I thought these were going to be easy... ...and it's not that Melomakarona are 'hard' to make, so much as they're time-consuming. You need to shape each one by hand and then place them in batches in hot honey syrup. I figured they'd be like baklava where you pour the syrup over … [Read more...] about Melomakorona: Greek Honey-Soaked Cookies
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Zabaione? Zabaglione? Either Way, Prosecco, Sugar, Egg Yolks, and Learning Italian
Though this is more commonly made with Marsala wine, and may actually have originally been made with beer, the light, bubbly sweetness of prosecco is absolutely perfect with the sweet egg yolk, frothed dessert. It's the cousin of the French sabayon a sweet or savoury sauce, but … [Read more...] about Zabaione? Zabaglione? Either Way, Prosecco, Sugar, Egg Yolks, and Learning Italian