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		<description><![CDATA[..my eldest daughter, Camila, mi Camilita&#8230;.my sweet baby all dressed in mauve! How did it happen? When did my baby doll grow taller than Mom? Sweetness is the word that defines her&#8230;.ever since she was a little girl&#8230;she was never a great &#8220;talker&#8221; (like Mom and her sister), she was never argumentative, never capricious&#8230;she always [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>..my eldest daughter, Camila, mi Camilita&#8230;.my sweet baby all dressed in mauve!<br />
How did it happen? When did my baby doll grow taller than Mom?<br />
Sweetness is the word that defines her&#8230;.ever since she was a little girl&#8230;she was never a great &#8220;talker&#8221; (like Mom and her sister), she was never argumentative, never capricious&#8230;she always looked at her temperamental mother with a smile&#8230;even today, she always has the right word to cheer me up..to to &#8220;fish me out&#8221; of my seas of sorrows, or despair&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;">&#8230;la mas grande, Camila, mi Camilita&#8230;mi bebé toda vestia de lila!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> Cuando sucedio? Cuando fue que mi muñequita se hizo mas grande que mama?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> Dulzura es la palabra que la define..desde que era chiquita&#8230;nunca fue una &#8220;gran habladora&#8221; (como mama, o su hermana), ni peleadora, ni caprichosa&#8230;Siempre parecia mirar a su temperamental madre con una sonrisa..hasta hoy en dia! siempre tiene la palabra justa para hacerme senti mejor&#8230;para &#8220;salvarme&#8221; cuando me hundo en &#8220;mis mares&#8221; de tristeza, o desilusion&#8230;</span></strong></p>
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<p>She&#8217;s always there&#8230;judging strictly my work as a baker &#8220;I don&#8217;t quite like it, Mom&#8221; knowing that &#8220;quite&#8221; is the word that has to be there..not to risk my total discouragement, or worse, a cake that ends up in the bin&#8230;but then yes, putting proudly a photo of one of my cakes in HER Facebook, to show it to all her friends&#8230;coming home, full of bliss, saying that when she announced in class her birthday dinner, everybody said: &#8220;we start fasting&#8221;, anticipating the banquet that she herself will help me bake&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Siempre esta alli&#8230;estricta jueza de mi trabajo culinario &#8220;Muuucho no me gusta&#8221;, me dice, sabiendo que &#8220;mucho&#8221; tiene que estar alli, para que no me de el bajon, o peor, que termine tirando la torta a la basura&#8230;pero después si, pone orgullosa las fotos de mis tortas en su Facebook, para que &#8220;las chicas la vean&#8221; ..o vuelve a casa, re contenta, contando que cuando anuncio su cena de cumple, todos dijeron &#8220;Empieza el regimen&#8221; haciendo lugar en el estomago para lo rico que iban a comer aca&#8230;y que ella me iba a ayudar a hacer&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>Camila came to France when she was 6, and a few weeks later she started elementary school, without knowing a word in French. I was so worried about her&#8230;my daughter, &#8220;not the great talker&#8221; in her mother tongue, had to learn to write and read in a language she did not know&#8230;but she succeeded, as she always does, silently, due to her hard work, without bragging..almost unexpectedly, I would say&#8230;she succeeds..more than that, she is always among the first..</p>
<p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Camila vino a Francia con seis años..y a las semanas empezo la escuela primaria aqui, sin saber una palabra de francés. Yo tenia miedo por ella..mi nena, no &#8220;elocuente&#8221; precisamente, tenia que aprender a escribir y leer en un idioma que no sabia&#8230;pero lo logro, como lo logra siempre, calladita, aplicada, perfil bajo&#8230;sorprendiéndonos, diria yo&#8230;no solo logra sus metas, sino que esta entre las primeras&#8230;</span></p>
<p>She is very classic in style, modern but classic&#8230;flashy colors are not for her..she loves &#8220;ladylike&#8221; clothes, with a modern twist..The other day she told me she is not going to buy &#8220;cheap&#8221; clothes anymore (Zara, H&amp;M style) because she prefers to have three things in her wardrobe, but of good quality and not forty poor quality T-shirts !?! and so she has worn all the winter the same Bompard cashmere&#8230;changing accesories, some of them made by herself&#8230;</p>
<p><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Es muy clasica en estilo&#8230;moderna y clasica a la vez..los colores estridentes no son de su vestuario..Le gusta la ropa &#8220;chic&#8221;, con un toque moderno..El otro dia muy seria me dijo que no iba a gastar mas plata en ropa barato (tipo Zara, o H&amp;M) porque preferia tener tres cosas en el placard, pero de calidad, antes que 40 remeras baratas !!?!! asiq ue todo el invierno fue al cole con su sweater Bompard, cambiando accesorios, que a veces hace ella misma&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;">To her, this cake: sober, elegant, fitting her like a glove..inside: her favorite flavor <a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2012/06/creamy-dulce-de-leche-cake-peggy-porschen-torta-tarta-peggy-porschen.html">(see recipe here)</a></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"> She looked at it and said : &#8216;ta linda&#8230;&#8221;</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"> And those three syllables filled by heart with immense joy and tears&#8230;</span><br />
<span style="color: #333333;"> To you, my Camilita..I love you, baby!!</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;">Para ella esta torta: sobria, elegante, que &#8220;le va perfecto&#8221;..Adentro su relleno preferido <a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2012/06/creamy-dulce-de-leche-cake-peggy-porschen-torta-tarta-peggy-porschen.html">(ver receta aqui)</a></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> La miro y me dijo: &#8220;&#8216;Ta linda&#8230;!&#8221;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> Y esas tres silabas me mataron de amor, hasta las lagrimas&#8230;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc99ff;"> Para vos, mi Camilita..mi bebé adorado!</span></strong></p>
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<p>PS: The name you see on the cake is one I chose for my catalogue, of Paris Luxury Cakes, because of course, this cake (another) will be available for customers too&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Happy Easter ! Felices Pascuas !</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s make of this Easter time something more than chocolate&#8230;a time of reflection, of understanding, sharing our time, our smiles with others&#8230;! A peaceful Easter to all of you! Porque este tiempo de Pascua sea mas que chocolate&#8230;tiempo de reflexion, de comprension, de compartir nuestro tiempo y sonrisas con los otros&#8230;! Que tengan mucha Paz [...]]]></description>
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<p>Let&#8217;s make of this Easter time something more than chocolate&#8230;a time of reflection, of understanding, sharing our time, our smiles with others&#8230;! A peaceful Easter to all of you!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #99ccff;">Porque este tiempo de Pascua sea mas que chocolate&#8230;tiempo de reflexion, de comprension, de compartir nuestro tiempo y sonrisas con los otros&#8230;! Que tengan mucha Paz en estas Pascuas!</span></strong></p>
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<p>Un beso enorme,</p>
<p>Cristina</p>
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		<title>Caramelized Pears, Lemony-Almond Ricotta Cheesecake, topped with Crème Brûlée</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cheesecake de Ricotta, con Peras Caramelizadas, y capa de Crème Brûlée ! There are days when I&#8217;m lazy&#8230;like yesterday. This idea of cheesecake had been going around my mind..I went to the supermarket to buy what I needed&#8230;but then, I got to the kitchen, and I didn&#8217;t want to look for the scales&#8230;the hassle of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Cheesecake de Ricotta, con Peras Caramelizadas, y capa de Crème Brûlée !</span></strong></p>
