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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…
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 trouble…
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 dish itself is an adventure. The Queen of Sheba was mentioned in the Bible, the Koran and the Ethiopian Kabra Nagast (Sheba was a rich kingdom…
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. …
