Apple Baklava?

About 4 weeks ago I ran off to Brazil for the quickest visit of all time. My family while not crazy (but understanding) about the duration of the visit made sure to give me the most beautiful send off lunch, with the obligatory amazing piece of Pork complete with crispy skin and an Apple dessert. The Apple dessert was that pretty baklava style delight above prepared by my very talented aunt. She swears there’s no recipe… Still I will relay what she told me.

She said and I paraphrase here, OK?

Layer Filo dough with Butter on the bottom of the pan, put in sliced apples and anything yummy you can find in the house (that would go with apples, of course), then add the top layers of Filo (counted 6 top layers), carefully cut out the diamond pattern and bake till golden ( I guess  at 350?!?)

That’s it for today my lovelies, I have a lot share with you guys still, but I also have to get to work!

ps: I am IN LOVE with my grandmother’s plastic Table Cloth!!!

EDIT:

My aunt spills the beans!

OK! I have to tell you something! There are a couple of secret ingredients in the filling… Beside apple slices, there is sugar & cinnamon, nuts, raisins, dried apricots and some bread crumbs (to keep things dry!). Simple, easy and tasteful!

Nutty People

This is “Nutty Boy”, the main character in a book and a movie authored by Ziraldo; I’m pretty sure every Brazilian my age read during their childhood. I read it a million times, I loved it, a lot, maybe because I too am kinda Nutty, a lot.

Nutty enough to think that during a ten day stay in Brazil I would be able to see everyone, do everything and still post. Fret not, though, I fly back to NY on Monday!

Caipirinha Truffles (can get you through anything.)

Stuck in a driver’s license renewal course in Brazil? Watching the Mr Wheeler/Mr Walker cartoon the same day as real car accident footage? A Caipirinha truffle and an Espresso can be your friend!

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I’ve been adopted!

Adopted? At 29?!? Nah…

My (newbie) blog has been adopted! Thanks to Dine and Dish’s third year of the Adopt a Blogger event, by none other than Cupcake Project (eek!) and I’m pretty happy about it. One more reason for me to make these:

As if the fact that it’s a cookie dough cupcake with a cookie dough filling that looks amazing weren’t reason enough.

Hello Kitty Moffle?

I had posted a link that showed how to make Moffles a while back, and I was very tempted to try since me loves me some Mochi. So I broke out the Hello Kitty waffle maker, as soon as I found the Mochi they had used.

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