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<p>There are days when I&#8217;m lazy&#8230;like yesterday. This idea of cheesecake had been going around my mind..I went to the supermarket to buy what I needed&#8230;but then, I got to the kitchen, and I didn&#8217;t want to look for the scales&#8230;the hassle of seeing how many grams of this..of that. And I know that in pastry we don&#8217;t joke about that..but I decided I didn&#8217;t care&#8230;at least for once..it was a cake for my family..and if it was not perfect..they would eat it all the same..Yes! and my dog agreed! (He always agrees with me, that&#8217;s the good thing about dogs!)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Hay dias que estoy &#8220;como vaga&#8221; &#8230;como ayer! Hacia sdias que me daba vueltas en la cabeza hacer este cheesecake..Fui al supermercado a comprar lo que necesitaba..pero cuando entré en la cocina, me dio fiaca buscar la balanza&#8230;empezar a pesar todo..(perdon! una chef debe decir preparar la mise-en-place..) Ya sé que en pasteleria, las improvisaciones no van&#8230;pero por una vez..no tenia ganas! Ademas, la torta era para mi familia, asi que si salia mal&#8230;se la comian lo mismo! Si! mi perro estuvo de acuerdo (El siempre esta de acuerdo conmigo, por eso tengo un perro!)</span></strong></p>
<p>I decided I had to stress the almond element here, because I wanted this cheesecake to be Italian&#8230;I opened a pack of <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lulechampdespossibles.fr/veritablepetitbeurre">Petit Lu&#8217;s biscuits,</a></strong> I judged I needed half the packet..I crushed them, and then I added some almond flour to a quantity I thought OK for my 20 cm springform..and then I melted some butter, and I poured it bit by bit, until the typical mixture for cheesecake crust was formed..and I said to myself &#8220;Good, I have some butter left to butter the mold!&#8221; and then I forgot to butter the mold..which set me in a bad mood..I think I was already in a bad mood, when I started the cake..but I didn&#8217;t know why..Does that happen to you? You feel something is bothering you back in your mind, but we cannot identify this bug..or maybe we don&#8217;t want to accept what it is&#8230;Bref, I decided I would add some drops of almond extract to the crust mixture..Mind you..drops!! Put a teaspoon and you will surely ruin your dessert..</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Decidi que tenia que acentuar el sabor a almendra, porque queria que este cheesecake fuese italiano! Abri un paquete de <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lulechampdespossibles.fr/veritablepetitbeurre"><span style="color: #339966;">galletitas Petit Lu</span></a>..me parecio que necesitaba un poco mas de medio paquete..las moli en la procesadora, agregué harina de almendras en una cantidad que me parecio suficiente para mi molde de 20cm..y después derretir manteca, cantidad a ojo, y la fui echando de a poquito, hasta que se formo la tipica mezcla base de todos los cheesecakes..y me dije &#8220;Qué genia!! me sobro justo para enmantecar el molde&#8221; pero después me olvidé de enmantecar el molde&#8230;lo que me puso de mal humor&#8230;en realidad, creo que ya estaba de mal humor cuando empecé a cocinar&#8230;pero no sabia por qué. Les pasa eso? Uno siente que hay algo en la mente, que nos esta molestando&#8230;pero no podemos identificar qué es&#8230;o quizas no queremos darnos cuenta, y aceptarlo. Bueno, se me ocurrio que si le agregaba unas gotitas de extracto de almendras a la mezcla iba a quedar mejor&#8230;pero hablo de gotitas!! Ese extracto es muy amargo, y una cucharadita de té seria arruinar la cosa&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Following my Italian inspiration, I caramelized the pears..I smiled to myself because when removing the brand tag from the pears, I realised they were from Argentina!! Yes, we are the &#8220;latest fad&#8221;..the Pope is from Buenos Aires, the next Queen of Holland is from Buenos Aires..<em>I am from Buenos Aires</em>&#8230;and the pears too!<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.salenteinfruit.com/cas/fruit/en/productos.html"><span style="color: #000000;"> No, the pears were probably from Rio Negro</span></a>..Lemon zest to my ricotta, and some drops of almond too! And then, a thin layer of crème brûlée, because my husband always says &#8220;You never make crème brûlée!&#8221; He eats the most wonderful things but he complains that I never make crème brûlée&#8230;..(?!?) Some people are spoilt in this world, aren&#8217;t they?</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Siguiendo con mi inspiracion italiana, caramelicé las peras&#8230;y me empecé a reir sola porque al sacarles la etiqueta, vi que las peras eran argentinas!!Es como que &#8220;estamos de moda&#8221; ja ja. El Papa es de Buenos Aires, la proxima reina de Holanda es de Buenos Aires..Yo soy de Buenos Aires..y las peras también! No,<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.salenteinfruit.com/cas/fruit/es/productos.html"><span style="color: #339966;"> seguro que eran de Rio Negro, o por ahi</span></a>. Ralladura de limon para mi ricotta, y unas gotitas de extracto también! Y después, una capa finita de crème brûlée, porque mi marido dice &#8220;Vos nunca hacés crème brûlée!&#8221; Come las cosas mas deliciosas pero se queja de que crème brûlée no hay&#8230;.(?!?) Hay gente malcriada en este mundo,no?</span></strong></p>
<p>Finally, some images of the reason for my silence: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parisluxurycakes.com/"><strong>Paris Luxury Cakes</strong>,</a> and the challenge of offering a product in a country that basically has a mistrust, bias, or what you call it, for this product, but this&#8230;.in another episode&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Para terminar, algunas fotos de la razon de mi silencio: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.parisluxurycakes.com/"><span style="color: #339966;">Paris Luxury Cakes,</span></a> y el desafio de ofrecer un producto en un pais que tiene una cierta desconfianza o aprehension o prejuicio contra ese producto&#8230;pero de esto hablaré otro dia&#8230;!</span></strong></p>
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<div class="customImage">To make this <strong>Ricotta cheesecake,</strong> you will need:</div>
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<div class="customImage"><strong>Crust</strong>:*crackers or biscuits of your choice, 1 1/4 cups *almond flour, 3/4 cup *sugar, 1/4 cup *butter, melted, 1/3 cup *almond extract, some drops</div>
<div class="customImage">*ricotta, 250gr *cream, 1/3 cup *sugar, 1/4 cup *zest of one lemon *eggs, 2 *corn flour (maizena), 2 tbsp *almond extract, some drops  *pears, 2</div>
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<div class="customImage">Crush the crackers and almond flour in a food processor. Pass it to a bowl. Pour the melted butter gradually. With a fork, combine until a thick paste is formed. Using the back of a spoon, put the mixture into a buttered springform pan, and press to form the crust, slightly going up the sides. Bake (180°C) for 10-12&#8242;. Let cool. Peel the pears, slice them into cubes. Put a tbsp of butter in a pan. Melt. Add the pears. Then sprinkle with two tbsp of sugar. Wait till sugar caramelizes, but don&#8217;t overcook. Pears have to be tender, but not a purée. Let cool. In a bowl, combine the ricotta with the cream, sugar, eggs, almond extract &amp; lemon zest. Pour in the mold. Bake (160°C) in Bain Marie, for 45&#8242; approx, until the center slightly wobbles. Remove from oven. (do not turn it off) Let cool. In another bowl, combine the cream, yolk, sugar &amp; vanilla seeds for the crème brûlée. Pour on the cheesecake. Bake for 20&#8242;, until slightly set. Refrigerate all night if possible. Enjoy!</div>
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		<title>A French St Valentine’s: Millefeuille…what did you expect?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world is busy making hearts! Heart-shaped cookies, cupcakes decorated with hearts&#8230;.and the French too..their way! Neither cookies nor cupcakes are a French tradition..but the millefeuille? Oui, monsieur! Now&#8230;I have a confession to make&#8230;shhhh!!! Is it only you and me??? what you see there is NOT the product of my creativity and imagination&#8230;I saw this [...]]]></description>
