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Freshup your life Project

Written by Published on Updated on November 17, 2020 in Mediterranean cuisine, Monthly Notes

Hello everyone,

Happy Monday to all!!  So, I have some exciting news I was asked to take part in a project that involves CSO Italy and the European Union.  The project is called Fresh Up your Life!   https://www.instagram.com/freshupyourlife.usa So, basically, this project unites Italian producers of fresh Fruits and Vegetables and promotes the culture and quality of European fresh Fruits and Vegetables. A few of the countries that will take part in this project is The US and The UAE by hosting various events. This will be an ongoing project for at least two more years and will end January 2022.

My part in this project is to post a recipe with fruits and or vegetables.  So, please find below a delicious #APPLE CAKE WITH HAZELNUTS AND TORTA AMARETTI. 

As a food blogger and a Vegetarian, I absolutely must insist that you should if you have not yet to implement Fruits and Vegetables in your daily diet.  🙂

#APPLE CAKE WITH HAZELNUTS AND TORTA AMARETTI

INGREDIENTS:

AMARETTI  2 cup

BISCUITS (like Digestive type) 1 cup

TOASTED HAZELNUTS 1 cup

RED APPLES 3 medium

EGGS 3

BRANDY 1 shot

BUTTER 3 spoons

BAKING POWDER 1 sachet

SUGAR 3 spoons

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Chop biscuits. Set aside 2 spoon of biscuits and pour the rest into a bowl. Chop amaretti and hazelnuts. Add to the     bowl.  Add 1 spoon of sugar, baking powder and stir. Put some butter on a 24 cm cake tin and pour the cookies        kept aside.

2 Helping you with thw whips, whip agges with 1 spoon of sugar. Add to the mixture the chopped biscuits,              alternating with brandy. Peel apples and cut half into cubes and the other half into wedges. Add cubes to the dough and pour into the cake tin.

3 Place the apple segments on the surface. Sprinkle with sugar and then bake in oven at 338° F for about 50 minutes.

At the end of cooking, turn off the oven, open the dorro and let the cake rest for 10 minutes before bring out.

#EnjoyItsFromEurope #FreshUpYourLife @freshupyourlife.usa

Click on the link to see more:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CHP4iA9IVfA

Enjoy!!

Sophie 🙂

 

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

8 Comments

  1. popsiclesociety
    November 16, 2020 at 9:31 am  ·  Reply
    Congratulations dear Sophie! I couldn't go a day without fruits or veggies 🤪 What a beautiful cake! And I love the combination of fresh and dried fruits 😋😋
  2. Invisibly Me
    November 16, 2020 at 11:12 am  ·  Reply
    A tasty recipe and what a fab project to be involved in!! xx
  3. MichaelStephenWills
    November 16, 2020 at 2:38 pm  ·  Reply
    wonderful presentation thanks -- I intend to make this recipe
  4. dtills
    November 16, 2020 at 6:59 pm  ·  Reply
    Congrats Sophie!! I have been moving steadily to a plant based diet myself (not a full fledged vegetarian) and am feeling really great! Lots of fun and tasty recipes to try out!!!😊

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