2 cups tomato puree
  • 8 oz ricotta
  • 1 bunch lacinato kale chopped
  • 8 oz mozzarella thinly sliced
  • 1/4 cup parmesan grated
  • 1/4 cup fresh basil
  • olive oil
  • salt

Lasagne Culinary Spice Kit

  • Onion, oregano, basil, marjoram, sage, garlic, chile, celery 

Instructions
 

Sauce**

  • In a PAN, heat 2 tbsp oil.
  • Careful of splatters, add tomato puree, ground meat, salt to taste, and Lasagne spices.
  • Cook over medium-low heat for 30 to 90 minutes.

Ricotta

  • In a BOWL, mix ricotta with 4 tbsp of the sauce.

Lasagne

  • In a large PAN, spread one ladle of the sauce on the bottom.
  • Create a layer of pasta, crossing the sheets slightly between them.
  • Add the following layers in this order:
  • sauce, ricotta, kale, mozzarella.
  • Make sure all layers are thin.
  • Repeat the layers until the pasta is used up.
  • Finish with a layer of parmesan and basil.
  • Cover with a LID and cook the lasagne in the PAN for about 15 minutes over medium-low heat until the pasta is cooked.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  • Use pasta that doesn't require precooking.
** The sauce is best when made 1-3 days ahead.
▪ Substitute kale with spinach.
▪ Use one layer of ham instead of the ground meat.
▪ Omit the meat for a vegetarian version.
▪ Substitute ricotta and mozzarella with your favorite sliced cheese or with a béchamel sauce.

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Bibimbap

Korean Bibimbap

Korean Bibimbap

Korean Bibimbap

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Bibimbap is a bowl of rice with plenty of toppings. Traditionally, it was an easy way to use up leftovers. Customize the dish to your liking with any vegetable from your fridge. Our blend of miso and shiitake mushrooms creates a flavor similar to hard to source Korean bean paste.
Cuisine Korean
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

Shopping List

  • 1 lb sirloin steak thinly sliced
  • 18 oz vegetables for instance:
  • 1/3 mung bean sprouts
  • 1/3 spinach and
  • 1/3 thinly cut vegetables*
  • 3-4 sunny-side-up eggs
  • 6 cups cooked rice
  • 2 cups sesame seeds
  • 6-12 cloves garlic grated
  • soy sauce or tamari**)
  • honey, agave syrup, or sugar
  • oil sesame oil recommended

Culinary Spice Kit

  • Pouch [1] Red miso (fermented soybeans and salt), Shiitake mushroom
  • Pouch [2] Korean chili pepper flakes

Optional: Kimchi

  • 1 head Napa cabbage sliced into 1/2 inch strips
  • 1 bunch green onions finely sliced
  • 1 inch ginger grated
  • 3 cloves garlic grated (or up to 1/2 head to taste)
  • agave syrup, honey, or sugar optional, to taste (recommended 1 tsp per lb)

Instructions
 

Marinade

  • In a CONTAINER, mix 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp honey, 1 tbsp grated garlic, 1 tbsp sesame seeds, and 1 tbsp oil.
  • Add meat. Mix well.
  • Cover and let marinate in the fridge overnight.

Bibimbap sauce

  • In a small BOWL, mix 1/8 cup of water, 1 tbsp sesame seeds, 1/2 tbsp honey, Bibimbap [1] spices, 2 tsp soy sauce, and 2 tbsp oil.
  • Add to taste: garlic, Bibimbap [2] spices, more soy sauce.

Fry toppings

  • In a PAN, fry each vegetable separate quickly until soft over medium heat in 1 tbsp oil, 1 tsp sesame seeds, salt to taste, and 1 tsp grated garlic.
  • Set aside.
  • Repeat with the meat but without sesame seeds and garlic.

Serve

  • Arrange all toppings on a large serving dish.
  • Serve eggs, rice, sauce, and remaining sesame seeds separately.
  • To assemble, fill a bowl with a cup of rice.
  • Arrange toppings and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
  • Drizzle with sauce. Place egg on top.
  • Dig in and enjoy!

Optional: Kimchi

  • In a CONTAINER, place the cabbage and toss with salt (2 tbsp per lb).
  • Add a bit of water to just cover the cabbage.
  • Cover. Let sit overnight at room temperature.
  • Drain the liquid into a CONTAINER. Save for later.
  • Rinse and squeeze out excess water.
  • In a BOWL, mix ginger, garlic, syrup (optional), and Bibimbap [2] spices to taste.
  • Add green onions and cabbage. Mix very well.
  • In a small CONTAINER, press kimchi into it and cover with the saved liquid.

Notes

* Zucchini, carrots, cabbage, radish, bell pepper, bok choy, cucumber, mushrooms, onions, broccoli.
▪ Substitute beef with chicken breasts or thighs.
▪ Substitute meat protein with portabello mushrooms and black rice instead of white rice. Add marinade after the mushrooms are fried.
 

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Pesto homemade

Italian Pesto Genovese Homemade

Pesto homemade

Quick Homemade Pesto

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Are you a fan of fresh homemade pesto? The original recipe for Pesto Genovese from the region of Genoa in North Italy dates back to the 8th century. Want to try it? We made it a bit easier for you. It takes only a few minutes - Promise!
Cuisine Italian
Servings 3

Ingredients
  

  • 2 oz fresh basil leaves
  • 1/2 cup olive oil good quality!
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan or mixed with pecorino
  • 1 tbsp pine nuts
  • 2-3 cloves garlic optional
  • sea salt to taste

Instructions
 

  • Wash the basil leaves, pat dry, and place them in a container in the freezer for 1/2 hour.
  • Put the bowl and blades of the food processor in the fridge for 1/2 hour.
  • Blend all ingredients, except the basil, in the food processor until it becomes a smooth paste.
  • Add the basil and blend until the pesto consistency looks right to you.
  • Enjoy!

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