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<p>The world is busy making hearts! Heart-shaped cookies, cupcakes decorated with hearts&#8230;.and the French too..their way! Neither cookies nor cupcakes are a French tradition..but the millefeuille? Oui, monsieur! Now&#8230;I have a confession to make&#8230;shhhh!!! Is it only you and me??? what you see there is NOT the product of my creativity and imagination&#8230;I saw this at Lenôtre, and I decided to make it at home! Is it &#8220;plagiarism&#8221;? Not because I&#8217;m confessing the fact&#8230;I could have said nothing and let the world believe I am SO smart I came up with that&#8230;<br />
No..I found Lenôtre&#8217;s work so beautiful that I decided to humbly reproduce it at home..obviously using my knowledge of French pâtisserie (because as you can imagine, nobody gave me the recipe)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s really very simple to make&#8230;you need puff pastry, that we will cut using a heart (I made from pizza carton!) , then it is pastry inside, and whipped cream on top, slightly colored in pink&#8230;and the raspberries, of course! (I almost forget!) Ah !!!! (I almost forget II) I caramelised the puff pastry so that it won&#8217;t absorb the humidity of the creams&#8230;Enjoy !</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #c10000;">El mundo esta ocupadisimo haciendo corazones&#8230;cookies con forma de corazon, cupcakes decoradas con corazoncitos&#8230;y los franceses también, a su manera! No, ni cookies ni cupcakes..eso no es tradicion francesa..pero el milhojas? Oui, monsieur!! Ahora, viene una confesion mia&#8230;estamos solos, vos y yo? Lo que ven en la foto no es el producto de mi creatividad e imaginacion..No, lo vi en Lenôtre, y me hice el auto-challenge de reproducirlo en casa! Es &#8220;plagio&#8221;? No creo porque lo estoy admitiendo..podria no haber dicho nada y dejar que el mundo crea que soy TAN viva que se me ocurrio a mi solita! No, me gusto tanto el trabajo de Lenôtre que decidi humildemente tratar de ver si me salia a mi también..usando mi conocimiento de pasteleria francesa, ya que obvio, nadie me dio la receta!</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color: #c10000;">Es super facil de hacer&#8230;masa de hojaldre, que corté con forma de corazon (usé un molde? ni ahi! me hice un corazon con un carton de pizza) Adentro, crema pastelera, arriba Chantilly, con un apeniiitas de colorante rosa, y las frambuesas (casi me olvido!) Ah! (casi me olvido II) Caramelisé el hojaldre asi no absorbe lo humedo de las cremas&#8230;.! Que lo disfruten!</span></strong></p>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">To make this &#8220;Millefeuille de St Valentin&#8221; , you will need:</div>
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<p><strong>For the puff pastry</strong><br />
* puff pastry (you can buy the frozen one at any store), 250gr * icing sugar</p>
<div>With a rolling pin, on a floured top, roll out the puff pastry into a rectangle or circle bigger than the actual heart you intend to use. It should be 3/4 mm high. Place it on a lined baking tray, sprinkled with icy water and refrigerate at least 30′.</div>
<div>Pre-heat oven 210°C. Put your tray in the oven for 15&#8242;. It will grow tall. Then, place some parchment paper on the dough, and a cake rack on top. Push it down. Bake for 5/10&#8242;more. Doing this, we have allowed the puff to develop, but then we want it thinner. Remove from oven. Let it regain room temperature. Then sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake in the oven on grill (250°C) just a few minutes till it caramelizes.</div>
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<div>For the<strong> Pastry Cream,</strong> you will need:</p>
<div>*whole milk, 210ml *corn flour (maizena), 20gr *sugar, 40gr *yolks, 2</div>
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<div>Pour the milk in a saucepan and take it to a boil. Let rest. In a bowl, beat the yolks with the sugar, add the Maizena, beat again. Incorporate half the milk. Fold in well. Then pour everything back in the saucepan with the rest of the milk. Heat stirring constantly mid/low gas. Be careful not to burn mixture. Once it thickens, turn off heat.  Cover a tray with plastic foil. Spread the pastry cream on it. Cover with  plastic foil to avoid air contact. Refrigerate.</div>
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<div>For the <strong>Whipped Cream:</strong></div>
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<div>*cream, 250ml  *icing sugar, 50gr *food coloring, pink (if desired)</div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">Para el<strong> hojaldre</strong>:</span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">Yo usé ese que viene congelado en un gran rectangulo de 250gr (Picard). Sino, el normal de supermercado, que sea una marca buena (obvio que NO es lo mismo, que uno casero&#8230;!, pero&#8230;) Enharinar la superficie de trabajo, y con el palote estirar hasta masa hasta que quede de 3/4&#8242;. Ponerla sobre una placa de horno, con papel manteca al que salpicamos con agua previamente. Pinchar la masa con palillo. Llevar a la heladera. La masa debe estar BIEN fria cuando la introduzcamos en el horno BIEN caliente (210°C). Hornear 15&#8242;. La masa se va a inflar!!! Luego, sacamos un minuto, le ponemos un papel manteca encina, y la rejilla de tortas, y presionamos. Todo el aire de la masa se va a escapar. Horneamos 5&#8242; mas, con papel y rejilla encima! Por este procedimiento, permitimos que el hojaldre se desarrolle, y luego lo bajamos porque no lo queremos enorme..Luego sacamos del horno. Lo dejamos enfriar un poquito. Espolvoreamos con azucar impalpable. Ponermos el horno en grill (250°C) Y caramelizamos. Ojo, toma 2/3 minutos, nada mas! </span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">Para la <strong>Crema Pastelera:</strong></span></p>
<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">*leche entera, 210ml *Maizena, 20gr *azucar, 40gr *gelatin,  *yemas, 2    </span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">. En una cacerolita, llevar la leche a hervor. Dejar reposar. En un bowl, blanquear las yemas con el azucar. Agregar  maizena. Batir otra vez. Incorporar la mitad de la leche. Luego pasar esta mezcla a la cacerola con la otra mitad de la leche. Llevar a fuego medio/bajo, revolviendo constantemente con el batidor de almabre (ojo que no se queme) hasta que espese. Retirar del fuego.  Sobre una placa, poner film de plastico, extender la pastelera sobre él, cubrir con otro film bien (para evitar que con el aire se forme una costra) Enfriar.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Para la Chantilly:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #ff0000;">Batir 250ml de crema, con 50gr de azucar impalpable. Se puede poder un poquito (minimo) de colorante rosa.</span></div>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: My “Caro Cuore” Valentine’s Cake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why should everything Valentine&#8217;s be red? Stay tuned&#8230;A Valentine&#8217;s dessert is coming soon&#8230;.French style&#8230;! (but red..this time!)]]></description>
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<p>Why should everything Valentine&#8217;s be red?</p>
<p>Stay tuned&#8230;A Valentine&#8217;s dessert is coming soon&#8230;.French style&#8230;! (but red..this time!)</p>
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		<title>Polenta, Mushrooms &amp; Goat Cheese..Yes Winter Has Finally Arrived !</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[En Español: Polenta con Hongos y Queso de Cabra&#8230; Finally&#8230;.real winter is here. Brrr !!! It&#8217;s cold out there&#8230;And when that happens, we think of a hearty meal..hot, nourishing, healthy! And if, on top of it, we can make it in no time..Bingo! Polenta is dear to me and my kids. It was my kids [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">En Español: Polenta con Hongos y Queso de Cabra&#8230;</span></strong></p>
