Name: Pineapple mango fruit salad Eaten in: Côte d’Ivoire Foodie: Linda My two favorite fruits united in a simple, colorful and healthy dessert. Diced pineapple, for some sweet, honeyed, slightly tart crunchiness and mango for some sweet softness. Golden yellow
Tag: Dessert
Mango mousse, Lima’s refreshing treasure
Name: Mango Mousse Eaten in: Peru Foodie: Linda It’s a texture thing… I usually stay away from flans, creme brulée and other gelatinous desserts. When my host brought this mango mousse as dessert to a wonderful peruvian lunch, I saw it dancing around, all giggly on the serving plate and I knew I was in… Continue reading Mango mousse, Lima’s refreshing treasure
Reine de Saba – Queen of Sheba, a royal chocolate cake
Name: Reine de Saba – Queen of Sheba Eaten: regularly by anyone who’s tried it at least once 🙂 Consider yourself warned Foodie: Linda This recipe is the second one from the JC100, Julia Child’s challenge that we take up here at Tropical Foodies since, you guessed right, it contains chocolate. Now, the name of the… Continue reading Reine de Saba – Queen of Sheba, a royal chocolate cake
Mousse au chocolat (Julia Child’s chocolate mousse)
Name: Mousse au chocolat Foodie: Linda Eaten in: Everywhere When we were asked to be part of the JC100 challenge, my immediate reaction was: did Julia Child use any tropical ingredients in her recipe? Sure thing, cocoa, chocolate saved the day.