Les Mendiants – traditional French chocolate disks topped with nuts, dried fruits. Each ingredient represented one of the four monastic orders and the colours referred to the robe colours. Tradition…

Bûche de Noël also known as Yule log, is a traditional dessert served during Christmas time. It’s made of sponge cake usually a genoise covered with a chocolate buttercream and…

Bœuf en croûte also know as beef wellington is a dish consisting of beef tenderloins wrapped in puff pastry along with chopped cooked mushrooms. Welcome to the month of December…

Biscotti ai pistacchi e arancia – twice-baked, oblong-shaped almond biscuits that are dry and crunchy. These biscuits originate in the city of Prato (in Tuscany). They are traditionally served with…

Piadine farcite al prosciutto, mozzarella e rucola – traditional thin Italian flatbread from Emilia Romagna. The piadina is usually made with white flour, lard or in this case butter, olive oil, salt and water.…

A crostata is an Italian baked tart. There are various fillings for the crostata, however, a popular sweet variation,  especially in central Italy, is the crostata di ricotta. It’s made with…