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<p>Finally&#8230;.real winter is here. Brrr !!! It&#8217;s cold out there&#8230;And when that happens, we think of a hearty meal..hot, nourishing, healthy! And if, on top of it, we can make it in no time..Bingo!<br />
Polenta is dear to me and my kids. It was my kids first meal, but polenta made with milk..no water or stock (my mother taught me that) Polenta with milk plus melting cheese? Bocato di cardinale !!<br />
Plus the mushrooms, and leeks&#8230;Don&#8217;t know the Italian expression for it..Must do some google-research ;D</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #800000;">Por fin llego el verdadero invierno! Brr!! Hace un friiiiooo !! Y ahi es cuando nos da ganas de comer algo calentito, contundente y nutritivo;.y si ademas lo hacemos en dos minutos..Bingo! A mis chicos y a mi nos encanta la polenta. Fue una de las primeras comidas de mis hijos cuando dejaron la mamadera. Ojo, polenta hecha con leche..nada de agua o caldo (asi me habia enseñado mi mama!) Queda super cremosa, y si encima le agregamos queso..(aqui de cabra pero puede ser otro) ..Bocato di Cardinale!! Y si después le agregamos unos puerros y champignons salteados&#8230;.? Qué expresion italiana habra para describir eso? Voy a buscar en Google&#8230;. ;D</span></strong></p>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;"><strong>For this Polenta with Mushrooms and Goat Cheese,</strong> you will need:</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">*instant polenta (cornmeal), 250gr * milk, 750ml *butter, 100gr *parmesan cheese, to taste *sage leaves, 1 tbsp, chopped *thyme leaves, 2 coffeespoons, *leek, 1 or 2, finely sliced *champignons (your favorite variety or a mix), two handfuls *goat cheese (creamy type), 200/400gr *balsamic vinegar, 100 ml *sugar, 2 teaspoons *salt &amp; pepper, to taste</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Put the milk (500gr) with the butter (80gr), a pinch of salt  in a saucepan and take to a boil. Lower heat to medium/low. Gradually, whisk in the polenta, and cook until the mixture thickens, and the polenta is cooked. Add in more milk if necessary. It is difficult to precise how much milk you need because this will differ according to different types of polenta and absorption degrees. Incorporate parmesan cheese, sage, thyme. Correct seasoning. Cover &amp; set aside for a while. In a little saucepan put the vinegar and sugar, stir, take to a boil, and then lower heat and let reduce for a couple of minutes. In the meanwhile, in a skillet, put the rest of the butter (a little bit of olive oil to prevent burning) and sautée first the leeks and then the champignons cut into 2 or 4 according to size. Do not overcook champignons! They have to be firm. Ready? Go back to your polenta. If it has dried, add a bit of milk and whisk it over medium/low. Ready to serve? Polenta, champignons on top, pieces of goat cheese, drizzle the vinegar syrup..Enjoy!</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Para esta <strong>Polenta con Hongos y Queso de Cabra</strong>, van a necesitar:</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">*polenta instantanea, 250gr *leche, 750ml *manteca, 100gr *queso parmesano rallado, a gusto *hojas de salvia picadas, 1 cda sop *hojas de tomillo picadas, 2 cditas de café *champignons (de la variedad que les guste o que encuentren), dos manojos *queso de cabra (de textura mantecosa) 200/400gr *aceto balsamico, 100ml *azucar, 2 cdas té *sal y pimienta a gusto</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Empezamos poniendo en una cacerolita 500ml de la leche, 80gr de manteca, una pizca de sal. Llevamos al hervor. Bajamos fuego a medio/bajo. Incorporamos la polenta en forma de lluvia, mezclando con batidor de alambre, hasta que la polenta espese y sobretod esté cocida! Agregar mas leche si es necesario. Es dificil precisar la cantidad de leche ya que esta va a variar de acuerdo al tipo de polenta (marca), hay algunas ciuyo grano absorbe mas (o menos) Una vez cocida y cremosa, agregamos, fuera del fuego, el queso rallado, la salvia, tomillo, rectificamos sazonamiento. Tapar. En una cacerolita chiquita, poner el aceto y azucar. LLevar a hervor para diluir azucar, y luego dejar reducir un poner a fuego bien bajo, para que se forme un sirop. En una sarten, poner el resto de la menteca y un poco de aceite de oliva (para que la manteca no se queme). Saltear los puerros, luego los champignons cortados en dos o cuatro segun tamaño. No cocinar demasiado porque los champignons deben estar consistentes NO babosos!</div>
<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Volver a la polenta, que seguro se seco un poco. Agregar un chorrito de leche, mezclar con batidor y volver a calentar&#8230;Listo? Plato&#8230;.polenta&#8230;Salteado de champignons encima&#8230;queso de cabra cortadito&#8230;sirop de aceto sobre todo esto&#8230;y a disfrutar!</div>
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		<title>Epiphany: A Photo that Becomes a Poster….to Help Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cristina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember this photo? Well&#8230;.probably not, it is a photo of my &#8220;galette des rois&#8221;. I posted it two years ago, with the recipe here.  In France there is an association called &#8220;Les Enfants de l&#8217;Espoir&#8220;. It is a children choir, and they sing to raise funds to help other children in need. This [...]]]></description>
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<p>Do you remember this photo? Well&#8230;.probably not, it is a photo of my &#8220;galette des rois&#8221;. I posted it two years ago, <a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2011/01/epiphany-pistachiochocolate-galette-des.html">with the recipe here.</a>  In France there is an association called &#8220;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.enfants-espoir.net/spip.php?page=ede&amp;id_rubrique=9&amp;idn=1">Les Enfants de l&#8217;Espoir</a>&#8220;. It is a children choir, and they sing to raise funds to help other children in need. This year, for the 30th anniversary of this association, they had the original idea of raising funds selling &#8220;fèves&#8221; (these plastic figurines that come inside the &#8220;galettes des rois&#8221;, but the fèves are the images of the children that sing in the choir&#8230;To make the poster they needed a photograph of a galette, and they chose mine..!</p>
<p><span style="color: #339966;">Se acuerdan de esta foto? Seguro que no&#8230;.Hace dos años publiqué la receta de la tipica &#8220;galette des rois&#8221; francesa, que se come para el 6 de Enero..<a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2011/01/epiphany-pistachiochocolate-galette-des.html"><span style="color: #339966;">Encontraran la receta aqui. </span></a> En Francia, hay una asociacion que se llama <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.enfants-espoir.net/spip.php?page=ede&amp;id_rubrique=9&amp;idn=1"><span style="color: #339966;">&#8220;Les Enfants de l&#8217;Espoir&#8221;</span></a>. Es un coro de niños, y tienen como objetivo juntar fondos para ayudar a chicos necesitados del mundo. Este año se cumple el 30 aniversario de esa asociacion, y para el 6 de Enero, decidieron vender los muñequitos que van adentro de la rosca..Los muñequitos son las imagenes de los chicos que cantan&#8230;! y para la publicidad necesitaban una foto de una galette..y eligieron la mia.</span></p>
<p>I feel proud of having being chosen because this allowed me to help this association also! If you live in France (Alsace), and you see the poster at the boulangerie&#8230;buy a &#8220;fève&#8221;&#8230;.for a new smile&#8230;from a needy child somewhere in the world!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Me siento orgullosa de haber sido elegida porque esto me permite colaborar con esta asociacion. Si viven en Francia (Alsacia), y al entrar a una panaderia, ven el poster, compren una &#8220;fève&#8221;..por una nueva sonrisa&#8230;de un chico necesitado, en algun lugar del mundo&#8230;</span></strong></p>
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		<title>A Christmas Tea for my friends: Mini-Pavlovas &amp; etc etc etc…..</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[En Español, en color! The end of the year is a busy season for everybody. I always have the impression we get to Xmas day, gasping for air&#8230;but still, I felt I had to make a special effort for my friends..for all those that made my 2012 better, with just a simple phone call, a [...]]]></description>
