MARIA LEITAO
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Welcome to my website! Here I'm going to share who I am, and where my passion for food comes from. I'm going to share some of my amazing recipes and... some pictures of dishes and on-the-job pics also.
Come explore!
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A recipe has no soul. You has a cook, must bring soul to the recipe.
Thomas Keller
Hi, I'm Maria and I'm a culinary student in Bulgaria.
I started to cook when I was around 13, with my grandmas in the kitchen, and at some point, I started to cook without them knowing using their recipes, and my love for creating recipes started.
Studying food was my biggest dream, to know more about cooking, but most importantly pastry.
Recently I discovered that I have a passion for bread and different kinds of dough.
In the future, I want to open my own place that serves really nice pastries and bread, with a nice environment where people can just have a coffee and talk.
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Ingredients:
115g of melted butter
480ml of warm milk (warm to the touch)
100g of Sugar
10g of instant yeast
625g of flour
5g of baking powder
10g salt
Filling:
170g of soft butter
165g of brown sugar
15g of cinnamon
Preparation: In a bowl pour the warm milk, melted butter, and sugar. Sprinkle the yeast on top of this mixture and let it sit for a minute. Add 500g of the flour to the mixture and stir. Let it rest for an hour in a warm place for an hour. Add 95g of flour, baking powder, and salt and mix again. Pass the dough into a floured surface and knead it until it's not sticky anymore. Roll the dough until its about one centimeter thick, brush it with the butter and carefully sprinkle the cinnamon and brown sugar. roll the filled dough into a log and cut it into 3 cm slices.
Bake the rolls in a 180º oven for 20-25 minutes or until they are gold and brown.
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Ingredients:
60g of sugar
100g of flour
50g of cocoa powder
20g of vegetable oil
20g of hot water
5g of baking powder
4 eggs
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Filling:
100g of cream
70g of milk chocolate
Berries
Procedures:
In a bowl mix the cocoa powder and the sugar, and stir it to combine. After, add the eggs and whisk the mixture together. when is combined add the flour and the baking powder and whisk again all together. Add the oil and the water and stir carefully. Pass it to a buttered and floured mold and bake it in a 180º oven for 15 minutes.
In a pot heat, the cream, and in a bowl break the chocolate, pour the cream over the chocolate, and let it sit until it melts the chocolate. Whisk the chocolate and the cram together, cover the mixture and let it set in the fridge.
When the cake is done let it cool down, when cold cut it in the middle.
Whip the filling with the hand mixer or a whisk and let it get with whipped cream-like texture. Fill the cake and put the top part. Add a bit more of the filling on the top and smooth it out Place some berries on the top and leave it in the fridge to set.
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Ingredients:
300g of flour
​10g of sugar
7g of yeast
150g of water
5g of salt
10g of olive oil
15g extra flour
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Preparation:
In a bowl place all of the ingredients minus the 15g extra flour. Stir with a wooden spoon until its combined, and pass it to a floured surface with the leftover flour and knead it for 15 minutes. leave it to proof for 30 minutes in a warm place. After the 30 minutes roll the dough into small balls and put them in a tray lined with baking paper, let them proof once again for 30 minutes and then when the time is up bake them in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
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