. recipe: elderflower cordial.

Yesterday, I've been making elderflower cordial. It is such a tasteful and fresh drink for the warm spring coming. 

Makes about 1,5 L:

*20 heads of elderflower

* 1,5L of water

* 1kg of sugar

* 6 unwaxed lemons ( or 2 lemons and 75g of citric acid)

1 - shake flowers to release insects.

2 - put the water to boil in a large pan with the sugar. stirr until the sugar is completely dissolved.

3 - peal the lemons (keep the zest of 2 - i've put all the zest and it made it a bit bitter), slice them and reserve. when water is boiled up, take off the heat and add flowers, lemons slices and zest. cover with a cloth and leave at room temperature for 24hrs.

4 - next day, strain the cordial through a sieve lined with muslin and pour into nice bottles with screw-on lids.

5 - now serve it with some cool sparkling water...

banana.

Photo from Fever To Tell.

Banana bread is in the oven. Quiet tuesday evening to spend with friends.

Sweet Muffin.

oh, the simple pleasure of baking...

From december.

Who said there weren't mushrooms in winter?

Back to trad.

Hello after maybe 10 days..!

What I like when I'm home, is that I do very simple but satisfying things. For example, two days ago, after a quick dip in the river (to cool myself down-it's 40ºC here!), my mum and I went to pick some figs-about 10 kilos! They were so ripe, that some were already drying on the tree!

Back home, my mother splited the loot and took 5 kilos to her symposium in Italy. Now alone here, I bought 5 kilos of sugar to cook some jam.

So voilà, my jam is ready now (1kg of sugar for 1kg of fruits=cook on medium heat for 1h), just to fill the pots and wait...and eat! Yum!

The monsters who used to watch my childhood bedroom are now watching the cooking process of delicious foods...

Ciao!

Liverpool. Café. 2. The Rockafellas.

Because when we where in Liverpool we did very "unusual" things, we had a massive brunch in The Rockafellas, a 50's american style diner. I just thought it would be a sort of training before I try a real one overseas. And it was pretty good, with the Dirty Dancing original soundtrack to make you feel just a tiny bit nostalgic...

Liverpool. Café. 1. The Quarter.

The first night in Liverpool, we struggled to find where to eat, and there, just around the corner of our hostel, we found that charming restaurant: The Quarter.


There's a large choice menu, but I had a delicious meal from the specials. I'm not telling you yet, because I'm going to try to make it for Sarah&Jimmy for our farewell dinner tomorrow...

Most tastylicious mint-chocolate chip ice-creeeeeeam!

Verde & Company.

With Sara, after the exhibition, opposite Spitafields. Lovely shop, good coffee, nice service, refine products... Verde & Company is a place I regret discovering in my last in UK.