The warm(er) temperatures are basically forcing us to heat up the bbq grill on the terrace, right? What else can you do when it’s hot? Cook a three-course dinner in your hot kitchen? Just a salad is not always what you want ;) So a nice little bbq with meat, sausages, and veggies is the way to have dinner in summer. At least for us. Homemade bread is always a nice addition to your grilled stuff – for example, this savory monkey bread with herb butter and mozzarella cheese…. so good!
I got something low-carb again for you. And me, of course. Something I can eat right now without getting too worried if it’s good or bad for me cause I know it’s ok ;) So let’S have a coffee and one or two of these Coconut Balls aka. Bounty Balls!
Carnival (Mardi Gras) is a big thing here in Germany… well at least in some areas ;) My hometown goes crazy for a whole week, so do people in the area around Cologne, Düsseldorf, and Mainz. A week where everything is loud and colorful. We here in Berlin do not do anything when there is carnival time in Germany. It’s like “don’t bother us – it does not exist” ;P
Some recipes are so easy that you think “why haven’t I made this before?”. Well… there is always a learning curve in life. Some things you learn early, some things need time ;) These little Pig’s Ears aka. Schweineohren aka. Palmiers are one of those things you wished you knew about earlier. They are so easy and so delicious…
Maybe you know these kinds of situations too… when you listen to a certain song or you smell a certain food or perfume you get instantly transported in your mind to a memory where this song or smell played an important role or is somehow connected with a (more or less) important memory. I have for example a compilation of songs I call “Pet Sematary Songs”. When I was a child I was reading Steven King books like crazy and one of them was “Pet Sematary” – back then I listened to only a few CDs with the same songs over and over. Nowadays when I hear these songs I am immediately back in my old bedroom, lying on the bed and reading this book. Every single time I listen to one of those songs ;) It’s quite a strong connection. How are these Churros with Chocolate Sauce connected to that you may ask? Well…. ;)
Cheers! Don’t worry I haven’t started to drink while I am writing recipes and articles, either did I develop such a habit while baking ;) But there is a reason for the “cheers” – the new Tullamore D.E.W XO plays an important part in these Caribbean inspired Shortbread today, so I guess you can serve a glass with it. Right?! Well then… cheers again!
I love my job, but in between I love to bake and try new things in the kitchen. A lot of my friends and colleagues encourage me to bake - for a very simple reason: they get the leftovers - and it seems they like it most of the time ;)
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