My go to three-ingredient fruit curd recipe
I have been preparing fruit curds for a few years now. I’ve even shared some of my favorite concoctions with…
Category: “sweets”
Easter flashback & chocolate truffles
Today’s article may seem a bit out of place. Yet, I guarantee you that it does belong on this food…
Candlemass crêpes & never-ending family traditions
I grew up in what I dare call a “traditional” Haitian family. By that I mean a family that does…
Rum raisin sweet potato croquettes with a coconut coating
You might find this unbelievable. But I often restrain from cooking some of the recipes I share here. Take my…
Growing my palate with Passion fruit French toasts
Who would have thought that I, the self-proclaimed passion fruit hater, would one day serve you passion fruit French toasts?…
How should you eat a mulberry curd?
If you’ve been reading me for a while, you know that I tend to be a fan of eggless curds.…
A decadently spicy manba (peanut butter) mousse
Earlier today, I told you about my decadent peanut butter butter toasts. And now, here I am serving you a…
My potpourri citrus pie
A potpourri pie? What kind of pie bears such a name? The kind of pies I create on Tchakayiti while…
A sour orange curd does make for a sweet treat
I should have entitled this article “how a sour orange curd helped me through dark times.” But that would be…
An orange cake with candied citrus, a birthday baking challenge
There’s an orange confit garnished cake on the blog! Did you read that?! There’s a cake on the blog. That’s…
Zanmann jam, an unusual Indian-almond jam
One afternoon, a few moons ago, I came across a rather unusual dish being prepped in our kitchen. My mother…
A spicy mango chutney or how to keep summer in a jar
A spicy mango chutney…wait, what? Mango again?!? You must be wondering where my creativity has gone this summer. I mean…
Blan Manje, a Coconut Dessert
We call this dessert blan manje. Commit those words to memory, even if this is not your language. Why? Because…
A Haitian fresco with peanuts
Forewarning: Today, there won’t be an actual recipe with this article. I will tell you which fresco flavor is my…
Caramelized banana waffles with a hint of rum
What happens when this Haitian girl prepares caramelized banana waffles? Well, she adds her own twist to the batter, of…
A sumptuous peach jam
What do you do when you have too many peaches? Why, you make a homemade peach jam of course! And…
Tamarind popsicles, a refreshing summer treat
The 12:00pm bells are ringing. It’s Friday. School is officially out. A swarm of bees in blue uniform gathers around…
Creole Kitchens Mardi-Gras Edition: a beignets cook-off
“I really should have named this article: How a beignets cook-off convinced me that I am not destined to be…
Street-style Haitian beignets, Carnival Treats
This article was first published on February 26, 2014. I have updated it with an improved recipe. ♪♩Qu’y a-t-il oh,…
Would you try a sour orange marmelade?
Got an excessively fruitful sour orange tree? Why not make a sour orange marmelade!? We have two sour orange trees…
Rum infused layered Haitian chocolate truffles dessert
Today, in honor of Valentine’s Day, I am revisiting our chokola peyi. I am serving you layers of flattened chocolate…
From cocoa to Haitian chocolate balls
I initially published this Haitian chocolate article on November 12, 2014. Today, I have updated it with new improved pictures. …
Douce kokoye, Haitian coconut fudge
Foreign readers, think of douce kokoye as a Haitian-style coconut fudge bold in flavor. What happens when you’re stuck at…
Haitian pain patate (sweet potato pudding) recipe
Pain patate in French, pen patat in Haitian Creole, petit pain pa’ as a term of endearment…sweet potato pudding in…
Bonbon Sirop Recipe
“Goodgood syrup, goodgood syrup…” – I can still hear my dad using those words to refer to this special sweet…
Silky-smooth mango ice cream
Yes, you read right! The ice cream recipes on this blog keep getting more interesting year after year! Just last…
Tablèt pistach, gooey beach treat
Imagine yourself on the road back to Port-au-Prince from a great day at the beach. The mountain is on one…
Poud damou, a coconut favorite
Imagine yourself discovering a snack called poud damou, powder of love, on a playground when you were 8 or 10…
Got (coconut) milk?
After sharing four coconut milk based recipes that include our famous blan manje, Haitian goodies known as dous kokoye, Haiti’s…
One pot coconut ice cream
A few weeks ago, I decided to finally give in to what I had been longing to do all summer…
Douce Kokoye, Coconut Recipe
These chewy looking chunks of goodness are not brownies. They are homemade melt-in-your mouth coconut milk and sugar bites by…
Haitian Apricot Jam
Yes, you are reading right. Caribbean apricots are back on this blog, and it’s only been two weeks since this…
Chanm chanm
These days I am definitely going back in time. There’s no doubt about it. After my salted plastic bags filled…
Banana Beignets
In exactly ten days, it will be Carnaval here in Haiti. Dance, music and mostly letting go of the daily…
A douce escape
This plate brings back souvenirs of brown bags that dad would bring us home from downtown when he went to…
Marquise au chocolat à l’haïtienne
It’s been a while since I last shared a recipe with you. To make up for it, today I am…
Konparet de Jeremie, Konpareeett…
“Konparet, Konpareeeet” is how we yelled out to draw the attention of our « pratik » from the first floor…
Cassava Pudding spiked with Rum
I discovered cassava pudding a couple weeks ago and really loved it. I actually combined 2 recipes because the one…
Haitian Beignets Recipe
This Haitian beignet recipe is inspired by an experiment my mom did this year. She substituted sugar cane syrup for…