Tuesday, 7. July 2009, 02:29:47
Pie, winter, Streusel, banana
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Last weekend, I went to my country house with a couple of friends. And we had three main goals, there, all food related:
1 – Visit a friend’s restaurant, which is in a city nearby my house;
2 – Enjoy a delicious homemade cheese fondue, in the cold winter that we’re going through, here in Southeast Brazil;
3 – Bake my favorite pie, with a special twist.
Unfortunately, we were in such awe that we actually had almost no pictures during the trip! (*hangs head in shame*). So, this won’t be a really great pictures posting, unfortunately.
(This was the only leftover that I could bring home for an extra picture... Poor me...)
Our first and main goal was greatly achieved, as the last thing we did in our little trip. We went to Julio’s family restaurant. He’s a friend of my friend, and, besides being a good cook in the restaurant, he’s also the author of the blog Do Jeito que eu gosto! (The way I Like!), and, if you are a Portuguese speaker / reader, I do recommend visiting and checking up his updates!Read more...
Monday, 6. October 2008, 03:19:51
Pie, Family Recipe, Streusel, Oat
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Today was an election day, here in Brazil, and we all had to vote for our mayors. The interesting thing is, because of this, in most cities, the selling of alcoholic beverages is forbidden, both in stores, and in restaurants and bars. That makes this a perfect day to gather the whole family and make a huge party in someone's house. And this time, it was in mine (Actually, my mother's. Heheh). Strangely enought, there was no drop of alcohol during the party, so the prohibition (or "dry law", as we call it in here) doesn't make a single difference...
I asked mom if I could do something for dessert, to what I received only an "ok, ok...". The answer was not too much of an incrntive, but I kept on with this idea: "So, would you like something special?"... After a long silence and an almost scolding look at me, she said "I really liked your cousin's girlfriend's Apple Pie".
At first, I thought of baking my traditional apple pie (which I have last made almost 4 months ago...), but then I thought: I must do sth better than her! Therefore, I need a special recipe. And I spent this week thinking and searching the web for a good apple pie, until I got to this nice option in AllRecipes.com, and made some slight modification.
The final result? Unanimous acceptance, and many people willing to have extras, but unfortinately the pie was over.... u.u But they'll be able to get the recipes here!
There you go!
- HigaRead more...