Culinary Adventures with Camilla

I've always wanted to make my own cornetti , those pillowy little horns in every Italian corner caffé or bar. I knew they weren't the same as croissants, but I thought I would simply adapt my croissant recipe and see how it went.  I made three versions:  Cornetto Vuoto ('empty' or plain), Cornetto alla Marmalata (with jam, I had some blackberry lemon summer jam from Happy Girl Kitchen Co. ),  amd Cornetto al Cioccolato (with chocolate, I used a squeeze of ganache). Needless to say that these disappeared almost as quickly as I took them out of the oven and put them on the table. But they weren't cornetti ...at least not the way I remember them from the bar at Corso Trieste, 18 just around the corner from my home in Rome. I'll keep trying. One good thing about this shelter-in-place order - I have a lot of time for playing in my kitchen! For this batch, I simply substituted milk for water and added an egg. It was still a little too flaky and less ye...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. You can read in my recipe post -  Passionfruit-Vanilla Panna Cotta  - how  Melissa's Produce   ended up sending a selection of their ' Freaky Fruits ' to me and some of my Festive Foodies pals. And, because there was just too much goodness to fit into a two-day event, I am sharing some bonus recipes as I recipe test for October's #FreakyFruitsFriday. Pomegranates One of the freaky fruits they sent was a pomegranate. It's not too freaky, but can leave bloody pools all over your workspace. I have a trick to getting out all of the arils with minimal carnage. I'll share in a second. But, first a bit about the fruit. Originally from Persia, pomegranates are one of the oldest cultivated fruits. A...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. You can read in my recipe post - Passionfruit-Vanilla Panna Cotta - how  Melissa's Produce   ended up sending a selection of their ' Freaky Fruits ' to me and some of my Festive Foodies pals. And, because there was just too much goodness to fit into a two-day event, I am sharing some bonus recipes as I recipe test for October's #FreakyFruitsFriday. Dragonfruit Dragonfruit grows on a vining cactus and has a vibrantly colored rind that houses a juicy flesh flecked with tiny, edible black seeds. The fruit is similar in texture to a cantaloupe or a kiwi; its flavor runs the gamut from sweet to tart to virtually non-existent. I prefer ones that are somewhere in between the first two. But, honestly, I haven't...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  Melissa's Produce . I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. Last Halloween I noticed that  Melissa's Produce   had a section on their website for ' Freaky Fruits .' I really wanted to have some of the other Festive Foodies to join me in an event this year featuring those unique fruits. So, I reached out to my contacts at Melissa's Produce to see if they would want to sponsor the event. And they did! As the produce boxes started arriving, I realized that we had waaaaaaaay more produce than I could feature in just two Fridays in October. So, I decided that I would create some additional recipes and call it 'recipe testing.' The boys helped me brainstorm some ideas. You'll see most of these on the blog in the next month. You can follow along with the has...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Sprinkle Pop, a  #ChristmasCookies sponsor. I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. I'll start with this: I'm a sprinkle novice. I mean, I've purchased sprinkles before, but I haven't used them often enough. Clearly. But, when Sprinkle Pop* signed on to be an event sponsor for a December event, I selected the sprinkle collections I wanted to use and waited for the shipment. And when they arrived, I jumped right in.  I had an idea of what I wanted the cookies to look like and made a batch of simple sugar cookies; I covered the top with the sprinkles - before baking. Needless to say, the cookies flattened, as I expected, but the sprinkles melted, unexpectedly. Whoops. They tasted good, but they weren't pretty. And, in my mind, the whole point of sprinkles is pretty! S...