churros, chocolate . . .

and continuing with the Christmas train of thought.

Yes, I know, churros are not traditionally a Christmas thing, but for me and my family they are most definitely a holiday thing - whenever my children are visiting their grandmother in Spain, one of the things on our to-do list, is a visit to the Churros Lady's caravan at the Saturday market (strangely several other items on that list involve food as well!)

I have, once, a long time ago, attempted to make a batch of churros myself - but they where pretty much inedible and any nigella-aspirations I had, crumbled (along with my churros) to the ground!

 So when I stumbled across this recipe and images from the pages of Sugar Thumb,

 making  it all look enticingly do-able,

 I decided that this Christmas holiday I will become
the . . .  Queen of Churros!

I will be laying down my pen,

switching off my laptop,

 and wishing you the gift of time this festive season,

 time to make churros - or whatever else takes your fancy!

click HERE to go to the recipe on the Sugar Thumb blog

ps: please let me know if you do try this recipe - along with the end results!

{despite saying that I will be switching off my laptop, 

you will no doubt still find me plonking about on facebook from time to time}

a {sweet} moment in time

Cumin is used in almost every Moroccan dish, and is so much an everyday essential, that it is served on the table along with salt and pepper. It is also an essential in our kitchen, along with the occasional slab of chocolate.

So, as I am partial to chocolate, and tend to err on the side of generosity when it comes to a spice like cumin, the marriage of these two elements is, in my mind, close to perfection.

When flicking through the pages of the online publiction Crush!, I stumbled upon this recipe. 

 A recipe that I have filed for future culinary efforts, so one that I thought is worth sharing. 

 cumin and cinnamon spiced dark chocolate truffles

                                                                       

for this recipe click HERE

The perfect indulgence to go along with your tea or coffee.

                                                                                     image via Dar Kawa

and remember . . . 

via french by design blog

follow the link below for more cumin infused recipes
http://view.ceros.com/petal/crush-34/p/1