Cookbook of the month: October

As the  end of the month has come it’s time for the ‘Cookbook of the month’. In our first post in this blog in which we presented ourselves, we wrote that I’ve been in France for an exchange and that I would post some french recipes as well but some time ago I recognised that I haven’t really done this since yet which is kind of sad because the food over there is AMAZING.

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Pasteis de nata

When I visited Lisbon last autumn I was happily surprised about the wonderful portuguese cakes, pies and cookies they made. I´m not sure if it´s only me who didn´t know that they have amazing baked treats there, maybe I didn´t notice because they´re not as famous as french cuisine as an example. Well anyways beside s all those goodies, I absolutely fell in love with pasteis de nata.

Grape ricotta and thyme tarte

When it comes to autumn we get to harvest tons of grapes weekly. Which for us not only means eating lots of grapes but also thinking about using them. Last year I first had the idea of making grape

Chocolate tartes

Yesterday Noemi and I got to finish our cute halloween cookies for you, which we will post next week.  We will post halloween spekulatius cookies and cupcakes. In Austria we unfortunately don´t really celebrate halloween, still we decided to at least

Apple-caramel mosaic tarte

When it comes to fall my family always has tons of apples in our orchard. Some of them we give away to friends and the rest we keep to make apple pie, apple sauce, and any other apple cake to just use them up. This tarte is a perfect and quick way to at least use up some of the apples and brushed with caramel sauce this tastes absolutely delicious.

Fig and goat cheese tartes

Making a tarte for a perfect week night dinner? Oh yes- in my opinion a great idea. Made with all of my favorite ingredients puff pastry, mozzarella, goat cheese and figs… I was inspired by mangoblüte´s recipe and changed it to fit my taste. Well anyways  I made these yesterday as an appetizer. My aunt came to visit, so I thought

Another mini version of key lime pie

I´m honestly not a big fan of key lime pie because it´s a little too sweet for my taste. Well anyhow my aunt has a wonderful lime tree in her garden and we decided to make some lime curd on top of homemade graham crackers. Oh my

My absolutely favorite pumpkin pie

When I come to America I always have to make pumpkin pie. It´s my all time favorite pie recipe and since I don´t get to make it very often it´s even more special for me. In America and Canada they eat pumpkin pie around fall and christmas time and also as

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche is another great way to use up remaining left overs. The original quiche lorraine has leaks and ham in int, but I always love adding peas. This time I also added mushrooms and spring onions instead of leaks which tasted really good

Tomato ricotta tarte

I love making quiche and tartes filled with vegetables. This tarte is very filling but not heavy at all, so it´s perfect for winter and summer. I used our fresh tomatoes and onions so it tasted even more delicious than in winter time. My ricotta tomato tarte is pretty simple. It consists of