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<p>The end of the year is a busy season for everybody. I always have the impression we get to Xmas day, gasping for air&#8230;but still, I felt I had to make a special effort for my friends..for all those that made my 2012 better, with just a simple phone call, a visit, a short mail..not to talk about those who &#8220;put up with me&#8221; !! Endless hors of talking about my Hermès dinner&#8230;my house project&#8230;my &#8220;mother of teenagers shrink session&#8221;&#8230;for all those who just were there, so near, a special &#8220;Thanks&#8221; was needed..my heart was telling me that&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">El fin de año es sinonimo de locura para muchos..o para todos! Siempre tengo la impresion de llegar al dia de Navidad con la lengua afuera&#8230;pero sin embargo, sentia que debia hacer un esfuercito extra por mis amigos..por aquellos que hicieron que mi 2012 fuese mejor..simplemente llamando, viniendo a verme, escribiendo un mail cortito&#8230;y ni hablar de aquellos que me &#8220;soportaron&#8221;!!! Horas y horas hablando sobre Hermès, sobre mis planes de mudanza, sesiones de psicologia amateur para madres de adolescentes&#8230;en fin, por los que estuvieron cerca mio!!! A ellos queria decirles &#8220;gracias&#8221;! Es lo que me dictaba mi corazon!</span></strong></p>
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<p>Did I need to make all this? &#8220;Yes&#8221; is the answer because it is a question of starting..you know? at the beginning I&#8217;m lazy and I say to myself &#8220;Nooo&#8230;it is too much work&#8221; but once I begin, I add another thing, and another&#8230;.So what did we have? My friend L had driven me crazy about these mini-pavlovas with lemon curd, berries and whipped cream with good Madagascar vanilla&#8230;(recipe in this post)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Habia necesidad de hacer todo esto? &#8220;Si&#8221;, es mi respuesta. Ademas, todo es cuestion de empezar&#8230;al principio me cuesta, y me digo &#8220;Noooo, ni &#8220;en pepe&#8221;&#8230;pero una vez que &#8220;rompi la inercia&#8221;, agrego otra cosita, y otra&#8230;Asi que, qué comimos? Mi amiga L estaba antojada de estas mini-pavlovas, con curd de limon, frutos rojos y Chantilly con vainilla de Madagascar (si, si hacemos Chantilly que sea buena! nada de esencia liquida, chaucha de vainilla pura y de la buena! (la del super &#8220;Niet&#8221;) Como decia Olmedo (comico argentino): &#8220;si la hacemos hay que hacerla bien&#8221; (bueno él no se referia a la crema justamente ;D</span></strong></p>
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<p>These individual &#8220;entremets&#8221;: mousse de gianduja-pralin /mousse de vanilla, with marrons glacés&#8230;(also inside)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Estos &#8220;entremets&#8221; individual: mousse de gianduja-praliné / mousse de vainilla, con pedacitos de marrons glacé adentro, y uno entero afuera! </span></strong></p>
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<p>Something &#8220;à l&#8217;anglaise&#8221; (English style): just for favorite chocolate cake (I don&#8217;t like fruit cake) <a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2010/03/last-winter-cake-milk-chocolate.html">(<strong>I used my recipe here)</strong></a> and then I covered it in almond paste and then sugar paste..</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Algo &#8220;a la inglesa&#8221;: como no me gusta mucho el &#8220;fruit cake&#8221;, hice una torta de chocolate <a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2010/03/last-winter-cake-milk-chocolate.html">(receta aqui)</a> y después la cubri con pasta de almendras y luego con fondant&#8230;y lindas cintas! </span></strong></p>
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<p>The German Stöllen, that I used to eat when I was a child&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">El Stöllen aleman de mi infancia&#8230;mi papa compraba la pâtisserie en una confiteria austriaca que se llamaba Plett, en Villa Devoto..(obvio que no lo llamabamos &#8220;pâtisserie&#8221; le deciamos &#8220;facturas&#8221;&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2012/12/a-christmas-tea-mini-pavlovas-berries-panettone.html/malbec-mini-panett-matte" rel="attachment wp-att-5198"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5198" title="Malbec-mini-panett-matte" src="http://www.frombatoparis.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Malbec-mini-panett-matte.jpg" alt="" width="680" height="1024" /></a></p>
<p>&#8230;and my traditional mini Panettones (<strong><a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2010/12/my-panettonefor-my-girls.html">you can find the recipe here</a></strong>, for the big panettone, then is is a question of forming small balls of dough according to the desired size-here 100gr of dough each) &#8230;.<br />
For those that love decoration, the tablecloth is <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.le-jacquard-francais.fr/#/fr/0/Home?gclid=CJfk6P3Fo7QCFU3HtAodOF4AHA">Le Jacquard Français</a></strong>- Argentina collection (gift from a friend!), all the candle holders are Ikea, the black serving dishes <strong><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.revol-porcelaine.fr/">by Revo</a>l</strong>, the tea pot &#8211; Wedgwood-Nantucket Collection, and the porcelaine dishes are from Limoges, I bought them in a factory, at discount prices&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">&#8230;y mis ya tradicionales mini Panettones (<a href="http://www.frombatoparis.com/2010/12/my-panettonefor-my-girls.html">pueden encontrar la receta aqui,</a> para uno grande&#8230;luego es cuestion de dividir el bollo en bollitos mas chicos segun querramos, yo los hice de 100 gr aprox)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Para los que les gusta los detalles de decoracion, el mantel (fue un regalo) es de <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.le-jacquard-francais.fr/#/fr/0/Home?gclid=CJfk6P3Fo7QCFU3HtAodOF4AHA">Le Jacquard Français</a> (what a level!), coleccion Argentina, los porta velos son de Ikea (como bajé el level!), la tetera es de Wedgwood, coleccion Nantucket, los platos pizarra son <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.revol-porcelaine.fr/">de Revol</a>, y los platos de porcelana son de Limoges, los compré en Limoges, en esos negocios que venden directo de fabrica, a precio mas bajo&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>et c&#8217;est tout!! (that&#8217;s all)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Y es todo!</span></strong></p>
<p>and I wish you all a very happy Christmas !! All the best for 2013!! (and hope to continue sharing our lives in 2013!)</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Les deseo una muuuy feliz Navidad!!! Lo mejor para el 2013 !! Y espero que me sigan haciendo compañia en el 2013 también!</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>To make the Mini-Pavlovas, you will need:</strong></p>
<p>(for 10 mini Pavlovas approx)<br />
*egg whites, 120gr (approx 4 eggs) *icing sugar, 120gr *caster sugar, 120gr, *Maizena, 1tbsp *lemon juice, or white vinegar, 1tbsp</p>
