Propuesta dulce mes de febrero: Sabayón de coco y fruta de la pasión con fresas

Whole kitchen en su Propuesta Dulce para el mes de febrero nos invita a preparar un postre de la cocina italiana: Sabayón.

Zabaione, as the italians call it, is a very interesting option to have as a puding. It is similar to custard (it only uses yolks)but is very quick and doesn't seem to be very delicate to make. Just make sure your arm is strong or to have an electric whisk, and that's it! I asked my Italian friend Valentina if she knew about it, and that question was followed by not a very happy face: her mum used to make it for merenda (their afternoon snak)quite often and since then she doesn't really like to eat it. She said it was nice, but we all know what happens when parents keep feeding us the same things over and over: we don't go near them in adulthood (the food, not the parents).

Ecco, la ricetta!!!

INGREDIENTS (for two people)

3 egg yolks

75grs sugar

4 tbsp coconut milk 

the juice of one passion fruit

toasted shredded coconut, to decorate

strawberries

HOW TO:

Put a pan with water in the hob- the water should heat up but never boil. 


In a bowl, put egg yolks, sugar, coconut milk and the juice of the passion fruit (I did that by squeezing the passion fruit through a sieve, so the pips, which I hate to find in sweets, wouldn't get in the zabaione).

Put that bowl on the pan. Make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water. Get your whisk, and whisk, whisk, whisk!!!

You might have to do that for about 10 minutes. What you are after here is a change of texture, so you go from a liquid substance to a more dense one. 

Once you think it's done, put the zabaione into ramekins or any other recipient you want to use. I sprinkled toasted shredded coconut on top, and left the strawberries on the side of the plate, so we could choose to eat them on their own (they were sooo sweet!!!)or with the zabaione.

I loved the result, although the passion fruit was very dominant. If you prefer the taste of coconut, use only half a passion fruit. 

As you will see by the pictures there are hearts again. I want to say I don't like hearts, but it was half term for me so I had all the time in the world and decided to make something speacial for my boyfriend and I.

Hope you try it, because it is super easy and delicious!!! I have decided to put a video so you see how it works. You'll notice she uses sweet wine, which the original recipe has. Can't wait to learn Italian!!!!

Buon appetito!!!

Of birthdays and cupcakes...

I just wanted to share some of the things I got for my birthday. First of all, when I got home from work on Monday I found the best cupcakes I've ever had in my life!!! My boyfriend made them and I just assembled them, putting as many raspberries as I liked!!!

My parents sent me a couple of bars of turron Suchard!! In Spain, we eat turron for Christmas. It is a sweet that you buy in blocks, and the original ones are made with almonds and honey but Suchard has been a must at my house since I discovered it, thanks to my Grandma- I think she was the one who started buying it. The Suchard turron is made of chocolate and it also has rice crisps in it.Now the make it with dark chocolate. I stick to the original one. Well, back to my parents' present. We ate the first bar and half the second. What to do with the third? Go into one of the best cupcakes blog and steal a recipe!! It's called Objetivo: Cupcake Perfecto and, there are recipies, but also cupcake places to visit in different cities in Europe: Barcelona, London, Madrid, etc. One of my friends is giving me a cupcake afternoon as a birthday present- I have to wait until Easter- and I will be using the Barcelona guide for that. Can't wait!!!

And last but not least,I got these cute plasters from a friend. I already had to use some, and I really liked walking around with cupcakes on my finger! You can get them from here.

And that's it!! Have a good week!!!

In my tummy: Honey Nut Banana Muffins