Pastry Maestra
Free Video Tutorials on Baking, Pastry making and Creating Desserts. Have a sweet life!
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magine a dessert that is shockingly delicious, and at the same time sugar free, dairy free, gluten free, and egg free! “Yeah, sure…!” , I can hear you say, but – it’s true! Desserts that fit this description do exist, and today I will teach you how to make one – chocolate and hazelnut bars!
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oday I’m making another cherry dessert. Besides being delicious, my raw cherry and white chocolate mini cakes are also gluten free, refined sugar free and vegan – because you’ve asked for it! So, let’s start!
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he sweetness I’m making today is completely guilt-free! There is no gluten in it, eggs are banned from this recipe, and sugar, haha, sugar is in another galaxy! A complete, divinely sweet, yet healthy package!
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ot long ago, so-called ‘healthy food’ was almost a dirty word. Bland, boring, cardboard-taste food, deprived of any appeal, except – being ‘healthy’, it was something a person had to eat, mostly for medical reasons – but not enjoy. Bad times. Today, however, things are completely different!
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o you like raw cakes? Me too, but although my blueberry, matcha, and passion fruit mini cakes are not (entirely) raw, like for example – my chocolate raw cake or amazing raspberry raw cake, they ARE healthy – and yummy! It’s a win-win!
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emember my amazing raspberry raw cake? Well, that one was delicious! Even the most uptight non-believers experienced enlightenment once they found out they are eating something sweet and healthy in the same bite!
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vocado (Persea Americana) is a fascinating fruit, native to Central America. The Aztec word for avocado was ahuacatl, which means “testicle tree.” I’ve learned that it is also called “alligator pear,” funny, but when you take a closer look, the skin of the avocado does resemble the one of the alligator.
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top! Let’s keep an open mind and have no prejudices, please! Although, I have to admit that until I tasted my first raw cake, I truly believed that no healthy dessert can be so indulgent and addictive as, let’s say – raspberry and poppy seed tart, vanilla and strawberry millefeuille or caramel choux buns, but, let me tell you – I was wrong! In my mind, I’m embarrassed to admit, it was impossible! Sugar-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free, vegan and delicious at the same time? ‘In what universe is that possible?’ – one and only Sheldon Cooper would ask.
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op till you drop – that’s my motto! How about you – do you like popcorn? I love popcorn! Hot from the microwave, or directly from a saucepan, crispy, salty, with some butter melting on the top, of course! I particularly like to nibble the extra crunchy ones that didn’t pop all the way! Anyway, I must admit that until recently I was living in the dark, thinking that corn is the single edible ‘dancer’ around, but – as they say –“It takes two to pop”, and yes – there is another ‘popping’ agent available – amaranth!
