Pastiera Napoletana

Ingredients

  • Makes one 9-inch pie, about 8 to 10 servings
  • 1/2 cup hulled white wheat berries
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • For the dough («pasta frolla»):
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cold and cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 large eggs

Creme Brulee

Ingredients

  • 25 cl light cream
  • 25 cl milk
  • 60 g caster Sugar
  • 2 vanilla beans
  • 1 table spoons vanilla aroma
  • 4 egg yolks

Torrijas

Ingredients:

  • 8-12 slices of day-old baguette or other bread (the harder the better)
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 1 TS lemon zest
  • 1 TS orange zest
  • 1 TS lemon juice
  • 1 TS orange juice
  • 1 TS ground cinnamon
  • 1 TB rum
  • 1/2 TS ground nutmeg
  • 1 TS vanilla
  • 1/2 TS salt
  • 2 eggs beaten
  • 4-5 TB olive oil

Dark Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients

  • 175g dark chocolate
  • splash of milk
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 4 egg whites
  • 25g sugar
  • fresh starwberries to serve

Crema Catalana

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1 vanilla bean
  • 4 strips orange peel (can also use lemon)
  • 1 cinnamon stick – optional
  • 8 egg yolks
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup turbinado or raw sugar
  • 3 tbs corn starch