http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/05/senhor-r%e2%80%99s-pudim-flan/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/05/senhor-r%e2%80%99s-pudim-flan/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 20:53:49 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=1528 In my household, I do most of the cooking, because I’m speedy, pragmatic, and as absolute control freak. Everything I make is geared towards minimum effort for maximum results. As such I don’t prepare many of what I perceive to be ‘high risk’ foods. So on Sunday when my boyfriend, Senhor R, offered to whip up a Pudim Flan (Crème Caramel) this week, I was all for it, even though neither of us have ever attempted to make such a thing. It turned out to be remarkably simple, which is in no way a reflection on his culinary skills. And it was so delicious that he actually made another one on Wednesday! I could get used to this... Growing up, every Portuguese restaurant I ever went to had three staple deserts; Mousse Chocolate, Arroz Doce (Sweet Rice) and Pudim Flan (Crème Caramel), to be washed down with as many ‘bicas’ (espressos) as possible. Although there were occasional surprises such as Baba de Camelo or Molotov Pudding, you could always find these three.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/05/senhor-r%e2%80%99s-pudim-flan/feed/ 7 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/01/cheats-dulce-de-leche/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/01/cheats-dulce-de-leche/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:53:09 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=528 It’s no secret to anyone who knows me that I have a very sweet tooth. So imagine my delight at every hostel I stayed at in Argentina and Uruguay when each breakfast come complete with dulce de leche, the classic spreadable caramel that is liberally dolloped on desserts, cakes and even toast. No matter how dodgy the coffee, how tepid the ‘orange fruit drink’ or how stale the bread, there was always dulce de leche to smother it and more than compensate. My favourite way to eat it was as ‘Flan con dulce’, basically a crème caramel slathered in the stuff. Heaven.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2011/01/cheats-dulce-de-leche/feed/ 13