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The main ingredients are crushed Marie biscuits and chunks of chocolate; I think it is a good combination, isn�t it?  For this cake I�ve used an 8 inch silicone mold, the cake is small but enough for 4-6 people. Chocolate and Marie biscuit cake Ingredients  (8-inch mold)     Receta en espa�ol aqu� 200 g marie biscuit 140 g chocolate 100 g unsalted butter at room temperature 70 g white sugar 3 large eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder Directions Prepare all ingredients and preheat oven to 180 � C (350 �F). Grease pan with butter and dust with flour, make sure all areas are covered. Crush the cookies until they become a kind of flour. Cut chocolate into small pieces and set aside. Cream butter and sugar together (whisk butter and sugar with an electronic hand mixer until it is light and fluffy). Then add the eggs, one by one, mixing them thoroughly into the mixture between each addition. Next add the crushed cookies   and baking powder to the batter.  Final...

Taco pizza  (Receta en espa�ol aqu� ) Ingredients (1 pizza 40x30 cms 6-8 servings) 1 whole wheat pizza doug 500 g ground beef or pork 2 tablespoon homemade taco seasoning 1 can chili beans     Shredded cheddar cheese 1 chopped tomato 70 g  sliced black olives 2 green onions, chopped 1 small can corn Pickled jalapeno rings  Chorizo picante (spicy) Homemade sour cream Directions Heat oven to 425 �F (220 �C). In a large nonstick skillet cook  ground meat over medium-high heat. When it  is no longer pink add two tablespoon of homemade taco seasoning and some salt, stir well. Place on a large greased baking sheet the pizza crust and bake near the bottom of the oven for some minutes. Remove the crust from the oven and spread beans over the warm crust creating a thin layer. Top with the cooked meat, sprinkle with cheddar cheese and tomato dices, corn, jalapeno slices, black olives and green onions. Return to oven until cheese is melted and bubbly. Serv...

Homemade sour cream  (Receta en espa�ol aqu� ) Sour cream is perfect as topping for baked potatoes, spooned over  and to enrich some Mexican dishes (Totopos, quesadillas, sincronizadas�)   And the best thing is that you can prepare your own  homemade sour cream only with two ingredients : 200 ml single cream 2 teaspoons lemon juice Directions   Add to the single cream the lemon juice and stir them together until just combined. Let the mixture stand out at room temperature for half an hour at less so lemon acid makes the cream ferment and thicken. Sometimes if we don�t have cream we just use plain unsweetened Greek yogurt as substitute. If you like sour cream thicker you can add some cream cheese  or cottage cheese and blend all together to combine. It�s better to make just what you need but if you have some leftover try to use it as soon as possible and keep it in the fridge while. I use this cream in some recipes like: Ground beef nachos and Gro...

Homemade taco seasoning   (Receta en espa�ol aqu� ) Ingredients �  tb chili flakes � tb sweet paprika 1 tb ground cumin 1 tb garlic powder 1 tb onion powder 1 tb dried oregano Directions Mix all the spices together and store in the fridge in an glass jar with lid.   I use 2 tablespoons of this seasoning for every 500 g ground beef or pork.

Receta en espa�ol aqu� This  dark cake is moist and dense but not too heavy that�s why I love it so much and I think it is simply irresistible.   Ingredients (12 serving) 240 ml (1 cup) Guinness beer 260 g plain flour 250 g unsalted butter 70 g cocoa powder 350 g white sugar 140 ml sour cream 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 y � teaspoon bicarbonate of soda Frosting 200 g cream cheese at room temperature 200 ml heavy whipping cream, very cold 50 g powdered sugar 30 ml (2 tablespoon) Bailey�s coffee Directions Cake Line a 9 inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease it. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 �F (180 �C) Put a small saucepan over low heat and heat the butter and the beer until butter is melted. Don�t let it boil. Remove from heat, add the sugar and cocoa, and whisk to get rid of any lumps of cocoa. Set aside. In a large bowl beat the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla extract until combined. Then add this mixture to the saucepan. Finally whisk...