Mini Mulled Wine Cupcakes

And because the wintery season has even arrived in Suly, here the recipe for some seasonal cupcakes - mulled wine! Ingredients (makes 24): For the dough: 120g butter 120g caster sugar 1 pinch of salt Zest of 2 clementines 120g flour 1 1/2 baking powder 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp. groun nutmeg 1/4...

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Pumpkin & Goat's Cheese Ravioli

I found this very yummy-looking recipe of pumpkin-goat's cheese ravioli online and since pumpkin season is in full swing even in Northern Iraq, I spontaneously decided to try it out. The original recipe is with canned pumpkin, but since that doesn't exist here, I just used fresh pumpkin -...

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Homemade Torsade Bread

When living abroad, finding "good" bread is often one of the biggest challenges. Now, as good, I, Swiss and European, would define bread that is crunchy, but not necessarily a baguette. Sourdough is yummy. Not so much the toast bread other nations' people seem to prefer. In Kurdistan you can get...

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