Pina Colada Recipe - Summer Drinks

This is one of the most delicious and refreshing drinks you can taste on Summer. Here I bring you today the Pina Colada recipe (or Piña Colada if you prefer):

Ingredients:

1 1/2oz. Light Rum
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Cream of Coconut
1/2 Banana
1/2 cup crushed ice

Directions:

Combine all ingredients in an electric blender with the ice.

Blend 20 - 30 seconds. Pour blended mixture into a glass.

Garnish with a pineapple wedge and paper umbrella.

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Mojito Cocktail Recipe - Summer Drinks

Today I bring you another recipe of a Summer drink: Mojito.

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons (1 ounce) fresh lime juice

2 heaping teaspoons superfine sugar

1 cup crushed ice

12 fresh mint leaves, plus 5 small sprigs for garnish

1/4 cup (2 ounces) white rum

2 tablespoons (1 ounce) club soda

Directions:

In 10-ounce glass, stir together lime juice and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add 1/4 cup crushed ice. Rub mint leaves over rim of glass, then tear leaves in half and add to glass. Gently stir for 15 seconds, then add rum, remaining crushed ice, and club soda. Gently stir for 5 seconds, then tuck mint sprigs into top of glass and insert tall straw.

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Mint Ice Cream Recipe

Summer is so close... What a better way to start preparing ourselves for Summer than making a refreshing and delicious mint ice cream. Here´s the recipe:

Ingredients:

-26 g. of mint leaves
-131g. sugar
-600 ml. milk
-350 ml. heavy cream
-1 vainilla bean
-50 ml. honey
-1 cup of chopped dark chocolate

Directions:

Put the mint leaves and the sugar into the food processor bowl. Process until the mint is finely ground. Warm the milk, heavy cream, and vanilla bean (not the vanilla extract) over medium heat.

Whisk the egg yolks until smooth, then add the sugar and mint mixture and whisk until combined.

When the milk mixture is hot, whisk 1/4 cup of the hot milk into the egg mixture, then whisk in another 1/4 cup of the hot milk. This helps temper the eggs so they don’t scramble when you add them to the hot milk. Take the saucepan off the heat and stir in the tempered egg mixture.

Return the saucepan to the cooktop over medium heat. Add the honey and salt. Cook until about 5 minutes. Do not allow the mixture to boil.

Quickly set the saucepan into the large bowl filled with ice water to cool the custard. Cover and refrigerate until completely cool, at least 1 hour and up to 24 hours.

Churn the custard in your ice cream freezer according to the manufacturers directions.

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Summer Cocktail Recipes: Margarita and Daiquiri

Here you have the recipes of two of the most popular Summer drinks. I hope you will enjoy them!

Margarita

Ingredients:



1/4 cup salt

1 wedge lime

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2 heaping teaspoons superfine sugar

1 tablespoon Cointreau or other triple sec orange liqueur

1/4 cup tequila

About 2 cups ice cubes



Directions:



Spread salt on small plate. Rub lime wedge halfway around rim of 10-ounce glass. Dip moistened side of glass in salt to lightly coat. Set aside.

In cocktail shaker, stir together lime juice and sugar until sugar partially dissolves (about 5 seconds). Add Cointreau, tequila, and 1 cup ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 25 seconds, then strain into prepared glass. Fill glass with remaining ice cubes.

Daiquiri

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

2 heaping teaspoons superfine sugar

1/4 cup white rum

1 cup ice cubes

Lime wheel to garnish

Directions:

In cocktail shaker, stir together lime juice and sugar until sugar dissolves. Add rum and ice cubes and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled Daiquiri or coupe glass and drop in lime wheel for garnish.

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Torrijas Recipe (Bread Pudding)

This delicious bread puding is very typical in Spain at Easter. Really tasty and very easy to make!

Ingredients:
32 fl. oz of milk
olive oil
16 oz. honey
16 oz. sugar
8 eggs
Slices of bread for 'torrijas'

Directions:
Cut a large loaf of bread for 'torrijas' in fairly thick slices. Mix the milk and sugar in a deep bowl. Beat the eggs in a separate dish. Dip the slices of bread in the sugared milk and eggs and fry in a pan with boiling oil until golden brown. Then drain well.
Place the 'torrijas' on a serving dish and pour honey over them.




