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Rhubarb, maple and pecan tart (vegan)

Yes, another rhubarb recipe. I have been seeing it everywhere and it’s one of my favorite ingredients for spring baking so why not! This tart doesn’t require a long time to make and if you have some leftover pastry dough you can roll it 5mm thick and cut out some delicious biscuits. Pecan sable pastry […]

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Boozy 70s vegan tart

Last week I went to a friend’s to watch The bird with the Crystal Plumage by Dario Argento. I love Argento and his (first 8) films, they are so thrilling and stylish so I thought I could tribute the 70s masterpiece with a proper tart. It’s a grapefruit-vodka (absolut) -geometric tart and it was so […]

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Vegan autumn hazelnut cake

Nothing is more autumnal than nuts and chocolate to me, and red leaves (finally a season with colours matching my hair!). I really love autumn, maybe also because it’s my birthday season and I am still a child at heart. I designed this cake because I wanted something a bit complex to deal with but […]

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Vegan triple chocolate mini cakes

Yes, more mini cakes!! I love tiny desserts, they are just cute and delightful and you can eat your own whole dessert. I don’t know, there is something so complete about a mini dessert. I made these triple chocolate mini cakes with a brownie base and two mousse layers on top. They were so good!! […]

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Swan Stracciatella Semifreddo (vegan)

It’s super hot today in London and it definitely is still summer.Tomorrow is going to rain and temperatures are going down but it won’t be cold for a while. So why not wholly enjoy this weather (or even if the weather was bad) and why not enjoy a vegan stracciatella semifreddo? My husband who adores […]

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Polenta with vegan ragù

Polenta is one of my favorite foods ever. There are regions in northern Italy where it is revered like a deity – and it is correct to do so. I remember my grandma telling me that when she was a child and they were very poor, they used to eat polenta every day and hand […]

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Vegan butternut squash wellington

I have always been fascinated by the whole Wellington thing but never had one and never made one before. I think I had a mini vegan Wellington once and it was good but thankfully it was very mini, because it was heavy. So I decided to make my own version, first because I had an […]

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Beetroot and Squash houndstooth tart (vegan)

Hello 🙂 I hope your week had a good start, or at least on okay one.  Today I am posting the recipe for this beetroot crust butternut squash savoury tart, which is a super healthy recipe and it is also very comforting.  I know I often overshare about my love for films, walks, cats etc, […]

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Oatmeal patties (Mom’s recipe) (vegan,gf)

This recipe is perfect for a light and super easy lunch with this oatmeal mini patties. I know it’s a very simple recipe, but my mom always used to make this and it’s one of those things she just created out of the blue and that I loved, and when I moved out 11 years […]

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Butternut squash and root veg spicy pie (vegan/vegetarian)

I have been writing on this blog for less than a month I think, and I am afraid I have already said too many times that I love autumn and that I love butternut squash. So I’ll just skip this bit and move to my love for spices. (Also I know that this is the […]