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Simple almond cake

Almond cake

July 4, 2020 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

While complaining about Dublin weather and how much I need my summer, I kind of love that I can comfortably bake all year long. I remember back in the days when I was living in Albania, that baking in summer was mission impossible – to hot to switch the oven. Almond cake recipe  Ingredients 100g…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: easy cake, Homemade cake, how to make almond cake, Simple almond cake

Walnut and chocolate chips cookies

Chocolate and walnut cookies – recipe for the classic little bites of heaven from Double Tree Hotel

May 4, 2020 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I am having a cookie while writing this story, and thinking : “Damn, these are gooooood, I should post this recipe asap.” What makes a recipe special, or food special is not just the taste of it, it’s the memory it brings, and for me this cookie brings back the sweetest memories: first time in…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: chewy cookies, chocolate chip cookies, cookies, double tree cookie recipe, homemade, make the Double tree cookies at home, Walnut and chocolate chips cookies

Petulla - Albanian Donuts

Petulla – Albanian donuts

March 21, 2020 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

It was about time, I had to post Albanian donuts recipe in the blog. I’m sure everyone in Albania knows how to make it, and every family has their own little secret on how to make the best petulla in the world ? here’s my family recipe, simple, quick and big enough to feed a…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Savory, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: albanian donuts, donuts, donuts recipe, homemade donuts, petulla, receta per petulla, si te bejme petulla

Spinach casserole

Spinach casserole

January 4, 2020 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Dinner in no time? I got you covered ?Try this super easy, delicious and nutritious spinach casserole ? Spinach casserole Recipe ? ?‍? Ingredients 400 g spinach 6 eggs 4 tbsp olive oil 100 g feta cheese Some basil leaves Salt Pepper ??‍? Directions Preheat the oven at 230 C. Cut the spinach and put…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Savory, Super healthy, Traditional Tagged With: albanian cuisine, dinner, easy dinner, mediterranean cuisine, Mediterranean food, Mediterranean recipe, Spinach casserole, vegetarian dinner

Chocolate Baklava

Chocolate & walnuts baklava

December 24, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

These holidays I’m not going home to celebrate with my big family, which isn’t ideal. To make the festive atmosphere as vivid as possible I’ll cook food that reminds me home and my people. Baklava was definitely at the top of the list. I  kind of have this unusual relationship with baklava ?I used to…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: baklava, baklava from scratch, chocolate baklava, homemade baklava

Rye bread

Homemade rye bread

December 1, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

After the latest events in Albania, it’s hard to come back to the routine. Baking has always been my safe zone, the best therapy in stressful situations, and there’s nothing better than homemade  bread in a cold December day. Rye bread Ingredients 500 g rye flour 10 g salt 10 g instant yeast 1 tbsp…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Savory, Super healthy, Traditional Tagged With: 100% rye bread, homemade bread, How to make homemade bread, Rye bread

Ciabatta

Classic ciabatta

September 28, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Baking bread, again and again ? this time I experimented with ciabatta, an Italian traditional bread with a thin crust & light texture. I love it particularly because it’s so simple to bake it. Baking is the part I fear more when it comes to bread, and ciabatta bakes in no time and doesn’t need…

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Crème brûlée with caramelized walnuts

September 12, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I’m training for Dublin marathon and my body is burning sugar and naturally craving sugar ? While it’s not the best to feed your body with simple carbs regularly, a nice treat here and there doesn’t hurt. Why crème brûlé among so many choices? Recently I bought these super nice ramekins, which are pretty useless…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: classic creme brûlée, Creme brûlée, how to make creme brûlée, summer recipes

Raspberry crumble

Raspberry crumble

June 24, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Fruit crumbles are so good, light with an intense fruit flavor, and so forgiving. You can endlessly play with them, try different fruits, grains, sweeteners, nuts and spices. I like to use honey, instead of sugar, especially with winter fruits. I play with flavors, vanilla, cinnamon, cardamom, rose water, you name it 🙂 this time…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: berry crumble, crumble, fruit crumble, fruit dessert, how to make delicious crumble, light dessert, Raspberry crumble, summer crumble, summer dessert

Macarons

Macarons- a story of love and persistence

May 12, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I’ve talked about my struggle to make macarons so many times ? They were my mission impossible until few weeks ago, when my babies decided to raise on their own feet, nice & cute. When I shared my struggles on Instagram and asked for help, my inbox went crazy and my heart was full of…

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Filed Under: Collaborations, Recipes, Sweet Tagged With: chocolate macarons, french macarons, how to make macarons, Macarons, rose macarons, tahini macarons

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Welcome to Mandarina Yum!

mmMy name is Ejona Varangu and I am a full time researcher in the telecommunication industry, and part time food blogger. I blog from a small apartment in Tirana, Albania, where I live with my better half and our two cats Weirdo and Pixel.

I started cooking in late 2013, when I decided to live alone, and I missed the great homemade dishes that my mum prepared, before that, I couldn’t even boil an egg by myself. Little by little I started experimenting with new ingredients and techniques and I loved every single minute of it. Find out more…

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