Butter cake
This is a sugar-dusted, walnut-studded version, perfumed with
nutmeg. That said, there are a thousand other directions you can
take this cake. It's so simple and incredibly good.
Butter cake Recipe (Ingredients)
- 3 tablespoons / 35g granulated sugar
- 2/3 cup / 94g all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup / 72g dark rye flour
- 1/4 teaspoon / 2g fine grain sea salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons / 3g freshly grated nutmeg
- 4 large eggs
- 1 1/3 cups / 260g granulated sugar
-
14 tablespoons / 200g unsalted butter, melted and cooled a bit
-
1 cup / 120g walnuts, finely chopped to serve: powdered sugar,
loosely whipped, lightly sweetened whipped cream, cinnamon
Iced green tea
Iced Green Tea - cold-brewed, accented with rose and a bit of whole
coriander - such a pretty, warm weather refresher.
Iced green Tea Recipe (Ingredients)
- 2 tablespoons good quality loose leaf green tea
- 1 tablespoon (unsprayed) dried rose petals (optional)
- 1 tablespoon whole coriander seeds (optional)
- 4 cups filtered water, divided
Pasta zucchini
If you have an endless supply of zucchini right now, this is your
recipe. A simple, garlic-boosted pasta, it uses two pounds of
zucchini, and is endlessly adaptable.
Pasta zucchini Recipe (Ingredients)
- 8 ounces dried pasta
- 3-4 medium zucchini (1 kg), washed
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 6-8 medium cloves garlic, grated on microplane
- 1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt
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1 1/2 cups grated Parmesan or pecorino cheese (fluffy, not packed)
- 1 cup basil, thinly sliced
- Black pepper
- Toasted almond slices