Creme Brulee

OK it is not Saint Joseph's Day, the 19th of March, the day of the year that you eat Catalan creme brulee. But now and then I like to make crema catalana, which you probably know as creme brulee.

The secret of this mouthwatering dessert is burning the creme brulee properly. As the Catalan saying goes: La crema, si és ben cremada, a xics i grans els agrada, which means: When properly burned, kids and grown-ups love to eat creme.

In my web site I have published a step-by-step creme brulee recipe. I encourage you to try it. It is not particularly difficult if you follow the instructions. And it really is a delicious dessert.

Follow the fourth step to the letter. It is crucial for the success of your creme brulee and it was never revealed until now.

If your creme brulee tastes like English custard, you didn't get authentic crema catalana. I lived in London for a while, I ate custard several times and I know they are very different.

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Fresh sweet peas announce the spring

In the Mediterranean, March and April are the best time to enjoy sweet peas shining with their luminous green. Sauteing them with olive oil and green onions is quick and easy, and you will have an appetizer or healthy accompaniment in no time. Add some bacon or blood sausage, if you'd like more proteins and a more intense taste.

Sweet peas also combine very well with asparagus as in a Catalan-style asparagus casserole recipe.

A superb herb for green peas is fresh mint, which enhances the aroma of sweet peas. And of course, if you prepare a delicious paella recipe, don't forget to add some sweet peas.

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Strawberry and orange fruit salad

This is a refreshing fresh fruit salad for the beginning of the spring. In March, oranges are very sweet and we can also the first seasonal strawberries. It's a joy to be able to marry these gorgeous fruits for two or three months.

At this time of the year, this fresh strawberry salad is a delight. However, if you prepare it in the winter with greenhouse strawberries full of chemicals, it will not have a very good taste. The Mediterranean diet uses seasonal products as much as possible.

Here's how you prepare this simply delicious Mediterranean recipe for 4 guests:

Peel 4 oranges. Take care to remove the pith. Cut them into about half an inch (1 cm) slices.

Slice 7 ounces (300 g) of strawberries lenghtwise.

Line a fruit salad bowl with the orange slices as in the picture.

Top the oranges with the strawberries slices. Distribute them artistically.

Here you have it a quick and easy fresh fruit salad recipe: Colorful and succulent.

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Pesto recipe cooking apron

Original Mediterranean cooking apron with the popular pesto recipe printed on it.

This cooking apron design celebrates the mythical Mediterranean joy most people love. And the pesto recipe is traditional and authentic.

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Easy fruit salad recipe

Today we had a bright sunny Sunday, that is, until about half past five in the afternoon when the sky went black and it started raining. I am expecting friends from the cold European North and I am praying that the weather is as great as the last days.

Anyway, we had lunch with all windows and balcony wide open. As dessert we had an easy fruit salad with winter oranges and spring mint. Below I give you the recipe for this easy fruit salad recipe.

That's right, it seems that it is winter and spring at the same time. We have the most sweet winter oranges and at the same time our mint plant is growing again, after the winter rest.

Ingredients for this easy fruit salad recipe

• 2 apples


• 1 orange


• 1 grapefruit


• 3 leaves mint


• 2 tablespoons honey of orange blossom or other mild honey


• 1 small handful raisins

Easy fruit salad recipe preparation instructions

Peel the fruit and chop them into bite-size pieces. Add them to a fruit salad bowl.

Mince the mint and add it to the bowl. Add the raisins. Mix well.

Finally, add the 2 tablespoons honey and mix well.

Serve at room temperature.


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