Pastry Maestra https://pastry-maestra.local Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life! Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:16:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pastry-maestra.local/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/favicon.png Pastry Maestra https://pastry-maestra.local 32 32 Greek Yogurt and Raspberry Semifreddo https://pastry-maestra.local/frozen-desserts/greek-yogurt-raspberry-semifreddo/ Sun, 17 Jul 2016 15:57:13 +0000 https://pastry-maestra.local/?p=6723 L

ight and delicious, this summertime semifreddo is an ideal treat for you and your guests! It isn’t difficult to make, just follow my directions!

You’ve already noticed that I like semifreddo. Well – I do! Flavored with tangy passion fruit, lemon or berries, or with rich chocolate, hazelnut or caramel, doesn’t matter to me - I love them all!

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hen the weather is so hot that you can’t even think clearly, the best thing is to get to the beach and take a dive into the sea, right? It just washes off all the heat, the sweat and the fatigue; it wipes all the stress and brings back the harmony between you and Mother Nature.

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assion fruit – a fragrant, bright yellow and tangy pulp that reminds me of summer! The sun, the sea, romance and wild passion, like a cheap postcard, or a plot of a cheesy romantic novel, right? Well – maybe I’m a hopeless romantic, but, that is the meaning of the word ‘passion’ for me. However, when it comes to this fruit, it seems that it was named by the 16th century Spanish Catholic Missionaries in the Amazon region of Brazil, no less! They called it "flor passionis" (passion flower) or "flor de las cinco llagas" (flower of the five wounds) after its purple flower which they believed resembled the five wounds of Christ.

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ranita [ɡraˈniːta] is a frozen dessert that originated in Sicily, Italy. It is made of sugar, water and flavor of your choice – fruit juice, wine, coffee, etc. It is incredibly easy to make it, and once you taste it, you will realize what a refreshing and pleasant dessert it is!

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emifreddo [semiˈfreddo] is a famous Italian frozen dessert. When translated from Italian, semifreddo means ‘half-frozen’, however, this delicious refreshing dessert is frozen all the way!]]>