appetizing tortillas

These appetizing tortillas, I love them! Each time when we receive almost the world, we made ​​one or two batches, it can be eaten alone and it's super good! It's a bit more "chic" than ordinary chips and it is not complicated to do. Mexican chips, hot sauce, chorizo ​​and cheddar, a ludic and a passage in the oven later: it's ready!

ingredients:

- The tortilla chips

- From spicy sauce dips

- From shredded chorizo

- From cheddar slices (Special Toastinettes hamburgers)

preparation:

- Set the oven to grill.

- Place the tortillas on a plate covered with baking paper.

- On each pay a small amount of sauce. Be careful not to put too much, it softens the tortilla. Also, do not        prepare in advance for the same reason ...

- Ask then half a slice of chorizo ​​into thin strips.

- Cover finally 1 / 9th slice of cheddar on top.

- Bake for a few minutes, checking that it does not burn and serve immediately.

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Sundae gingerbread, cookies and cream with peanut

An ice cream ultra-greedy, I put all the ingredients I wanted at the time: a killer! This dessert requires some preliminary work since I made myself the salted butter caramel and whipped peanut butter.

Ingredients (for 2 cups)

4 scoops of ice cream biscuit

2 cookies

4 strawberries

For the caramel with salted butter 150 gr sugar - 1 tbsp lemon juice - 10 cl of cream - 25g salted butter

For the whipped peanut taste: 20 cl whipping cream - 2 tablespoons creamy peanut butter - 30g caster sugar

Materials needed: a siphon - a Chinese


recipe:

Prepare the caramel with salted butter: In a saucepan, heat the sugar with the lemon juice. Meanwhile, boil the cream. Cut the butter into pieces. When the sugar becomes caramel, add the hot cream while stirring and then remove from heat, add butter. Stir. Book.

Prepare whipped peanut: In a saucepan, heat the cream with peanut butter and sugar. Mix well. MUST go to the Chinese and pour into a trap. Include a cartridge, shake. Chill for at least 1 hour.

Prepare the strawberries: wash and hull them. Cut into 4. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Keep cool.

Make cuts just before serving: Place two scoops of ice cream in each cup. Cut cookies into 4 pieces and arrange them on the ice. Place a few pieces of strawberries. Spread a bit of whipped peanut on top and finally, pour caramel with salted butter, just small touches.

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Caramelised banana ice

The plus of this ice: it is super light! No cream: just frozen fruit. How did I do? I used the ice cream maker with a strange name: YONANAS :-)

ingredients:

2 bananas

2 tablespoons of biscuit dough


recipe:

Put 2 bananas in the freezer for a few hours. Peel them.

Put frozen bananas + the biscuit dough in the ice cream maker.

Eat immediately.

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The sponge cake

Close to the cake or cookie cake with a spoon. The recipe is taken (but slightly modified) Larousse small pastry. I enjoyed laying hens my mamipoule to use 14 eggs needed!

Ingredients (for 2 cakes)

14 eggs

500g caster sugar

1 sachet of vanilla sugar

185 grams of flour

185 g of starch

1 pinch of salt

I added to the recipe 1 tablespoon orange blossom aroma

butter for the molds

icing sugar to sprinkle on top of cake


recipe:

Grease two round molds.

Separate the whites from the yolks.

In a mixer bowl, beat egg whites until stiff.

Beat the yolks with the sugar and vanilla sugar. Add the orange blossom.

Stir, alternating egg whites, flour and cornstarch (put a pinch of salt before in the flour).

Pour into molds (do not overfill the biscuit swells during cooking).

Bake 35 minutes (the recipe says 40 minutes) at 170 ° C.

Sprinkle with icing sugar.

The sponge cake is very light in the mouth, it is delicious with coffee or tea

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Chocolate ice cream

The time is not optimal, but if that does not rely gray sky (to Paris), we may completely miss our summer. So, ice, even when it's raining outside, why not? It was a first for me, I opted for the famous chocolate ice cream for my brand new ice cream maker, and I must say it puts a little sunshine in this dreary weekend!

ingredients:

- 125 g of dark chocolate
- 4 egg yolks
- 125 g sugar
- 50cl milk

preparation:

- Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until the mixture whitens.
- In a saucepan, bring the milk to a boil, stirring to prevent burning the bottom ...
- Pour the hot milk into the egg / sugar mixture and incorporate well.
- Transfer to the saucepan and heat over low heat.
- Add the chocolate chips, stir until they have melted.
- Cool the cream before placing in the refrigerator for 5 hours.
- Pour the mixture into the bowl of the ice cream maker (which has previously spent 12 hours in the freezer).
- Stir for 30 minutes.
- Transfer to a container from the freezer and store overnight.

Notes:

- This is the first time I used my ice cream maker, so I helped a recipe after "sorbets & ice ice cream maker" (Editions Larousse Albums) to understand the case.
- Can not taste the ice out of the ice cream maker, it was too creamy, not enough ice, but after a night in the freezer, it was perfect!
- The chocolate flavor was there, the ice had a good texture and that's exactly what I wanted!

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Fried potatoes

Ah those potato fritters ... This is a recipe I love father for years: I devour besides, it's so good ...

For 4 people

ingredients:

- 1 kilo of potatoes (fried or special oven)
- 1 egg yolk
- Flour 3CS
- Salt and pepper

preparation:

- Peel and grate the potatoes.
- Add the egg yolk, flour.
- Salt and pepper.
- Mix together by hand.
- In a hot pan with a little oil, make lots and cook until both sides are golden brown.
- Serve immediately.

Notes:

- Simple, fast, efficient ...
- The fried potatoes my dad remain the best, but I think I got pretty much unraveled ...
- With mustard, it's great!

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pancakes

How about a small batch of pancakes, soft and tasty, sprinkled generously with maple syrup? Perfect for a breakfast bar, brunch, or four hours, they are easy to make and even more to eat!

ingredients:

- 100g flour
- 25g cornflour
- 1 egg
- 25cl milk
- 1/2 tablespoons neutral oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar
- 1/6 packet of yeast (or 2g or not to bother, the end of a packet of yeast ...)

preparation:

- Pour the flour, cornflour and baking powder in a bowl.
- Dig a hole in the center.
- Add the egg yolk and milk.
- Mix well, using an electric mixer if necessary.
- Add oil, vanilla sugar and honey and mix.
- Separately, beat the egg white until stiff.
- Gently fold the egg whites into the batter.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Cook on lightly greased griddle or skillet with oil, making small patties.
- Fry each side for about 1 minute.
- Serve warm, drizzled with maple syrup ...

Notes:

- To concoct this recipe for pancakes, I just adapted that Cecile Blog linen & towels.
- To make the pancakes fluffy, I stole the tip Guillemette in his book "Desserts happy days", which recommends using egg whites instead of the egg incorporated a single shot dough.
- Only complaint is gone so fast that I could not eat that ... 3 A remake soon!

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