Less than a week at Christmas (already less than a week?), There are still many things to think about: the the dinner menu, and the pranzone merendone (by the way, you agree to any idea sandwich at home, we still have to decide the starters!) decorations (laggards, apprestatevi to put up a decent tree, I am instead of abolishing those horrible plastic Santa Claus that climb up the terraces of apartment buildings, which more than spread Christmas spirit they brought tears to his eyes to the sadness); the gifts , the present the Christmas gifts. All adorable synonyms going to show colored packages held together by ribbons and bows that is now customary exchange on December 25 (or in other words, near this date). Indeed, nowadays the word is automatically associated with the Christmas gift, to spend, consumerism. Gone are the days of Christmas is all best : Welcome to the era of Christmas squander your bank account. In fact, while the first donate something was an act of generosity and a demonstration of affection towards the people that you really held, has now become almost a requirement , A forced habit. It participates in the collection to give a leopard print thong connects instead to strangle happy with that thread and fabric gives you the good that we would see a classmate in a school for Tibetan ascetics horrible candle in the shape of a winged putto very disturbing. When Christmas comes, it becomes the endless list of people you'd think , eventually even to people who just do not endure: the act of giving becomes almost an obligation to fulfill that as a courtesy. A little 'as when we celebrate our eighteenth year and make a great feast to which we also invite people who are disagreeable. As called for a return to the party with a few close friends with people to which we are really loyal, I urge the return to donate only to those we care about: it is hypocritical to make a thought to who we talk behind your back. Another daunting issue is the choice of gift. The news supported the purchase of gifts preposterous, capable of draining savings and bank accounts: massage and spa, the latest in technology, leakage of love in Italian hotels. The gifts brought by Parodi in the evening are more or less the same every year, if you notice. Lowest common denominator is that denote a lack of originality, cost a lot and mean nothing. How much more sincere and heartfelt gift for saying something that is done with your hands? It means first that the gift is really thought, then it is done with heart rather than with the portfolio. And it certainly will find a greater appreciation gift of this kind with respect to a session of slurry from sticking to the face. It is also important to make a gift targeted to those you love: If your mother wants very much a nutcracker as a new force to break the shell with a knife several times to risked amputate the index finger, you've found your gift. And no matter if it's not a perfume (banale!) or a set of nails or something very fine, because the main thing is that you have heard, and you understand the real needs being satisfied. And then, even if the gift is not equal to the expectations of those who receive it, no matter: it will be equally appreciated if done with passion and affection, because it's nice to receive, but give it is sometimes more. In addition to
scarf made with his own shoes while on the couch in the living room is magnificence in top-list of home-made gifts, there are certainly the culinary products: preserves, jams, chocolates, sauces and biscuits. What's better than the delicate scent of coconut and the sweetness released by white chocolate biscuits on the crumbly texture? With this recipe to participate
nice initiative Paoletta Anice & Cannella's blog, I these for Christmas gifts.
coconut and white chocolate biscuits
Ingredients For the pastry: 300 g flour 00
200 g butter 120 g sugar 100 g grated coconut
2 egg yolks a pinch
salt for the topping: 200 g white chocolate
100 g grated coconut Procedure
Beat the egg yolks with sugar, then add the melted butter. Also add the flour mixed with coconut and mix until you get a ball to be wrapped with plastic wrap and place in refrigerator for about an hour. Take the dough with a rolling pin and roll out: with shapes chosen, cut biscuits to put on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 180 degrees for 10-12 minutes, until lightly golden brown. When they are ready, bake and cool. Once cold, soaked in melted white chocolate and dip in grated coconut.
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