coconut and cocoa truffles

COCONUT AND COCOA TRUFFLES

Coconut and cocoa truffles are simple sweets perfect to prepare if you have little time. The strong taste of bitter cocoa goes very well with the sweetness of coconut. You can replace Greek yogurt with ricotta cheese and sprinkle the truffles with toasted hazelnuts or almonds. This recipe is gluten …

brutti ma buoni ricetta, farinaeuova

BRUTTI MA BUONI BISCUITS

Brutti ma buoni biscuits (in Italian means ugly but good) are typical Piedmontese biscuits with egg whites, sugar and hazelnuts. The meringue base makes the biscuits light and crumbly, the recipe is very quick. Moreover, if you have prepared the pastry cream, you can use the leftover egg whites. You …

PANNA COTTA WITH CARAMEL

Panna cotta is a spoon dessert flavoured with vanilla, made by mixing fresh cream and sugar. The texture is given by the isinglass, necessary to make it firm once placed in the fridge. It is a dessert of Piedmontese origin, but is widely spread throughout Italy. Panna cotta is generally …

CARAMEL

Caramel is the result of cooking sucrose until it melts, which takes place at over 320°F (160°C). Blond caramel is obtained by reaching 320-338°F-(160-170°C), at 329-350°F (165-177°C) you have dark caramel. Beyond these temperatures the sugar burns becoming bitter and useless. Blond caramel has a similar colour to acacia honey …