plum-cinnamon gelato with rum - caramelized pecan nut gelato

While it's getting cold in Germany and it's freezing in the night, I started with frozen desserts :)

It's not so easy to get proper ingredients for gelato and to find some heavy cream is like looking for snow in the desert. So I had to be creative - and I think I was successful.

My first two different varieties are "plum-cinnamon with rum" and "caramelized pecan nuts".

Happy Birthday

Today is the birthday of a very good friend... and this was her birthday wish.

Enjoy it Jana and have a nice day!

Franzbrötchen

...there is no way to translate this into english. :)

A Franzbrötchen is a small, sweet pastry, baked with butter and cinnamon. It's commonly found in northern Germany, especially in Hamburg.

I had to fold and roll the dough several times in succession and coated it with butter. After the dough is prepared and finally putstreched to a thin layer, I mostened it with lime juice and spinkled it with a melange of brown suggar an cinnamon.



I rolled it up, cut in into slices (each about 1.5 inches - 4 centimeters thick).



In the end I pressed a handle of a wooden spoon in the middle, so the filling oozed out sideways.



A good friend of mine told me that she only will visite me, when I can bake this pastry. So... this is the second time I made them and I think she can book her flight now.


Thanks for being interested in my blog - the kitchen fairy.

Mango-Apple Tartlet

We're in the last days of the mango season. Therefore it's no question that I used them for my first cake after a 4 week break for the Monday Club.

I mixed the mangoes with apple and sliced almonds and added some cinnamon and lime.

Thanks for being interested in my blog - the kitchen fairy.