Ashure (Noah's Pudding) is thought to be the oldest dessert in the world, first made by Noah after his fabled landfall at Mt Ararat. It is a delightful mix of dried fruit, nuts, grains and beans (yes, beans!) made in Turkey and all over the Middle East. Give it a try - you'll be glad you did!
Step-by-step method for making Kulich yourself.
Delicious to eat and fun to make, rugelach are miniature crescent-rolled pastries with a sweet filling.
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A much-loved Jewish holiday treat, chocolate rugelach are miniature pastries posing as cookies.
Frosted animal crackers with a healthier vegan twist! Gluten-free shortbread cookies with a hint of cinnamon, naturally-dyed pink glaze, and lots of rainbow sprinkles make these homemade circus animals fun to make and so yummy to eat. Perfect to make with kids, or as a sweet childhood throwback recipe!
Yaksik is a kind of Korean rice cake made with glutinous rice, honey, nuts, and dried fruits. It's a sweet, delicious treat that's packed full of flavor and healthy ingredients. Even the name is healthy - in Korean, yak means "medicine," and sik means "food." Koreans have long believed that...
A super easy and quick couscous dessert.
A Middle Eastern favorite and the ultimate Ramadan treat! Made from yeasted pancakes stuffed with nuts, fried to crunchy, golden perfection, then doused in a thick sugar syrup.
This magic slice is so delicious and easy to make with a biscuit base layered with chocolate, coconut, dried fruit and almonds.
Ideas pop out in mysterious ways. Most of the time only the right ingredients in one place are enough to speak about what to make out of them or the right mindset. And there are combinations that would always work. As filo sheets and dried fruits and nuts. I thought of this very fast and easy but still impressive dessert as of a dessert loosely based on a strudel. And rose is kind of a symbol for Bulgaria mainly because the country is a massive producer of rose essential oil. So I thought filo pastry in a rose shape is a great idea for a Bulgarian-themed dinner with fiends. (Which we had last week.) The filling can be adjusted to taste and preferences of course but I chose apricots and cranberries as the fruit and walnuts and pistachios as the nuts. The hint of orange blossom water adds a splash of mystery. (Besides I thought the orange blossom water goes quite well with the apricots. Could it be because both remind of the colour orange ... ?!) The apricots and cranberries gave the sweet-sour taste and the nuts mix expanded the crunchy texture originally created by the baked filo sheets. To make the roses fold the filo sheet and brush with butter, add 2 tbsp of the filling and then fold again. Start rolling from one side to the other until you achieve the shape of a rose. To hold the shape bake in buttered muffin tin. The dried apricot sheets which look very interesting can be found in Middle-Eastern shops but if unavailable can be replaced by finely chopped dried apricots. *Bottom note: I am very happy I finally found out how to use these apricot sheets in a tasty way. Should I use the remainder for the same recipe or should I try and thing of something else? SWEET FRUIT and NUT FILO ROSES Products: (Yields 9:)9 filo sheets 120 gr butter melted powdered sugar for sprinkling for the filling: 150 ml water 250 gr dried apricot paste sheet (or 2 cups chopped dried apricots) 1 tbsp orange blossom water 50 gr walnuts 50 gr pistachio kernels pinch of cinnamon 50 gr dried cranberries sugar (optional) Method: In a pan heat the water and the dried apricot sheets. Mix well until the apricots dissolve. Add the cranberries and nuts, continue to stir for some 2-3 minutes and then remove. Leave aside to cool down. Lay the filo sheets and melt the butter. Fold one sheet and brush with butter. Place the filling, fold top side down halfway and bottom side up halfway so the two parts come one over the other a bit. This will secure the filling in place. Then start rolling from the short side to the other short side until achieve the shape of a rose. Brush the muffin tin with butter, put one rose in each muffin place and brush the filo roses with butter. Bake in a previously heated oven 180 C for 15-20 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven, leave to cool and sift icing sugar on top.
In need of a healthy snack? Filled with wholesome ingredients, this fruit and nut muesli bread rounds recipe is perfect for a healthy snack.
You’ll find some of my favourite recipes here from my cook books, TV shows & personal archive. Covering everything from delicious desserts to hearty mains.
A legacy from the Portuguese, this cake is a combination of exotic dried fruit, nuts, and fragrant spices.
A recipe for gluten free maamoul, a delicious Middle Eastern dessert cookie
Yaksik is a kind of Korean rice cake made with glutinous rice, honey, nuts, and dried fruits. It's a sweet, delicious treat that's packed full of flavor and healthy ingredients. Even the name is healthy - in Korean, yak means "medicine," and sik means "food." Koreans have long believed that...
Looking for a chilled dessert or snack option? This superfood vegan yogurt bark will be your new favorite!
Traditional German Nusszopf is a yeasted bread simply braided with fresh marzipan and a thin glaze. This nut braid takes it up a notch with the additions of ground hazelnuts as well as pecans to give a little extra nuttiness and texture to the bread.
Here’s a sweet recipe to bake as a beautiful centerpiece to your Easter table setting: Kulich, a traditional Russian Easter bread, mixed with fruits, nuts, and a hint of cardamom.
Try something new for your next dessert with this apricot- and raspberry-infused Hungarian fruit square recipe.
Looking for a chilled dessert or snack option? This superfood vegan yogurt bark will be your new favorite!
Kuchen, in this context, may be simply "cake" in German, but what it means in America, taken there by German refugees, is a sweet, but not too sweet, yeasted dough, baked in a slab and topped as desired with fruit, nuts, or both or neither — to be eaten at breakfast or any time with a cup of coffee. If making yeast dough at breakfast time seems unfathomably demanding, relax in the knowledge that you can make this before you go to bed in the evening, leaving it to rise slowly in the fridge overnight. That way, all you need to do in the morning is preheat the oven, take the dough out of the fridge, let it get to room temperature, then knock it back and press it out over the tin, following on from there. For US cup measures, use the toggle at the top of the ingredients list.
Try this recipe for Polish kołaczki, which are flaky little pastries filled with fruit, cheese, nut, or poppy seed pastes, popular year-round.
Pistachio and Dried-Apricot Rugelach is the perfect dessert, with its fruity and flaky flavor.
This is a very old family recipe passed down through my family by my slovak great-grandmother. Nut Roll Dough 10 1/2 cups flour ...
Rich and sweet.
I found this old-fashioned Zserbo Szelet Recipe in one of the vintage recipe binders I own. This traditional Hungarian holiday dessert recipe is also known as Gerbeaud cake.
Get ready to say "I like it a LATKE" — a lot.
Kiffles (kiflis) are traditional Hungarian cream cheese pastry cookies with assorted fruit and nut fillings like apricot, almond, and poppy.
Vegan filled pancakes are a fun twist on the traditional flat pancake. Fill them with fruit, chocolate, nuts, or anything you like.
Ashure (Noah's Pudding) is thought to be the oldest dessert in the world, first made by Noah after his fabled landfall at Mt Ararat. It is a delightful mix of dried fruit, nuts, grains and beans (yes, beans!) made in Turkey and all over the Middle East. Give it a try - you'll be glad you did!
Bublanina is a simple Czechoslovakian dessert made with whatever fruit is plentiful. It's similar to a coffee cake and sometimes enjoyed at breakfast.
Korean sweet rice dessert (Yaksik) recipe
These classic Hanukkah dishes, including challah, brisket, latkes, and more, feature festive new twists to help bring family together.
Korean sweet rice dessert (Yaksik) recipe
This Greek classic is a heady combination of nuts, honey, citrus and spices, sandwiched between crispy filo layers