<p>The calculation is simple: for any hard meringue, you need to measure the weight of egg whites, and then you need the same weight of each sugars. So you can adapt this recipe to the quantity you need. Pre-heat oven 110°C. Put the whites in the bowl. Start whipping. When the whites begin to foam, add the icing sugar in two or three times. Then do the same with the caster sugar. Whip for approx 10&#8242;/15&#8242;. The meringue has to be very firm. Then add the Maizena and the lemon juice. Whisk for 5&#8242; more. In the meanwhile cut parchment paper the size of your baking sheet (you can use silpat) If you use paper you will have to stick it with some meringue dots. If possible, try to use a thick baking sheet. This is a must for meringue, macaron baking. Using a star tip (or not), star piping the circles, starting from the center, and then, twice on the outer line, to give volume. Put the sheet in the oven, lower the temperature to 100°C, bake for one hour. Then lower the heat to 90°C, &amp; bake one hour more. Open the oven to let the steam out, then close it. Let the meringues inside the oven for several hours, preferably overnight. You can keep these meringues 3/4 days in an airtight container.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">*claras de huevo, 120gr (4 huevos aprox), *azucar impalpable, 120gr *azucar comun, 120gr *Maizena, 1cda sopera *jugo de limon o vinagre de sidra, 1 cda sopera</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">El calculo es simple. Para hacer este tipo de merengue duro, van dos cantidades de azucar por una de claras. Aca, use, una vez azucar impalpable, y otra azucar comun. Pre-calentar horno 110°C. Poner las claras en la batidora, enpezar a batir, cuando empiezan a tomar un poco, agregar el azucar impalpable en dos o tres veces, seguri batiendo, luego agregar el azucar comun en igual proceso. Seguir batiendo hasta que esten en punto &#8220;bec d&#8217;oiseau&#8221; es decir que al levantar el batidor de alambre el pico se sostenga, que no caiga. Ademas podemos tomar un poco de merengue entre los dedos y verificar que no queden granitos. Entonces ya esta. Agregar la maizena y el jugo de limon, a mano con espaturla, con movimientos envolventes. Yo lo hice en la batidora e igual me quedo bien.  Poner el merengue en una manga con pico estrella (o no) Forrar una placa con papel manteca (o Silpat) Hacer unos picos de merengue y luego apoyar el papel, asi evitamos que el papel se mueva cuando hacemos los merengues. Es preferible tener una placa de horno bien gruesa asi hay menos chances que el merengue se queme de abajo. Formar las mini Pavlovas formando circulos, empezando por el centro, y luego repetir una vuelta en la parte exterior, asi se forma &#8220;el nidito&#8221;. Bajar el horno a 100°C, cuando introducimos la placa, cocinar una hora, luego bajar a 90°C. Cocinar otra hora. Apagar el horno. Abrir la puerta una vez para que se escape el vapor. Cerrar. Dejar los merengues en el horno por 3 horas minimo, o mejor aun toda la noche. Despegar. Se pueden conservar 3/4 dias en un tupper. </span></p>
<p><strong>For the Lemon Curd, you will need:</strong><br />
*butter, 120gr *lemon juice, 60 ml *lemon zest, 1 *egg, 1 *yolks, 3 *sugar, 120gr<br />
Put the sugar, yolks, egg, lemon juice and zest in a metal bowl, to cook at Bain Marie. Cook whisking continually till the cream thickens. This might take several minutes! Once thickened, turn off fire. Add the butter. Whisk well. Pass it through a sieve. Put the cream in a dish. Lay plastic film on it. Refrigerate. To use later, allow the cream to find its creamy consistency whisk it slowly with a metal whisk.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">*manteca, 120gr *jugo de limon, 60ml *ralladura de un limon *huevo, 1 *yemas, 3 *azucar comun, 120gr</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">En un bowl de metal o Pyrex, poner el huevo, yemas, azucar, jugo y ralladura de limon. Comenzar a cocinar a baño maria, batiendo con batidor de alambre y controlando temperatura. No quiero que los huevos se cocinar. Seguir hasta que espese. Ojo que esto puede tomar su tiempo. No es tan rapido. Una vez espeso, sacar del fuego, y agregar la manteca en trocitos. Batir bien para incorporar. Poner en una placa. Cubrir bien con film plastico. Refrigerar. Para usar, descontraer el curd batiendo un poco con el batidor de alambre. Poner en manga (si queremos ser re-prolijitos y professional, sino rellenar con cucharita)</span></p>
<p><strong>For the Chantilly Cream, you will need:</strong></p>
<p><strong></strong>*whipping cream, bio if possible, 250gr *vanilla pod, 1/2 *icing sugar, 1 1/2 tbsp</p>
<p>With a hand mixer, start whipping the cream, then add the sugar and vanilla seeds. Whip until desired consistence. Do not over whip.</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">*crema, con buen contenido de materia grasa, minimo 35% (las bio), 250gr *chaucha de vainilla Madagascar, Tahiti, 1/2 *azucar impalpable, 1 1/2 cda sopera.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Empezar a batir la crema. En cuanto empieza a tomar, agregar el zucar y granitos de vainilla. Seguir batiendo hasta punto Chantilly.</span></p>
<p><strong>Assembly:</strong><br />
Put the lemon curd in a piping bag, and pipe a little &#8220;heart&#8221; of lemon curd for each meringue. Decorate with the berries of your choice (or some other fruit) and a dollop of Chantilly cream.<br />
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Poner el lemon curd en manga y rellenar el &#8220;nidito&#8221; Luego decorar con los frutos rojos de eleccion (u otra fruta: mango, por ejemplo) Decorar con Chantilly y hojitas de menta. </span></p>
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<p>Place? Paris Month? October Situation? My friend L&#8217;s birthday..(on the phone)<br />
Me: Name a cake and I will make it for your birthday!<br />
L: Genial! but without mousses, without cream, without chocolate because I am on a diet&#8230;<br />
Me (a bit exasperated) WHO can be on a diet the day of her birthday ?!?<br />
L: Yes, you are right, but I have been eating badly lately..<br />
Me: Every time we talk you are on a diet&#8230;<br />
L: Yes, I know, but then I give it up and I eat a bar of chocolate&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Lugar? Paris Mes? Octubre Situation? El cumple de mi amiga L (en el teléfono)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;">Yo: Qué torta querés que te haga para tu cumple?</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> L: Qué buena idea! Una que no tenga mousses, ni chocolate, ni crema&#8230;estoy a dieta!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> Yo (un poco molesta) Y a quién se le ocurre estar a dieta el dia de su cumple??!!??</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> L: Si, ha sé&#8230;pero ultimamente estuve comiendo un monton de porquerias&#8230;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> Yo: Siempre que hablamos estas a dieta..</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> L: Es verdad&#8230;no como nada, y después me da hambre y me como un chocolate!</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">How many times have YOU had this conversation with a friend? Many I guess&#8230;So, there I was, as frustrated as any baker would be without chocolate, cream, and mousses&#8230;</span><br />
<span style="color: #000000;"> Yet, resourceful girl as I am (?!), I remembered HIM !!! or IT rather&#8230;A book I have at home by Pierre Hermé&#8230;.and this Italian gem, the &#8220;pain de Gênes&#8221;&#8230;so full of almonds (&#8230;and L had not mentioned the word &#8220;almond&#8221; ;D</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Cuantas veces tuvieron esta conversacion con una amiga? Muchas supongo&#8230;Y yo, re-frustrada como todo pastelero que quiere hacer una super torta, y el pedido es SIN chocolate, ni crema, ni mousses&#8230;</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #339966;"> Pero soy una chica de recursos (?!), asi que de repente me acorde de EL (no, de Néstor,no!), o mejor dicho de su libro! Un libro que tengo en casa de Pierre Hermé..y esa joyita italiana que es el Pan de Génova! Tan lleno de almendra&#8230;(y L. no nombro la palabra &#8220;almendra&#8221; ;D</span></strong></p>
<p>Why is Pierre Hermé&#8217;s recipe better than the ones you will find in most places? Because most recipes use almond flour, but he uses marzipan, that he mixes with the eggs, and then takes to a Bain Marie&#8230;and this is the trick! It is THERE when the flavor changes&#8230;He advises us to bake two days before (or even more) the chosen date because this gives the almonds the time to develop all their flavor! You might find the recipe a bit complex but it&#8217;s an original Pierre Hermé !!!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">Por qué es la receta de PH mejor que las otras? Porque en la mayoria usan solo harina de almendras, mientras que él usa mazapan, lo mezcla con los huevos, y luego lleva todo esto a baño Maria y sigue mezclando..y AHI esta el truco! Ahi es donde cambia el sabor&#8230;Ademas nos aconseja hacerlo dos dias (o mas ) antes del evento, porque esto le da tiempo a las almendras para madurar y desarrollar mejor su sabor..Y es tal cual! Mi amiga lo dijo! Capaz que la receta les parece un poco &#8220;vueltera&#8221;, pero &#8220;el que quiere Pierre Hermé, que le cueste&#8221;..(si ya sé..era &#8220;celeste&#8221;)</span></strong></p>
