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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

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

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

Strawberry jam

Homemade strawberry jam

July 28, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

Remember the day I went to Wexford and bought lots of strawberries ? I turned some of them into this beautiful summer jam. Top a slice of toasted bread with some butter and this jam and you’re up for a treat. I followed my mom’s technique here, leaving the sliced strawberries sleep in the fridge…

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Filed Under: Fast & Easy, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: easy jam, homemade jam, homemade strawberry jam, jam, strawberry jam

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

Albanian honey cake

Albanian honey cake

May 4, 2019 By Mandarina Leave a Comment

I guess when we miss traditional food, it’s not only the food we’re craving but also that feeling of wanting to relive some moments, memories, flavors. That’s exactly what happens to me whenever I crave this Albanian honey cake. I used to love it when I was a child, and I was looking forward to…

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: easy recipe, honey cake, honey cake recipe, how to make honey cake at home, receta, Shendetllie, si te pergatisim shendetllie

Easter bread

Easter bread – Tsoureki

April 23, 2019 By Mandarina 2 Comments

It’s that time of the year when making this pillowy sweet bread is mandatory, it’s Easter time. Easter bread is one of my first bakes ever and one of my first Instagram photos. I still remember all the research that I made, all the dough testing and spice hunting and the aromas filling my kitchen….

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Filed Under: Recipes, Sweet, Traditional Tagged With: buke pashke, curek, easter bread, how to make Easter bread, Si te bejme cyrek, Tsoureki

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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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