simple, clean recipes with bold flavors
When summer rolls around, and the supermarkets are full of gorgeous summer fruits, I buy them all! I recently got into making crostatas at home, and there is no better way to use up some of that summer fruit that in this quick and delicious apricot pear crostata. A crostata is basically a free form Italian pie, similar to a Galette. What I love about crostatas is that they let the fruit shine. The fruit is lightly sweetened and flavored and encased in a flaky pastry.
This fluffy cream cheese frosting is made using no butter. It's just a handful of ingredients and it takes a few minutes to whisk together. You won't see anyone wiping the frosting off or pushing it aside. It's light and delicious! I love adding some fresh lemon zest to brighten it up. This frosting goes great on vanilla cupcakes, carrot cupcakes and even chocolate cupcakes...
Is it just me, or does a cookie, especially a peanut butter laced chocolate chip cookie, taste better out of a skillet? I've always just made normal cookies, or cookie bars, but I recently got into making skillet cookies, and this chocolate skillet cookie is the real deal. I tried so many different variations until I found the gooiest of them all. And I'm happy to report this ticks all the boxes. It has crispy edges, a gooey center, a hint of peanut butter and whole lot of chocolate.
I love lassi. Meethi Lassi(sweet lassi) is my favorite thing to order when I visit Lahore, but Mango lassi is something I order everywhere, because let's face it, it's the best! Yogurt and sweet mangoes blended into a thick milkshake consistency, it just screams summer to me. The tart yogurt balances the sweet mango so well. So obviously I was going to turn it into a dessert...