A late spring favorite, the combination of ricotta cheese with lemon zest is absolutely divine! Feel free to substitute the plums with any other fruit such as berries or apples.
Cakes
Ricotta Sheet Cake with Raspberry Crumble
This heavenly ricotta fruit cake was my obsession this summer. It’s light, airy, moist with a strong raspberry flavor.
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Arabic Sweets
Muhallabieh (Lebanese Milk Pudding)
A quick and easy Lebanese milk pudding dessert that’s so quick to whip up. I love making this for breakfast, a brunch get-together, or an afternoon dessert. Ingredients 1 Liter (4 cups) whole milk 50g (6 Tablespoons) cornstarch 110g (½ cup) granulated sugar 2 Tbsp orange blossom water Strawberries, blueberries, crushed pistachio or any other
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Cakes
Olive Oil Cake with Persimmons
For my birthday last year, my friend and I went to our favorite Italian restaurant in Brooklyn called Lillia. It was 11pm at night, we had ordered two Americanos and a slice of olive oil cake served with whipped cream and fresh persimmons. I still remember the taste of that wonderful cake because not only
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Breads and Pastries
Za’atar Honey Butter Rolls
There are countless ways I use za’atar while snacking or cooking, and if you love it as much as I do then you would totally understand why I want to use it in almost everything including these soft honey bread rolls. I’ve baked these bread rolls a couple of times especially at dinner gatherings because
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Cakes
Rhubarb Financier Tart with Rose Water
This is what I consider a perfect spring time treat. The combination of the tart rhubarb, hint of rose, and lightly sweetened almond cake got me hooked the first time making this wonderful financier cake last spring. So when I first spotted rhubarb at the farmer’s market a few weeks ago, I immediately bought a pound to bake this
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Desserts
Roasted Mango Rum Buttermilk Ice Cream
I don’t usually look up mango recipes online, but whenever I have a lot of one particular fruit in my fridge then I try to come up with a new recipe that brings out its natural flavors. I made a marvelous Mango Lime Curd spread two weeks ago, so I decided to go in another
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Desserts
Orange Blossom Peach Pie with Whipped Labneh
When I visit the farmer’s market on Sundays, I always buy a couple of necessary things like grape tomatoes, goat cheese, fresh farm eggs, herbs, mushrooms, berries, and of course tree-ripened peaches. I can’t get enough of peaches during the summertime and they make wonderfully seasonal sweet pie fillings. The combination of the sweet peaches
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Arabic Sweets
Karabij (Semolina Rosewater Pistachio Cookies)
I’ve always been curious about the science of baking. Understanding how ingredients work together to create specific baked goods is so fascinating and that’s what keeps me driven to try out new recipes and techniques. For example, when I think of a simple pie crust recipe, so many questions rush through my mind: Should I