Spicy chocolate Fondue

It's not as complicated as it might seems at first place.... It is fun and delicious and a great idea to serve it as a dessert when you have friends invited for dinner so to close this gathering in the best way!

Easy syrupy croissants with almonds and orange filling

A great idea for breakfast (if liqueur is omitted) or as a quick dessert for all seasons. Instead of throwing them or just reheat them or making the same old bread pudding dessert, stale croissants, can be transformed into a tasty surprise with just a few ingredients used

Chilled apple cream with vanilla-flavoured mascarpone cream and grape must cookies crumble

An easy, light and delicious recipe which is very much into season now! A great dessert to serve after a rich meal with the sweet and sour apple cream coming together perfectly with the smooth buttery mascarpone cream and the cookies crumble!

A very much Greek-style cheesecake with Anthotyro cheese and grape molasses

A delicious and very seasonal dessert for the whole family and friends! Three ingredients that are very much part of the Greek cuisine, Anthotyro cheese, grape must flavoured cookies (moustokouloura) and grape molasses (petimezi), make the difference in this refreshing cheesecake! If you'd like to try the recipe out using these tasty cookies you can find various versions of the recipe in the Internet, otherwise use the biscuits of your choice

Muscat wine and lemon flavoured crème brûlée

This recipe, based of course on the famous French dessert, is a great idea to finish a rich meal! Light and aromatic this version of crème brûlée can be served all year round

Grilled fresh peaches with chilled Greek yoghurt sauce

Aromatic, juicy peaches and an easy yoghurt sauce are more than enough for this dessert! The last of the Summer fruit in a light and delicious recipe to enjoy after a nice dinner!

Greek-style refreshing trifle with crispy phyllo and strawberry cream

A delicious, light and so refreshing dessert based on the classic English trifle but with a Greek twist! Crispy phyllo sheets replace the biscuits or cake giving a nice texture and fresh spearmint adds a special aroma in this easy dessert

Greek-style cheesecake with Greek yoghurt and mastic

A light, refreshing and very tasty cheesecake, fully equipped with Greek flavours like the Greek yoghurt and the precious mastic from Chios island! Mastic goes perfectly with various white desserts like panna cotta etc. Try this Greek version of cheesecake and enjoy it with your guests after a nice, rich meal

Medley of sauté stone fruits served with easy peach sorbet

Easy, aromatic, refreshing and delicious Summer dessert to enjoy some of the most popular and tasty stone fruits! A nice and light fruit compote chilled from the fridge along with an easy-made peach sorbet is the ideal way to finish a Summer meal!

Luscious meringue-based Ravani dessert with almonds

Ravani (or Revani) is one of the most classic and very popular syrupy desserts in various places around Greece with Veroia (North Greece) having, according to many, the best of them all!! Basically it is a semolina cake which, when baked, is smothered with a nice light syrup. There are a few variations of Ravani depending on the area it comes from but regardless the origin it is delicious and it is a dessert which can be served all year through

Easy strawberry puff pastry millefeuille

Millefeuille is a classic and very popular dessert and in this recipe it gets even more refreshing including juicy, luscious strawberries. An ideal Summer dessert, very light and very tasty to serve after a rich meal or anytime!

Lemon mousse tourta with strawberry jelly

Light, airy and delicious, this Italy-inspired dessert is ideal for this season! Layers of fluffy sponge cake, zesty lemon mousse and topped with a refreshing strawberry jelly this dessert is a great idea to end a rich meal with it! The original recipe asks for a home made sponge cake as a base (the classic "Padespani") used then in layers but a store-bought one or lady finger biscuits could be used instead

Springtime tart with orange zest-scented pastry - Time to use up last season's fruit jams

"Pasta Flora" tart or I should say "Pasta Frola" since this is the right way of saying it (taking the name of the type of the Italian dough used) is a classic dessert and a "must" for decades in the Greek cuisine. Again, this is one of those desserts that I thought, when much younger, is Greek but of course that's not the case:-)) But this light and delicious tart is with us God knows since when so it was easy for a young kid (or even older people) to think it is of Greek origin. Anyway, Pasta Frola is really popular and always in fashion and it is the ideal dessert to use the various jams we might have in our fridges since last year. Usually apricot jam is used for this tart but also strawberry, cherry or other is suitable. The specific type of dough, in my opinion, is the element that makes this tart so tasty and it is worth the trouble to make it at home

Springtime terrine with strawberries and sweet wine scented ladyfinger biscuits

HRISTOS ANESTH!!
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HE HAS RISEN!!

I hope all the Greeks around the world had a great night yesterday and I wish to all of you a great Easter Sunday! Hopefully the weather elsewhere is sunnier and milder than it is where we are, definitely not the right one for outdoors roasting the lamb on the spit!:-)) But, that's why the ovens and the pots are around, to save the day! And while our meat is cooking away and most preparations are done, I have the chance to give you today's dessert recipe which I prepared late last night so not to have to do too many things today. Okay, this year we didn't go with anything traditionally Greek... No Galaktoboureko, or Amygdalopita or Galatopita which are some of those desserts people like to have on Easter Sunday. We all love strawberries and it was my husband's request from days ago to repeat a dessert I had done before and we really enjoyed it. A simple and easy but delicious terrine. A really refreshing dessert which I think is ideal after last night's meal and especially after today's big feast that will take place later on... I believe a lighter dessert like this one is ideal for such occasions and what is better than some strawberries! I have done this recipe before and once I replaced the mascarpone with Anthotyro cheese but this time I didn't have any so I followed the original recipe

Easy walnut chocolate pie with chocolate sauce glaze

A luscious, fully chocolate pie with the addition of walnuts for extra flavour and crunchiness to treat family and guests! A dessert which can be served any time regardless the season or the occasion. Great idea to serve it as a birthday cake too for something different than the customary cakes 

Easy white chocolate and lemon mousse

Easy to prepare, airy and light this mousse can be served any time but during the Spring and Summer months it gives us the chance to taste something special and refreshing. I've said before that personally I'm not (and never was) a fan of the white chocolate but, as it happens very often in life, there are exceptions even in cooking ...:-)

Lenten Halvas with two flours and almonds

The popular traditional dessert in a different version since this time, beside the customary semolina, plain flour is added as well giving a very interesting and different texture to the Halvas. I've done this recipe 2-3 times so far and we did like it (as did others who had the chance to try it) but, personally, I think I prefer the old good fully-semolina version. Old habits don't change easily...

Lemon and anthotyro cheese dessert with homemade biscuit crumble and caramel

So easy and so tasty this dessert! Light and refreshing, an ideal recipe to end a rich dinner. Making your own biscuit base it makes it even tastier

Ladopita - Olive oil, almonds and semolina baked pudding

A traditional recipe usually made during fasting periods because of no dairy and/or eggs involved. The very good quality of olive oil is the secret in this recipe. This dessert resembles in a way to the halva pudding although there is no syrup poured over

Fast and easy chocolate mousse scented with Tia Maria liqueur

A chocolate mousse is always welcomed regardless the season and it is a nice way to finish a dinner. This luscious mousse is a rather fast and easy recipe to prepare for your guests since not more than 15-20 minutes are needed of your time. There is nothing extraordinary about this recipe but just a couple of tablespoons of the Tia Maria liqueur are enough to make all the difference, giving a subtle flavour of coffee to the mousse