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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:15:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Delicious wine!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Today in my wine class we taste a delicious white wine from New Zeland.......i'm not a great fan of wine...actually in class when we taste differents wine i just have a sip of it.....but today i drink up the whole glass hehehe. i'm a drunk lady hahahaha :XD:<br />
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This white wine from new zeland taste like tropical fruits ( nothing like new zeland atmosphere) ..... guava, pineapple and passion fruit was some of the flavor and aromas on it (:<br />
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Here is the bottle if you are interested<img src="http://www.futilesniff.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/kingshagwine.jpeg" alt=""><br />
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The price of the bottle it's like 12 dll (:<br />
The bottle of the link say 2007 ....but the one that i have taste was from 2008 this make a difference cuz the aromas and flavors are different]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:18:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Almond Cookie</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<b>Almond Cookie<br />
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1/3 cup unsalted butter<br />
1/4 cup agave ( if you don have or can't purchase agave use 1/2 cup of sugar )<br />
1 dash vanilla extract<br />
1 cup whole, raw almonds<br />
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon<br />
3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour ( if u whant to use regular flour it's ok )<br />
1/4 cup orange jiuce ( sometimes it's gonna need a little more )<br />
grated zest of 1 whole orange<br />
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<br />
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1. In a small pan, mel the butter and the sugar. Let the melted butter-sugar coll to room tempeture. Add vanilla and mix until incorporated.<br />
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2. Place the almonds in a food processor and pulse to a fine meal. Be careful not to over-process them or they will turn to almond butter.<br />
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3. Add almonds, cinnamon, flour, orange juice, and orange zest to the melted butter and sugar. Stir until smooth. ( u can use a mixer )<br />
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4. Prepare the baking sheet with nonstick spary or silicone sheet. Place 2 teaspoons of the dough side-byside on the sheet ad spead into thin, elongated form, about 4&quot; ( if you whant to have the shape of the photo i have huce a pastry bag with a star pastry tip )<br />
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5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 10-12 minutes. The cookies should be golden brown at the edges and pale golden in the center. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet before removing them.</b>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:14:59 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>vanilla bean flan with agave syrup and caramelized walnuts (:</title>
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<description><![CDATA[well some of you want to make this delicious flan so here is the recipe (:

NOTE: for some of you that don't know what AGAVE SYRUP  is : Is  a sweetener commercially produced in Mexico, from several species of agave, including Agave tequilana (also called Blue Agave or Tequila Agave), and the Salmiana, Green, Grey, Thorny, and Rainbow varieties. Agave syrup is sweeter than honey, though less viscous.

Agave syrup is produced in the Mexican States of Jalisco, Michoacán, Guanajuato and Tamaulipas, according to Mexican laws pertaining to certificate of origin, although most is produced in Jalisco.  

And you can get it in organic food stores or in wholes food market (:


RECIPE: Vallina bean flan

Serves 6

1 fresh vanilla bean or 1 tablespoon real vanilla extract ( i said REAL cuz the one that they sell at the market taste like alcohol )
3 extra-large eggs plus 2 egg yolks
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
4 tablespoons agave syrup ( So if u don't have any agave syrup in your home you can make some sugar caramel (: )
caramelized walnuts ( recipe follows )
seasonal fresh fruit or poached dried fruit

preheat the oven yo 350 degrees.

1. Pour the milk into a 2 quart heavy-bottomed saucepan. Split the vallina bean and with the tip of the knife. Scrape all the black paste from the bean into the milk. Add the pod. Heat the milk over medium heat until the milk is very hot, with bubbles aroud the edges of the pan, but do not allow to boil. Remove from heat and let it stand 5 minutes. If you are using the vallina extract fallow the same intruction.

2. Break the eggs into a mixing bowl, add the egg yolks, brow sugar and mix thoroughly. Slowly add about a cup of the milk to the eggs, whisking as you pour; this "tempers" the eggs. Add the rest of the hot milk a little  at a time to make the custard.

3. Strain the custar back into the pan trough a coarse sieve, and carefully skim off any foam from the top. Scraape the vanilla speacks out of the sieve and add back to the custard.

4. Put to tablesppons of the agave syrup ( or sugar caramel ) in the bottom of each of 6 six-ounces straight-sided ovenproof ramekins. Chill 15 minutes. Pouring carefully, divide the custar aevenly among the ramekins.

5. Set the cups in a baking dish just large enough to hold them. Very carefully pour enogh hot water into the pan to cime about one inch up the sides of the ramekins, being careful not tio splash water into the custard. Cover with foil and set the pan on the middle rack of the oven. Bake for approximately 30-35 minutes, or util the custards are form to the touch and no longer jiggly in the center.

6. Remove from the oven, take off the foil and let the custard cool in the water-filled pan. When they are cool, remove from the pan, wrap and refrigerate for up to 48 hrs.

TO SERVE: top each custar with one caramelized walnut and some fruit, if you like.


Recipe: Caramelized Walnuts

1 cup walnuts
2 tablespoons agave syrup or maple syrup, honey
1 tablespoon brown sugar

1. In a small mixing bowl, toss all the ingredients and coat them.
2. Place the nuts on a baking sheet that has been lightly oiled. Roast in a preheated 300 degrees oven until lightly browned. Check them frequently. Spread out to cool. Cool before storing.

NOTE: u can use any kind of nuts if you don't have walnuts (:

P.S.  Sorry if is some typing mistakes .... i'm from mexico so i don't know to much typing (:


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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:33:49 -0500</pubDate>
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