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<p>The &#8220;Pain de Gênes&#8221; can be used as base for an &#8220;entremets&#8221; (even though more compact in texture), eaten with jams, or simply, as Italians do, dipping it in your coffee. My personal thing? with a glass of champagne, as I did with L. Joyeux Anniversaire !!</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #339966;">El pan de génova puede usar como base de una torta (entremets), aunque es mas compacto que un bizcochuelo&#8230;o se puede comer con mermeladas, o mojandolo en el café, como hacen en Italia! Yo prefiero como hicimos con L., con una copita de champagne en la mano..y Feliz Cumple&#8230;hic!</span></strong></p>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;"><strong>To make this Genoa Bread, you will need:</strong></div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">*marzipan, 200gr *eggs, 3 *self rising flour, 50gr *Ricard (or your favorite licquor), 1 tbsp *butter, 60gr + extra for the mold.</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Butter &amp; flour a mold of 18 cm. Put the marzipan in the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, start mixing &amp; then add the eggs one by one. Then put the bowl in a bain marie and mixing now with the normal mixer (or manual whip) , till the mixture reaches 60°C .(be careful with the temperature here, you don&#8217;t want the eggs to cook)  Add the licquor.Then put the bowl back in the stand mixer, and continue mixing till the mixture is completely cool, and very light and airy. Melt the butter in the meanwhile in the MO in a little bowl. Then add a bit of the mixture of your bowl, to adapt density of two mixtures. Remember in pastry we look for equality of density of mass. Combine the flour (sifted) with the mixture in the big bowl, slowly, lifting the mixture, with a spatula, from the center to the edges. Incorporate the butter.   Bake 180°C, for 20&#8242; aprox. Check with wooden stick. Once cool, unmold. When completely cold, wrap the cake in cling-film. Eat (if possible) two days later.</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;"><strong>Para hacer este Pan de Genova van a necesitar:</strong></div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">*mazapan, 200gr *huevos, 3 *harina leudante, 50gr *Ricard, o el licor que mas les guste, 1 cda sop *manteca, 60gr + extra para el molde</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;">Enmantecar y enharinar un molde de 18cm. Poner el mazapan en la batidora, con la lira, y empezar a mezclar para que el mazapan se vaya aflojando. Agregar los huevos de a uno. Luego sacar el bowl de la batidora y llevarlo a baño maria, ahi siempre batiendo con una batidora manual, hasta que la mezcla alcance los 60°C (ojo, con el calor!, no queremos que los huevos se cocinen!) Luego, todo de vuelta a la batidora, y ahi batimos bien hasta que la mezcla este super espumosa, y fria (a mitad del trayecto agregamos el licor)  Mientras tanto, derretimos la manteca en un bowl chico en el MO. Dejamos enfriar unos segundos y le agregamos un poco de la mezcla que esta en la batidora. Esto es para equilibrar masas, principio number one de la pasteleria! Ahora, agregamos la harina tamizada a la mezcla en el bowl grande, con movimientos envolventes, del centro hacia fuera, y luego la manteca, con movimientos idem! Pasamos todo al molde y horneamos 180 °C, por 20&#8242; aprox, o hacemos la prueba del palito. Una vez tibio, desmoldamos sobre rejilla, donde pusimos papel de coccion, y una vez bien frio, envolvemos en film plastico, y nos aguantamos las ganas por 48hs!! Después si, comer sin moderacion!</div>
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<div class="customImage" style="text-align: left;"><em>Recipe adapted from &#8220;Secrets Gourmands&#8221; by Pierre Hermé</em></div>
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<p>I didn&#8217;t know how to write this post&#8230;I still don&#8217;t know, I guess&#8230;.I would hate it to sound like an instant of self-praise&#8230;A post has to be good for something, for the people that read it..either we have to learn how to cook something, or there should be a message&#8230;an idea&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">No sabia como empezar esta entrada..y creo que todavia no lo sé&#8230;Odiaria que sonase como de &#8220;autobombo&#8221;&#8230;Cada entrada tiene que servir para algo, para la gente que lo lee..sea porque uno aprende a cocinar algo, o porque hay una idea detras de él..un mensaje.</span></strong></p>
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<p>I won&#8217;t have a recipe this time, just a story that might be useful to others..When I arrived in France in 2009, for the second time in my life, I spent the first months in a cloud of elation..Who wouldn&#8217;t be delighted to live in Paris, organizing the new life of my family in our<a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Eug%C3%A8ne_Haussmann"> Haussmannian home.</a>..but after some time, when normal family life started, when everybody started being busy..at school, at work&#8230;it was mommy the one that stayed home&#8230;I know what you are going to say: &#8220;but you were in Paris, and there are museums, so many things to see&#8230;&#8221; and you are right, except that I was born with this idea that we have to work, that going to a museum can be a great break, in your working week, but my life could not be being idle, just like that..I&#8217;m not criticizing people that do this, it&#8217;s only I cannot do it&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Y no tengo receta esta vez, solo una historia que puede servirle a otros&#8230;Cuando llegué a Francia, por segunda vez en mi vida, en el 2009, pase los primeros meses en una nube de felicidad..A quién no le gustaria re-organizar su vida de familia, en un departamento hausmaniano, no? y vivir en Paris&#8230;sin embargo, luego de un tiempo, cuando mi familia retomo sus actividades, léase, marido al trabajo, y chicos al cole&#8230;fue mami la que se quedo en casa, sola, y sin mucho que hacer&#8230;Ya sé, me van a decir lo clasico: &#8220;pero estàs en Paris, y hay museos, y miles de cosas para hacer..&#8221; Si, pero para mi, una salida al museo, es un buen corte en la rutina de trabajo, pero uno no puede vivir de ir a los museos, y de tomar cafecitos con las chicas..Ojo! no critico a muchas expatriadas que lo hacen, simplemente yo no puedo vivir asi..sin hacer nada productivo..</span></strong></p>
<p>My husband then gave me this idea of starting a food blog..and even though at the time I dismissed the idea as something for idle women (?!) I soon got so enthusiastic about cooking, and writing and taking photos! The blog became my fourth child, and it gave me so much satisfaction! First of all, thanks to my blog, I got to know you, and sometimes I feel you much closer than real life people or friends..I mean, you ARE real, but I cannnot visualize you, sometimes I even can&#8217;t imagine your faces, you live in countries where I have never been, you cook things I have never tasted..yet, you are there, sometimes giving me the right word, of encouragement, of warmth..and this has no price! You were also distant judges of my work! and it was your praise that encouraged me to try harder, to be a better cook..and that is important, because my blog is the blog of a cook, and even if some people believe my photos are decently nice, I am a cook, that is my basic skill&#8230;that&#8217;s what I humbly do better in life&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Mi marido me dio la idea de empezar el blog..y es verdad que al principio le dije que un blog era para mujeres aburridas (?!) Pero pronto le tomé el gustito, mas que eso&#8230;encontré que cocinar, escribir y sacar fotos realmente me entusiasmaba..y llenaba mi vida! Ademas, gracias al blog, los conoci a ustedes, que a veces estan mas cerca mio que la gente real o mis amigos&#8230;Quiero decir, ustedes SON reales, pero a veces ni siquiera sé qué cara tienen, viven en paises que yo no conozco, comen cosas que yo nunca probé..y sin embargo, ahi estan, siempre, a veces dandome la palabra de calido aliento que necesito, comprendiéndome&#8230;y eso no tiene precio! También ustedes son los jueces imparciales de mi trabajo! Sus palabras me incitaron a superarme, a tratar de cocinar mejor&#8230;y esto lo quiero recalcar, mi blog es el blog de una cocinera, y aunque la gente diga que mis fotos son decentemente buenas, yo soy una cocinera, esa es mi mejor habilidad..</span></strong></p>
