Pie with Champagne, Strawberries and Streusel Recipe

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“Strawberry with champagne” sounds luxurious, and in combination with” almond streusel ” even pretentious. The combination is really luxurious: the wine gives the dough a refined, slightly fruity flavor that goes so well with strawberries and almonds. I suggest a variant of pectin filling (it is preferable to use a heat-reversible one). But if you do not have pectin, you can thicken the berry puree with starch or just use sliced fresh berries for the filling.

Cottage Cheese Triangles with Apricots Recipe

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Delicious triangles of curd dough with half an apricot inside, will please everyone without exception. They are obtained with an airy, slightly crunchy dough and soft, almost natural, apricots. They are prepared simply and very quickly. And if you make the dough in the evening and leave it in the refrigerator until the morning, you can make a wonderful Breakfast in 30 minutes.

Cakes “Pastel de Nata” Recipe

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Pastel de nata – the main Portuguese sweet, a cake with a basket of puff pastry with custard. Most Portuguese pastries are made exclusively from yolks. The reason for this is the era of great geographical discoveries. Back then, Portugal had the best fleet in the world, and it took a lot of egg whites to whiten the sails of all the ships, and the yolks were left out of business. So that the product was not lost, they went their own way and began to widely use egg yolks in cooking. Recipe pastel de Nata was invented in the 18th century by monks at the Jerónimos monastery. And still there is an establishment near the monastery where they sell those cakes, the recipe of which is kept in the strictest secret. However, pate de Nata began to be reproduced throughout the country and now they are served in many places. And every year there is a competition for the best pate de Nata.