Chinese Almond Cookies

These cookies are the traditional and easiest dessert to celebrate Chinese New Year, the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It does not have a fixed date, in 2022 it was February 1 and the celebrations lasted 15 days.
As familiar as its ingredients are to us, it is nevertheless one of the most popular Chinese Pastries. They are made in every home and everyone contributes with them to the Chinese New Year Table. They are very easy to make and complete in less than 30 minutes. It is even said that they bring good luck in the New Year!
Super simple and clean materials that you probably already have in your closet. They are crunchy and buttery with a small amount of almond or vanilla extract and definitely a favorite in the crowd, young and old. In ours I replaced the sugar with Stevia, you choose what you like.

Good & Lucky Chinese New Year in the Year of the Tiger!

work: 15′

time: 30′

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Mosaic Chocolate & Biscuit Cake

The dessert of our innocence in another form, a form of cake!
The sweet that they made and make children's hands as the first sweet! Now even more innocent, with no sugar but Stevia, without many fats or margarines, with extra chocolate, cacao flavors and many pistachios, but always delicious and irresistible, ideal for the summer, since it does not require an oven to prepare.
It is eaten pleasantly and is in the fridge waiting for us to indulge our palate and in every bite our thought to travel in carefree moments of beautiful memories!
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 3h:30′

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Coconut Panna Cotta with Pomegranate

«Mother's Day is a feast in honor of mother and motherhood. In Greece and many other countries, it is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
The first references to Mother's Day and Motherhood come from Ancient Greece.
Mother Earth (Gaia) the wife of Uranus is the personification of nature, that gives birth to the whole world and is worshiped as the supreme deity. The cult then passes to her daughter, Rea, Saturn's spouse and sister. Rhea is worshiped as the "Mother of the Gods", as she seems to be the first to bear birth and to raise her children with breast milk. Ancient Greeks attributed prices to Rhea every spring, as she was goddess of land and fertility».

Happy Mother's Day to those mothers who nurture with their guileless love, the happiness of their children.

work: 20′

time: 4h:20′

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Brownies

With gentle children's taste in which succumb from toddlers to old age, both innocent and outrageous, when soaked with alcohol, strawberries are popular and favorite.
Passepartout fruit, fresh used in a variety of sweets, juices and sorbets, at breakfast or brunch, in warm croissants, dipped in melted chocolate, in jams, cakes and Brownies… The melted Chocolate, with its velvety, tender texture, swirls over and covers them as much as to hide their ruddy presence.
Yours Brownies & Strawberries!

work: 20′

time: 50′

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Fresh Cherry Pies

Cherry pies for two for a short, delicious dessert, with a fluffy puff pastry dough, with stevia or minimal sugar, with all the flavor of fresh juicy cherries and… that's all!
The weather in Greece in the middle of this June looks a bit "unreal", heavy, as rain, hurricanes, hail, sudden heavy showers and other, even more unpleasant, which is not of the present analysis.
If you're in a home that can provide the necessary, try to make these very simple cherry pies and enjoy with the least possible worries and positive sign.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 45′

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Strawberry Ginger Smoothie

The season of strawberry is in full swing and I am excited. Seasonal fruits are the key to healthy eating and delicious smoothies because they are naturally sweet, flavored and full of flavor.
Strawberry Smoothie is simple, dietary, delicious, flavored with fresh ginger, healthy and Low Carb/Low Carbohydrates. Fresh rejuvenating beverage with vitamins, trace elements, fiber, calcium and antioxidants for a strong detoxification of our body.
Make this smoothie for a refreshing treatment, body power and energy after a tiring and warm day. It's easy to make with fresh fruit that we have at home.
Yours!

work: 10′

time: 10′

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Rice Pudding with Pomegranate Syrup

A rice pudding, a simple rice pudding of Mom but with the addition of vanilla pudding mix, with a very creamy texture melts on the palate and gives us tons of delicious memories and the homely warmth of swing.
The culmination of this touching moment for our tastes comes from the pomegranate syrup and the arils, truly rubies, give us another taste dimension!
P.S. At the end of the article, you will find how to make this wonderful, sweet pomegranate syrup, alcohol-free and you can use it sprinkling our sweets, ice cream, cakes, pancakes, cheesecake, etc. but also green salads or to give a red color to cocktails or homemade grenadine!
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

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Noblice Biscuits

The Aristocratic Biscuits, as clearly stated by their name, is a product originating in Serbia but it is also found in the Czech Republic and Croatia.
It is a two-colored stuffed vanilla biscuit and cocoa in a sandwich form with intermediate filling of hazelnut and cocoa, as Nutella or Merenda. With a wonderful, unique, nostalgic buttery texture, which makes them crumble and melt in your mouth and the palate to enjoy a wave of flavors and fragrances. Satisfies every taste requirement, we might have assumed from a cookie, and found here, in Noblice.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 40′

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Cheese Mousse with Lingonberries

Lingonberry is a native plant that forms a bush in Scandinavia with edible, red, small fruits and has a far history in Nordic cuisine, which uses them in many dishes, fresh or frozen.
Jam with lingon-lingonberry jam, in the form of canned we knew and loved through the «IKEA», where served escorting the Swedish meatballs and where you can purchase it.
Here it was used as a base to place on it a fluffy mousse mascarpone cheese cream, cool, mild in sweetness thanks to stevia and very light taste.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 4h:30′

