Dessert

Paçoca Brazilian peanut candy is a homemade candy made out of ground peanuts, Maria cookies sugar and salt usually served for Easter.

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve made dessert, and even longer since I’ve made cookies.  I was feeling pretty ambitious this past weekend with a lot of time on my hands and poo-poo’ed the idea of doing something lame like drop cookies (WAIT, I…

Mombasa pumpkin pudding swaps out traditional fall recipes for coconut and cardamom making it a new way to use everyone’s favorite gourd.

Pudim d’Avocat (avocado pudding) is a traditional Mauritanian recipe for a pudding of an avocado and milk puree thickened with ground almonds

Rich and creamy homemade bittersweet Ghanaian hot chocolate recipe made with chocolate chips, a touch of spiced um, honey and a dollop of whipped cream

Chocolate caliente, Spanish hot chocolate with a hint of cinnamon for heat and a touch of cornstarch as thickener. Topped with whipped cream!

Arroz con leche, or Spanish rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with two milks and other ingredients such as cinnamon, vanilla and raisins.

Sri Lankan Christmas Rich cake is a hearty spice cake filled with dried fruits, nuts, various preserves and alcohol and slow baked to perfection.

Nian gao sticky rice cakes are prepared from glutinous rice flour and consumed in Chinese cuisine often around Chinese New Year.

Spanish desserts, like Spanish mains, are simple and rely on the quality of the base ingredients to shine, and today’s Tarta de Santiago, or “St. James’ cake” is one example.