I’ve referenced this in a couple of posts, i.e here and here, but I’ve been working on making some toffee/brittle/honeycomb candy. I currently have two containers sitting in my fridge (the DH and I ate the third one), all full of honeycomb candy, some chocolate-covered and some not. It is, and I hesitate to say this,…
Tapas Party: Caramel Toffee Flan
It’s flan time! Flan is a Spanish version of custard, or crème caramel, or crème brulee. They’re all variations on a theme! In Veneuzuela, where the DH is from, they call it quesillo, and serve it with red jelly (i.e. jello) and birthday cake at parties. I thought he was joking the first time he told me…
Super-Fruity White Wine Sangria, and How to Eat Tapas
As I mentioned in a previous post, I had a tapas party recently. Tapas are just appetizers, and in Spain, they’re served in bars alongside drinks. There are different theories as to how tapas originated. The one that I like best is that a slice of bread used to be put over a cup of wine…
Tasty Tapas: Easy Empanadillas
I had a tapas party on the weekend, and it was yummy! I made empanadillas (little empanadas), croquetas (think deep-fried mashed potato nuggets, but grown-up), a caramel flan (with crumbled toffee and spun sugar) served with caramel sauce, and white wine sangria. I’m hungry again just listing all the food! But let me tell you…
Boeterkoekjes: Two-Bite Almond Blondies, Dutch-Style!
So I have a backlog of recipes to post. Tons of delicious things coming up! Today’s deliciousness is a recipe that I came up with last week, which was consumed within 12 hours of baking it. And I still crave more! What is this delicious dish? Boeterkoekjes! They’re basically two-bite almond blondies, super-moist and buttery…