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Mini Banana Bread with Chocolate Glaze

Mini Cake/ banana breads with stevia, muesli, dried cranberries, melted chocolate glazing and decorated with fresh fruit.
Mini cupcakes, which are easily made without mixer and eaten pleasantly. If we want we can settle for a light dusting with powdered sugar or to go one step further and make it delicious mini tortes almost individual. Red fruits on the chocolate glaze or even fruit preserves from our jars will beautifully decorate these mini banana Breads.
Yours!

work: 1h:00′

time: 2h:00′

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Pumpkin Spice Cake

Based on pumpkin puree and aromatic spices create a very aromatic, very fluffy and healthy cake with stevia.
Adding pumpkin puree keeps the cake juicy and compact, fluffy and stable without falling down crumb. The crumbs that we see in some photos is because it was hot even when cut, not left to cool well to be stabilized.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

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Apple & Pear Tart with Stevia

This unique Apple-Pear tart is based on a large amount of fruit in relation to the tiny amount of beaten mixture. Do not be surprised by the amount of puree. There will be perfect, in my view, results. These ratios give us a light in taste, texture, and tart apple calories.
A quick and delicious way to consume fruits, which accumulate in our fridge, and enjoy a very tasty dessert for our Sunday breakfast.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 45′

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Coconut Rocks

Small rocks of coconut, which is not only tasty, it is also extremely easy and fast to be made and only few ingredients are necessary!
They also have two major advantages: they are with Stevia and they have no Lactose. Those who are intolerant to such carbohydrates will be able to test these small bites.
Coconut, stevia and eggs are the main ingredients. If you want you can add hazelnut praline and have a special Sunday sweet.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 35′

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Raspberries & Cream Cheese Crackers

The raspberries are forest fruits, tasty and slightly sour. They are cultivated now in Greece and found in quite affordable price. They are sensitive and very delicate in their treatment.
I propose a simple and easy recipe to try out and enjoy raspberries with all their flavor. Crackers cookies, spread with a light lemon mascarpone cream cheese without much sugar, just 2 teaspoons stevia or powdered sugar and fresh raspberries around the cream.
Your Own!

work: 15′

time: 15′

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Chocolate Panna Cotta with Berry Sauce

Chocolate Panna Cotta made with stevia, dark chocolate and bathed with a lovely sauce of forest fruit. Strong sour tones onto a soft, velvety and intensive Cream Chocolate panna cotta.
The process is simple. Make the cream with milk, sour cream and dark chocolate. You chill it in the fridge until it's time to pour over it with sufficiently striking red fruit sauce. You need some waiting time but do not be anxious, the result will justify your continence.
You enjoy spoonfuls of velvety cream, with lots of red, heady sauce and chocolate.
Yours!

work: 45′

time: 3h:45′

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Coconut Macaroons

Soft tasty cookies without flour and therefore Gluten-Free and Low Carb. Made with dried, unsweetened coconut, almond powder and only the whites of eggs. If instead of sugar you use Stevia, then you will enjoy a full dietary dessert for those who wish or simply require them for nutritional reasons.
We create small oval or round cookies with the help of a spoon / ice cream scoop.
They are easy and cute.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:00′

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Persimmon Panna Cotta

White and light panna cotta cream with coconut milk, vanilla and persimmon sauce. The flavors are balanced and combined together to allow us to enjoy the delicate taste of coconut, the essential aromas of natural vanilla and the particular flavor of mature, edible Persimmon.
Try this exquisite and easy dessert, free of sugar after the addition of stevia to sweeten excellently without removing the dessert flavor and substance.
… And not to forget, the modern Greek name of the fruit persimmon is "Lotus" which leads us to the assumption that this fruit is mentioned in Homer's Odyssey.
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 2h:30′

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Bougatsa with Stevia

Bougatsa with stevia, egg-free and with a very light semolina cream.
A traditional dessert, which is made with many phyllo sheets, folded well to close within their fluffy and fragrant cream. The top is sprinkled with a white cloud of powdered sugar and cinnamon.
It's also a favorite street food, along with the cheese pie is a quick snack for passersby or tourists.
Made with Stevia and no eggs it is a dessert for dieters or for those that for some reason do not want to consume sugar but also do not want to be deprived of their favorite flavors. You choose.
Yours!

work: 45′

time: 1h:30′

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Dried Figs & Gruyere Cheese Tart

Sweet cheese, soft innocent ricotta and golden dried figs in a harmonious blend of flavors, with a light texture. All together in crispy phyllo sheets and baked in the oven. These are the credentials of the current sweet proposal of the Kitchen Stories.
In minimal time and simple process you have an excellent and rare version to enjoy together in a sweet cheese tart.
There is the option to use Stevia in place of sugar for those who want it.
Try it!

work: 15′

time: 50′

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Apple Tart

Crushed biscuit base, delicious crème pâtissière with cream and browned apple slices is the composition of this tart, with a strong presence of the aroma of cinnamon!
The apples cut into thin slices are stewed and placed round from top to create a visual playfulness of a rose aspect.
Yours!

work: 40′

time: 2h:00′

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