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Stuffed Avocados With Prawns Recipe

For these yummy stuffed avocados you will need:

-Ingredients:
·Avocados
.Cocktail souce
·Prawns
·Letuce
·Tuna (optional)

-Directions:

1) Divide the avocados in half and extract with a spoon a bit of the interior.
2) With a fork, stir the extracted avocado with the prawns (the prawns must have been boiled before adding them) and the tuna.
3) Once everything is well mixed, add the cocktail souce and distribute inside the avocados.
4) Use some fresh letuce to decorate the dish. Keep the avocados in the fridge until they are going to be served.

And that´s all!

Enjoy your stuffed avocados!

Chocolate And Coconut Cake Recipe

Here is a low budget chocolate cake recipe. This cake is very tasty and the coconut adds a special touch.

Ingredients:
-Eggs
-Dark Chocolate Bar
-Whipped Cream
-Shredded Coconut
-Sponge Cake Layers
-Hazelnut Liqueur

Directions:
-Separate the yolk from the eggs. -Put the chocolate bar (sliced) into a water bath until it is completely melted.

- Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks up. Mix the yolks with the sugar (two tablespoon, more or less). Then, mix the chocolate with the yolks and beat the mixture well enough.

- Join the chocolate with the egg whites.

- In the first cake layer, spread a bit of the hazelnut liqueur.

- Then spread a first layer of chocolate mousse.

- Sprinkle the shredded coconut over the chocolate base, and add another layer of whipped cream.

-Repeat the same process again (as many layers as you prefer).

And that´s all!

Enjoy your cake! :)

Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe

Today I bring you a yummy recipe I tried this weekend: Lemon Meringue Pie. It´s delicious!


Ingredients
1 pie crust, baked
300 g white sugar
3 g salt
355 ml water
65 g cornstarch
80 ml water
4 eggs, separated
120 ml lemon juice
4 g lemon zest
45 g butter
2 g salt
100 g white sugar


Directions
Preheat oven. Combine 1 1/2 cups sugar, salt, and 1 1/2 cups water in a saucepan. Place over high heat and bring to a boil. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch and 1/3 cup water to make a smooth paste. Gradually whisk into boiling sugar mixture. Boil mixture until thick and clear, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks and lemon juice. Gradually whisk egg yolk mixture into hot sugar mixture. Return pan to heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and stir in grated lemon rind and butter or margarine. Place mixture in refrigerator and cool until just lukewarm.
In a large glass or metal bowl, combine egg whites and salt. Whip until foamy. Gradually add 1/2 cup sugar while continuing to whip. Beat until whites form stiff peaks. Stir about 3/4 cup of meringue into lukewarm filling. Spoon filling into baked pastry shell. Cover pie with remaining meringue.
Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes, until meringue is slightly brown. Cool 1 hour before cutting.


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Strawberry Recipe With Meringue

Here´s a delicious recipe that I wanted to share with you: Strawberry Cake.

Ingredients
517 g yellow cake mix
315 ml orange juice
4 eggs, separated
3 g grated orange peel
0.8 g cream of tartar
250 g sugar, divided
475 ml whipping cream
715 g fresh strawberries, divided


Directions
In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, orange juice, egg yolks and orange peel. Beat for 4 minutes. Pour into two greased and floured baking pans; set aside. In a mixing bowl, beat egg whites and cream of tartar on medium until foamy. Gradually beat in 1 cup sugar, a tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Spread the meringue evenly over cake batter. Bake at 176 ºC for 35 minutes or until meringue is lightly browned. Cool in pans on wire racks (meringue will crack).
Beat cream until stiff peaks form.
Mash 1/2 cup of strawberries with remaining sugar; fold into whipped cream. Loosen edges of cakes from pans with a knife. Using two large spatulas, carefully remove one cake to a serving platter, meringue side up. Carefully spread with about two-thirds of the cream mixture. Slice the remaining berries; arrange half over cream mixture. Repeat layers. Store in the refrigerator.

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I hope you will enjoy this recipe.

Have a great weekend! :)

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