One of my favorite desserts is undoubtedly crème brulée. Especially the combination between the cold cream and the warm, crispy surface just makes my mouth water. Everyone probably knows the "normal" version with vanilla, but this time I'm giving it a twist. The combination of coconut and tonka beans is simply indescribably delicious!

We have this long pepper from Java in the range of our online spice shop. Apart from bringing some spice (less than traditional pepper), this long pepper from Java mainly adds a lot of aroma to your dishes. This pepper develops tasty aromas of violet, liquorice and resin. This is makes it an ideal pepper to go with desserts, such as this chocolate pudding.

I just added Combava to the range of our online herb shop. And I wanted to try this out anyway. I set about incorporating it into a tiramisu. Not at all the classic tiramisu with cocoa and amaretto or nowadays with speculoos. No, this time I wanted to keep it fresh. It became a tiramisu with mango, passion fruit and, of course, my Combava.

The combava is a kind of small lime and is very intense and citrusy in flavour. Use it in moderation. You can also use it in fish sauces, for example.