Chocolate Almond Torte

This season of the year is great talking about what kind of desserts you can make, ingredients such as chocolate and almonds have a special place, this is a simple tart, easy to do and a crowd pleaser of course.
Decoration plays a very important role, you can cover it with white chocolate ganache, with 3 chocolate shavings, or just serving it with a little scoop of whipped cream.

This time I chose powder sugar sifted over a paper pattern, you can even design your own, I really hope you like it and enjoy this season!!!

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1 pie crust (your favorite recipe)

Filling
150 grs butter
1/2 cup sugar
150 grs. milk chocolate
1 1/2 cups light corn syrup
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
8 eggs
200 grs. chopped almonds

Decoration
powder sugar

paper pattern

Line the dough for the crust and refrigerate for a couple of hours..
In a saucepan melt butter, and add sugar till it dissolves, then add chocolate and move until it dissolves too.
In the blender put the syrup, vanilla, and salt, then add the eggs one by one until perfectly blended.
Arrange the chopped almonds all over the crust.
Pour the mix.
Bake for 45 min.
Let it stand until completely cooled.
Decorate with any pattern you like, using powder sugar.
place it on the top, sift powder sugar
ready !!

Color Banderillas

I did this banderillas once for a birthday, they are so easy, they turned out not just colorful, but crispy and delicious!

INGREDIENTS

500 grs. puff pastry
1 egg well beaten
200 grs. sugar
color sugar crystals

HOW TO MAKE THEM

preheat oven to 300 f. grease several baking sheets with butter
Roll puff pastry on a floured surface.
with a brush spread enough egg
sift some regular sugar and then the colored sugar
with a knife make straight long lines
or you can cut them into any shape
arrange them in the baking sheets giving a good separation
here we call them banderillas because they are cut long and narrow,
hope you like them!

Pumpkin-Cream Cheese Jell-O

I just love Halloween, spending time with friends and sharing our own recipes and treats

I had some pumpkin puree left, so I thought of jell-o, the results were impressive, great consistency and flavor, everyone liked it, its something different to enjoy, Happy Halloween!

INGREDIENTS

cream cheese LAYER

1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup water
1 pkg. cream cheese
3/4 cup of sugar
1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon
3 Tbsp. unflavored gelatin
pumpkin LAYER
1 cup pumpkin puree
1/2 cup of water
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 Tbsp, cinnamon
3 Tbsp. unflavored gelatin

HOW TO MAKE IT
Beat cream cheese with sugar.
Add pumpkin puree
Add cinnamon
mix unflavored gelatin with water and take into the microwave for 30 sec.
add slowly to the pumpkin mixture.
Pour into a mold
Refrigerate and let it set
Do exactly like the first part of the recipe, only without the cream cheese.
Pour the second layer of the jell-o.
Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.
Unmold, and enjoy!!!

My Best Pumpkin-Cinnamon Cheesecake

Cheesecakes are my favorite kind of cakes, I just love them, they´re so versatile and creamy, this pumpkin cheesecake is easy to make and delicious to taste hope you like it

CRUST

2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
2/3 cup firm butter cut in small pieces
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1/2 tsp cinnamon
FILLING
1-1/2 lb. cream cheese softened
1/2 cup sour cream
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup pumpkin puree
1 tsp. cinnamon
TOPPING
1/2 cup white chocolate
3 drops orange food coloring
white and orange sugar crystals

HOW- TO

CRUST
To prepare crust, sift flour into a large bowl, add sugar and vanilla and cinnamon add butter cut in squares, add and mix until mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs.
Place dough in a plastic bag and refrigerate 30 min.
Preheat oven to 475F. Grease a 8-inch spring form pan.
On a lightly floured surface roll dough to a 1/4 inch thickness.
.line greased pan with dough. Set aside.
FILLING
Beat cream cheese, sour cream,sugar, flour and egg yolks and whites in a large bowl.
Stir in vanilla and cinnamon and beat until smooth.
add pumpkin puree
Spoon filling into prepared crust..
Bake for 50 minutes or more if necessary.
Let it cool completely
DECORATION
microwave white chocolate until completely melted.
add orange food coloring
pipe the orange chocolate doing lines or a free patern and pipe some little dots or kisses all around the cake.
add colored and white sugar.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Sables

I love Halloween treats, thinking about all the season just makes me happy

Pumpkin cookies are just a nice way to enjoy and share with friends and family

cookies

1-1/4 cups all purpose flour
pinch of salt
1/4 cup of sugar
1/2finely ground almonds
1/2 tsp.cinnamon
1/3cup butter softened
2egg yolks
filling
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
150 grs. cream cheese
3 tbsp sugar
decoration
1 or 2 egg whites
sugar crystals, (green and orange)

How to make them
Grease several baking sheets with butter.
Stir flour, salt and sugar in medium size bowl
mix in cinnamon
Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Add egg yolks and mix to form a soft dough.
Roll out dough on a floured surface, using a pumpkin cookie cutter .
and cut out the figures.
Place slightly apart
with a brush apply some egg white to each and sprinkle with the green and orange sugar crystals
Refrigerate unbaked for 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 350F

Bake pumpkin Sables for 15 to 20 min.
Remove, when cool
Spoon some filling and cover with another cookie.
Enjoy

Mexican Surprise Ice Cream

I made this 3 layer Ice Cream for Mexican Independence Day celebrations

You can't imagine the flavor of avocado in an ice cream it's delicious, as well as mamey, a mexican fruit, both in combination with vanilla

Base for the ice cream:

1 can condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 can regular milk (use the empty condensed can to measure regular milk
2 cans half and half or whipping cream(without sugar)

Divide this base in 3 parts:
For part one:
avocado....1 ripe avocado
For part two:
vanilla...... 2 tablespoons
For part three:
MAMEY.....1 ripe mamey
Mamey is a fruit, very similar to the avocado in appearance and consistency, it's sweeter and a peachcolor, it's delicious

Directions
Mix everything in the blender except for avocado, vanilla and mamey.
Divide mix in 3 parts.
Now blend the first part with the avocado, then the second part with the vanilla and the third part with the mamey.
I froze the first part, (green, of avocado), (4 to 6 hrs) then the vanilla part (4 to 6 hrs), and then the mamey part.
So when you cut the ice cream you can see the colors.
If you want you can add some color drops, I didn't, so they're a little too light.
2. Freeze. (depends on your freezer, I'll say 8 hours)
3. Enjoy!

Now you have a delicious ice cream to enjoy!

Flag Sables

I made this flag cookies for the independence day family gathering,

Everybody likes them hope you like them too!

Ingredients
1-1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/4 cup of sugar
pinch of salt
1/2finely ground almonds
1/3cup butter
2egg yolks

Sugar Icing
1 cup of powder sugar with a few drops of lemon juice

and a few drops of whole milk.

Divide preparation in 2 parts and add 1 drop of red food coloring to one part and then 1 drop of green food coloring to the other .

Cookies

Grease several baking sheets with butter, and add line paper.
Stir flour, salt and sugar in medium size bowl
mix in almonds
Cut in butter until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs.
Add egg yolks and mix to form a soft dough.
Roll out dough on a floured surface, using a rectangle cookie cutter .
and cut out the figures.
Place slightly apart
Refrigerate unbaked for 30 minutes
Preheat oven to 350F,
Bake flag Sables for 15 to 20 min or until light brown.
Remove, when cool, decorate with a pipe and the colored sugar icing.

Enjoy!