Tart with Lemon Cream & Blueberries

The Blueberry is a «source of eternal youth» because it prevents the formation of free radicals responsible for skin aging. Many studies show that Blueberries have the highest antioxidant activity than other fruits, offering protection from the "oxidative" attack that the body receives due to aging, infections and exposure to aggravating environmental & nutritional factors, such as cigarette smoke, atmospheric pollutants, toxins, carcinogenic compounds, etc.
In this Sweet Tart the fresh Blueberries were combined with the aroma of lemon and the sheet of crust, was folded in the shape of an accordion, where inside the folded sheets nested a simple cream with eggs & cream well beaten.
Yours!

work: 30′

time: 1h:15′

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Fresh Apricot Clafoutis

It's apricot time and I'm happy. I really love these round, juicy fruits, with the color of the sunset and the velvety skin. Few other fruits, when ripe, have such a creamy texture and strong aroma that I like to smell them with deep breaths, as if I had to store it in my memory.
I realize that there are several apricot recipes on the blog which means I always put them first when it came time… If we share the same enthusiasm came the right recipe for this year, so you can enjoy them uniquely in a delicious Clafoutis.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 1h:20′

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Crostata without Butter with Ricotta & Peach Jam

I wanted to try this type of dough, which contains light oil instead of butter. Although not really an Orthodox preparation compared to the rules of pastry, it is a great and easy way to make a dough very quickly. Mix everything in a bowl, work with the wire or spoon and then finish the process with a quick kneading on the kitchen work surface.
This shortens the time needed to make a sweet tart dough, as it does not need to rest in the fridge and can be used immediately even when there are a hundred degrees in the house due to the summer heat.
We open a sheet of handmade dough that is easily inserted into the tart dish, fills up and at one point we have our tart ready to get into the oven.
Sweet Tart without butter, filled with anthotyro -ricotta cheese- & Peach Jam, made by us in a very short time and with less sugar. Light Peach Jam recipe☯ at the end of the article. The dough sheet is so wonderful, with biscuit texture, crumbly, that it will surprise you with its taste and texture. It can also be used in savory tarts by removing sugar.
Hmmm, remember to make some cookies with this dough…
Yours, the Peach Jam Tart!

work: 20′

time: 1h:00′

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Pear Tarte Tatin

This is one of my favorites autumnal desserts. With a puff pastry sheet and a few nice fruits we have in a short time a delicious & aromatic caramel dessert.
Tarte Tatin is traditionally made with apples without excluding the other fruits if we want to get away from the mundane. A Tart with rounded, whole caramel pears, flavored with 9 spices is a super-tasting, smell-like suggestion. The puff pastry leaf is impregnated with the flavored caramel and becomes crisp and delicious.
If you it want to become even more fancy, accompany it with ice cream but you should know that the Anglo-Saxons combine it with the simple classic cream and it is extremely good and has the virtue of simplicity. We added extra roasted & grated almond and enjoyed it pleasantly.
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work: 40′

time: 1h:20′

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Oreo, Strawberry & Chocolate Tart

A chocolate strawberry "crown" for tomorrow's May Day. Without baking we enjoy an ideal dessert, a special Black Chocolate Tart and Strawberry. Extreme combination with intense flavors and subtle tones.
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work: 45′

time: 5h:00′

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Almond Tart

Almond Tart with orange aromas. With grated base dough -Pâte Sablée- kneaded with poppy seeds. The aromatic stuffing of the tart has two layers. A first, thin, with apricot jam and a second with almond cream, made with blanched ground almonds, butter, orange zest, cherry brandy, eggs and sprinkled in the surface with almond slivers.
Refined, delicate, light, almost ethereal flavors, that only almonds can give us.
Yours!

work: 1h:30′

time: 2h:30′

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Brioche Pudding with Cranberries, Banana & Black Chocolate

