I love going to the market and finding something I wasn’t intending on buying. This week, I just couldn’t resist buying these delicious Cherries. They taste juicy and sweet. Ideal for any dessert (ice cream like yesterday) or a simple and sweet cake for today. Nothing …
Mouskoutchou is a beloved cake in Algeria, considered a classic and traditional dessert. It’s a delightful blend of a sponge cake and a Génoise cake, combining lightness with richness. What makes Mouskoutchou special is its simplicity, making it a go-to for home bakers and beginners …
Chrik are individual small brioche buns from the northeastern Algerian city of Constantine (also called Kasentina). Chrik are always served during the month of Ramadan to accompany M’halbi, a refreshing creamy custard (see previous post). These milk brioche are fluffy, pillowy and perfumed with orange blossom …
Khobz el Bey, also called Khobz Tounès, is a moist and aromatic Algerian sweet pastry served during Ramadan to accompany tea or coffee. This simple cake is made with ground almonds, ground breadcrumbs, eggs and butter, and is baked in the oven then soaked with a …
M’hencha are a North African pastry made with a dough called Diouls sheets or Brick sheets, and filled with almond paste. These sheets (diouls/brick) are on sale every where in Algeria (and also in other North African countries), as they are used for savory recipes, and …
It has been a long time since I have wanted to make this cake, and I remembered Margherita from La Petite Casserole, posted a delicious one!! I have just made little changes. Serves 8 Ingredients: 180g precooked Polenta 2 large eggs 135g of caster sugar 100g …
The Quatre-Quart is a kind of Pound Cake from Brittany, West of France. The meaning of Quatre-Quarts means four quarter (eggs, butter, flour and sugar). In this recipe you start by weighing the eggs first when you obtain the weigh eggs, you use the same …
Far Aux Pruneaux or Far Breton is a traditional sweet pastry with dried plum prunes from Brittany, (north-west of France) and a custard. The batter looks similar to the Clafoutis and its delicious. Serves 8 Ingredients: 200g of all-purpose flour/plain flour 80g of butter 180g …
A French madeleine is a small, shell-shaped sponge cake with a distinctive hump on one side and a ridged surface on the other. Madeleines are traditionally baked in a special tray with shell-shaped molds. The classic recipe consists of basic ingredients such as flour, sugar, …
