Spanish desserts

Meyer lemon eclairs, Mama ía blog

MEYER LEMON ECLAIRS —AND THE FORT WAYNE ZOO

Meyer lemon eclairs, Mama ía blogI owe this recipe, Meyer lemon eclairs, to Jose Andres’ book “Vegetables Unleashed”. Yes, you heard right! This delicious dessert is categorized by the chef as a vegetable, so I’ll go with it! As they say, always eat your vegetables —during or, in this case, after your main meal!

Meyer lemons, Mama ía blogGirafes, Mama ía blog

My eclairs are smaller than chef Jose’s, because these days I try to have just small bites of sweets (I know many of you can relate). So my recipe is slightly modified accordingly.

Like Jose says in his book, I, too, had never heard of Meyer lemons before, and they were quite (more…)

Spanish nougat mousse, Mousse de turrón, Mama ía

Spanish Nougat Mousse, Mousse de Turrón —or the Spanish habit of conservation

Spanish nougat mousse, Mousse de Turrón, Mama ÍaIt happens every year around Christmas time: I buy too much turrón, Spanish nougat. And every year I tell myself that next year I won’t buy as much, but invariably, I do it again. Not that I don’t buy many other Christmas sweets, and make them, too, of course. But turrón is closest to my heart. I talked about Christmas nostalgia in other (more…)