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Blossom Colada
By foodiva
Hey babes. Read this paragraph in a super sultry voice
- Blossom Colada
- makes enough for 3 - 4 cocktails
- You will need a blender & a couple ice cube trays!
- 2 cups full fat coconut milk
- 1 1/3 cup pineapple juice
- 5 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons orange flower water
- 6 oz silver rum
- some beautiful edible flowers for garnish
- Combine coconut milk, pineapple juice, and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly with a whisk to begin dissolving the sugar. Continue until mixture begins simmering.
- Remove from heat and stir in orange flower water. Let cool to close to room temperature, about 15-20 minutes.
- Pour mixture into standard sized ice cube tray molds. Freeze 5 hours or up to overnight.
- To make one cocktail, combine 5 cubes (about 1/2 cup of frozen mixture) with 1 1/2 oz of rum in a blender. Keep this ratio of 5 cubes to 1 1/2 ounces of rum to make as large of a batch as you need!
- Pulse until uniformly slushy. Pour into glass and garnish with pretty little
Churro Nutella Christmas Tree
By foodiva
Instructions Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat mat
- 2 2
- sheets puff pastry,
- semi-frozen
- 2 2
- tablespoons
- 50g nutella
- 50 g nutella
- 1 1
- egg yolk
- 1 1
- tablespoon
- unsalted butter,
- melted
- 1 1
- tablespoon
- cinnamon sugar
- (or 1 tablespoon sugar mixed with 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
Marina | Let the Baking Begin
By foodiva
Instructions Make Sponge Cake Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour, sifted
- 3 tblsp butter, melted
- 3 tblsp hot water
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1.5 tsp unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Raspberries
- 1/3 cup chocolate
- 1/3 cup heavy cram
banana coconut cream pie
By foodiva
Instructions Place the milk and ⅓ C
- One pre-baked Pie shell
- 2 C. Milk
- 1/3 C. Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 2 Egg Yolks
- 1/3 C. Sugar, heaping
- 1/3 C. Cornstarch
- 2 T. Butter
- 1 t. Vanilla
- 1 can coconut milk, Cream separated from the liquid and chilled
- 1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 T. Sugar
- 3 Bananas
- 2 T. Lemon Juice
Fully Loaded Banana Bread. – No Thyme to Waste
By foodiva
Preheat oven to 350-360F. -In a large bowl whisk together all the wet ingredients including the fruit and sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 1/2 apple, diced
- 1 orange, zest and juice
- 1 TB vanilla extract
- 1 +3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 +1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp salt
- pinch cinnamon
- handful pumpkin seeds
Coconut Cheesecake w/ Macadamia Nut Crust
By foodiva
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- 1 cup raw macadamia nuts
- 1 cup finely shredded coconut, unsweetened
- 3 tbsp Swerve Sweetener
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp oil or melted butter (I used macadamia nut oil)
- 1 & 1/2 lbs cream cheese (3 8-ounce packages), softened
- 3/4 to 1 cup Swerve Sweetener, depending on how sweet you like it
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 2/3 cup full fat coconut milk (canned), room temperature
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp coconut extract
- 3/4 cup whipping cream
- 2 tbsp powdered Swerve Sweetener
- 1/2 tsp vanilla or coconut extract
- 1/2 cup large flaked coconut, lightly toasted
chinese cruller Youtiao
By foodiva
Stir fry Since Youtiao is deep-fried, so it is not so liked as the old days
- 200 g high protein flour around 1 and half cup
- 4 g yeast
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 15 g sugar
- Milk 175g
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Oil for deep-frying at least 4 cups
liangfen-chinese jelly noodles
By foodiva
Stir fry Liangfen is one type of Jelly noodles which are quite popular in western part of China
- 80 g Mung bean starch
- 400 ml to 480ml water
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 garlic cloves, smashed and chopped
- 1 tablespoon laoganma chili sauce or other chili sauces you prefer
- 1 tablespoon purified water
- 1 teaspoon black vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chopped chili pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped green onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
Rice Krispies Treat Macarons
By foodiva
Instructions _Review our blank">Macarons 101: A Beginner's Guide post if you want more details on the how and why...
- 50 grams egg whites (2-3 eggs worth), room temperature
- 15 grams sugar, white granulated
- pinch of cream of tartar (optional - helps stability of cookies)
- 60 grams almond flour
- 105 grams sugar, powdered
- 20 grams Rice Krispies cereal
- 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 56 grams butter (4 tablespoons), unsalted (I prefer European butter for its richness)
- 56 grams marshmallow fluff/cream
- 32 grams powdered sugar, sifted well
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean extract
- 5-10 grams (2-3 tablespoons) Rice Krispies, roughly crushed
clementine honey cheesecake w/ speculoos cookie crust
By foodiva
for the crust: Preheat oven to 350°F
- Crust:
- 1 package speculoos cookies
- 1/4 cups almonds, toasted
- 1/2 stick butter, melted
- Filling:
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) light cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons clementine zest
- juice of 1 clementine
- 1/4 cup greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- Candied Clementines
- 8 clementines
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
- cinnamon stick
- rosemary sprig