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<p>Then one day, restless girl as I am, I decided to create Menu Malbec, with dreams bigger than life, maybe, thinking that people would not only like my food, but they would pay for it! Menu Malbec was the need to prove myself and the world that my cooking was more than nice photos&#8230;that the food was good, so good that people would pay for it! And it just happened..it happened because on the one hand, God, or whoever you want to believe in, seems to be there at my side&#8230;because &#8220;God is Argentinean&#8221;?! (that&#8217;s a silly phrase coined by my countrymen&#8230;).  But it also happened because I worked like crazy, because &#8220;opportunity comes in overalls, and looks like work&#8221;. And I spent endless days and weeks, cooking and testing and tasting, wondering how to make a vitello tonnato look nice on a plate (a big challenge there..), but mostly, working, for hours on end, in my kitchen, standing, rolling out dough, hours in front of my oven, burning my wrists (why do I always burn my wrists?) with some people looking at me saying &#8220;Why do you do all this Cristina?&#8221;  The answer is that I love it and mainly it was my dream, and it was my own personal challenge&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Después, un dia, inquieta como soy, decidi crear Menu Malbec, con grandes sueños&#8230;con la audacia de pensar que a la gente no solo le iba a gustar mi comida, pero que encima me iban a pagar por ella. Menu Malbec fue la necesidad de demostrar y demostrarme que mi cocina era mas que lindas fotos, que mi cocina era comible y ademas rica, tan rica que la gente pagaba por ella..Y asi sucedio..sucedio porque Dios, o quién sea en lo que ustedes crean, parece estar siempre a mi lado (sera por el viejo adagio &#8220;Dios es argentino&#8221; /esa es una &#8220;pavada&#8221; que decimos en mi pais/) Pero también sucedio porque trabajé como una loca para que ello suceda, porque &#8220;la suerte viene vestida de overall, y se parece al trabajo&#8221; Y pasé dias, semanas, y meses, viendo como el vitello tonnato podia quedar lindo (fue un &#8220;laburo&#8221;), pero sobretodo, de pie en la cocina, estirando masa, quemandome las muñecas (por qué siempre me quemo las muñecas?) con gente alrededor mio que me miraba preguntandose si yo no estaba loca &#8220;Por qué hacés todo eso Cristina?&#8221; La respuesta era y es que es lo que amo hacer, era mi sueño, y mi desafio&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>And then some other day I got up and  I decided I would start a cake business, my Paris Luxury Cakes. My husband always jokes saying that he begins each day in fear&#8230;(?!) yes, fear of hearing me say &#8220;I &#8216;ve had the greatest idea&#8221;..yes, my husband is afraid because he knows that when I have an idea, two hours later, there is a &#8220;tsunami&#8221; at home&#8230;and five hours later, I have a business plan, and that finally HE has to be my only sponsor, partner, 100% investor&#8230;(well, I am the creative partner AND the one that works, isn&#8217;t that fair?) Once a friend told me I was a person with &#8220;weird&#8221; ideas&#8230;and clearly an Argentinean selling cakes in the kingdom of pastry, in the land of the most refined gâteaux&#8230;is not logical&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Otro dia me levanté y decidi que iba a empezar mi Paris Luxury Cakes. Mi marido siempre me carga y dice que él amanece cada dia con panico (?!) si, panico de escucharme decir &#8220;Tuve una idea buenisima&#8221;..si, porque él sabe que pronuncio esa frase y dos horas después viene el sunami, y cinco horas después ya tengo un &#8220;business plan&#8221;, donde por supuesto, él tiene que ser mi sponsor, socio a regañadientes, y ademas el inversor que pone el 100% del cash (bueno, yo pongo la parte creativa y el trabajo..no es justo?) Una vez una amiga me dijo que yo tenia ideas extrañas//y si, pensar que una argentina va a vender tortas en el reino de la pasteleria no es muy logico que digamos&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>This last Thursday, November 22, 2012, I cooked for Hermès,  in a dinner for 100 people..and that is my message: <strong>never give up on your dreams, if people laugh at you and call you weird, person with nonsensical ideas&#8230;don&#8217;t give up, and work, work, work, like the ant that carries a &#8220;huge&#8221; leaf on her back. Ignore their comments and criticism&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Este jueves 22 de noviembre del 2012, yo cociné para Hermès, en una cena de 100 personas y ese es justamente, mi mensaje: nunca abandonar los sueños, aunque el mundo nos llame &#8220;raros&#8221;, y se rian de nuestras ideas &#8220;poco logicas&#8221;. La respuesta a eso es romperse trabajando, como la hormiguita que va con la hoja enorme sobre su espalda&#8230;Oidos sordos a las criticas y comentarios negativos&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>I cannot give you details od the Hermès night because that belongs to the privacy of the company, but the night finished with the presentator calling me on stage, and people clapped in recognition of my work..The work of an ant, that in the storm, carries the leaf&#8230;.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">No puedo darles los detalles de la noche Hermès, porque eso pertenece a la privacidad de una empresa, pero la noche termino con el animador que me llamo al escenario, con mi torta Tango, y la gente me aplaudio por mi trabajo..el trabajo de la hormiguita que lleva la hoja en la tormenta&#8230;</span></strong></p>
<p>I dedicate this post to all you who, like me, have dreams, bigger than life&#8230;This post is also for my family that support me, and have eaten frozen pizza for many nights, because I was so tired after eight hours of cooking, that I could not think of getting close to the stove again&#8230;A special word for my teacher, Beatriz Chomnalez, who would tell me: &#8220;Cristina: For the French, simplicity is refinement, so do not over-decorate!!!&#8221; (I did that Beatriz! The cake is not too ornamental!) I dedicate this post to my future grandchildren, that will hear the story of grannie cooking for Hermès a hundred times&#8230;and the Hermès night? to my parents! When I was there, on the stage, with people clapping, I wondered: &#8220;Can people see from Heaven?&#8221; &#8220;Mom, Dad, can you see me?&#8221; I hope you do&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">Le dedico entonces esta entrada a aquellos que como yo, tienen sueños mas grandes que el alma&#8230;también a mi familia, que comio pizza congelada no sé cuantas noches, porque yo ya no daba mas de estar en la cocina..Una palabra especial para LA teacher de mi vida: Beatriz Chomnalez, que siempre me repetia: &#8220;No hay que exagerar decorando las tortas, Cristina..a los franceses no les gusta eso! No es fino! (vio que le hice caso Beatriz? traté de dejar la torta lo mas sencilla posible, dentro de las circunstancias) A mis futuros nietos, que tendran que soportar a la abuela contando la noche Hermès cien veces minimo..Y el momento en que la gente aplaudio? a mis padres! Alli en el escenario, me pregunté: &#8220;La gente ve desde el Cielo?&#8221; &#8220;Pa..Ma, me vieron? Ojala que si&#8230;.&#8221;</span></strong></p>
<p>&#8220;<em>All our dreams can become true if we<strong> have the courage</strong> to pursue them&#8230;</em>&#8221; Walt Disney</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #d60000;">&#8220;</span><span style="color: #d60000;">Todos nuestros sueños pueden ser realidad si tenemos el coraje de llevarlos a cabo&#8230;&#8221; Walt Disney</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Un beso,</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cristina</strong></p>
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