Tart pudding of stale Greek Easter Βrioche/Τsoureki in updated form and taste.
If there are buns and chocolate eggs after Orthodox Easter, which no one in the family does not want to consume, you can make them a delicious dessert.
The banana, dried cranberries, and dark chocolate will be combined perfectly and show the value of their flavor within this pudding. Yours!
Yours!

work: 15′

time: 1h:15′

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French Crepes Savory & Sweet-DIY

Simply Crepes
The recipe for crepes is easier to do than what you think, follow the analytic process and enjoy!
The crepes are considered as French pancakes and can be disguised in sweet or savory depending on the filling. Whatever tasty fillings you choose you will enjoy as in France, where they welcome them with enthusiasm any time of day, at breakfast, brunch, lunch, tea or dinner.
So, Bon Αppétit!

work: 1h:00′

time: 1h:30′

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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.
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work: 15′

time: 45′

very easy:

Fresh Fig & Feta Cheese Pizza

Sweet but simultaneously savory pizza with our favorite fresh figs in an excellent combination with feta cheese and honey.
We tried it for first time in the place of origin of the pizza and the taste has won us from the first bite. Influenced then by this remembrance we used our greek tastes and we propose it to you. Despite intense feta cheese, the presence of taste of figs is paramount.
Sweet pizza with salty tones. In the «Kitchen Stories» our summers relish and with this pizza since the fresh figs, black and white, are many and delicious.
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work: 25′

time: 45′

very easy:

Cherry Pie with Lattice Crust

Crisp, browned pastry closing inside juicy cherries in syrup. Intense buttery crust in lattice above the fruit, greased with egg wash & sprinkled with brown sugar for a more crunchy texture and delicious taste.
The cherries, the first summer fruits, crunchy with firm flesh and very tasty according to their variety. The Black Cherry variety is one of the most delicious and with maturation middle to the end of June. Choose tight, ripe cherries and make this tart. Served with a ball of vanilla ice cream.
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work: 20′

time: 1h:00′

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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′

very easy:

Strawberry, Apple Tart

Small red, individual tarts with strawberries and apple in a crisp & incredibly biscuit dough are very aromatic, thanks to cardamom seeds, and sprinkled with brown sugar. The stuffing contains only honey, so the tarts are not very sweet. But it is delicious and with the first bite, it surprises us with its taste and aroma.
Yours!

work: 45′

time: 2h:30′

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Lemon Meringue Pie

Lemon Pie with baked meringue in a classical version, where the Lemon Cream (Lemon Curd) into a very delicious dough -pâte brisée- with poppy seeds give intense flavor. The baked on the grill or stove pastry meringue more than aesthetics is an airy delight for the palate.
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work: 1h:00′

time: 1h:20′

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Strawberry Tart with White Chocolate

Bright red, aromatic strawberries on melted white chocolate and sour cream. The addition of ginger scents the chocolate and gives peppery tones. Ingredients inextricably linked, in taste but in appearance too.
An easy tart to enjoy, with simple procedures, a beautiful and delicious dessert.
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work: 20′

time: 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 with Vanilla Caramels

Caramel loves apples and vice versa. In this tart combine perfectly to give us a result both tasty and easy.
A puff pastry sheet, a few apples and a bag of Vanilla Caramels, enough to build and enjoy a special apple tart. The bisquit coating, with the presence of walnut boosts enjoyment.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 1h:00′

very easy:

Danesi Dolci

Danish pastries with puff pastry and fluffy, velvety pastry cream with an intense aroma of vanilla. The culmination of their taste is a fragrant apricot jam, which is added after the baking.
Gently, tasty cakes puff pastry for sunday breakfast. Build and fill small sweet bites on your table.
Yours!

work: 20′

time: 40′

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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.
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work: 40′

time: 2h:00′

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Plum Tart

Plums have flesh sweet and juicy and contain several antioxidants, like everything, dark purple-blue fruits and vegetables. Eaten raw, in jams or dried as a snack.
Here comes into a tart to a delicious grater flour basis, jam and chocolate cream with a strong presence of almond.
Try it!

work: 25′

time: 2h:00′

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