recipe for a christmas type desert wanted

henhog

Do you live near a Waitrose ? Their free mag (the Christmas food one, not the one that's the usual monthly magazine) has loads of really lovely recipes in it.

HTH

Henhog.

FieryBlondeScot

crumbled meringue shells, whipped double cream and halved fresh strawberries and peaches all mixed up mmmmmmmm

FieryBlondeScot

Lillibet wrote:

I am doing a Christmas variation of an Eton Mess, broken meringue bits, whipped cream and instead of strawberries I am adding bottled cherries & apricots & using the liquid as a sauce:D Couldn't be easier....or more fattening....or more yummy:rotfl:
Less old style but equally yummy (and we all deserve a day off on Boxing day) are Tescos finest chocolate tarts, utterly to die for if you are a choc-o-holic:o

if i'd just read back a few posts...... !!!

cheekymole

Hi Ping, will post recipe tomorrow

Pooky

Choccy Swiss Roll Ice Cream Cake.

Line a bowl with clingfilm - brush with a little butter and then add thinly sliced swiss roll (HM of course) to cover the whole bowl - no gaps.....looks really quite funky.....then fill the resulting swiss roll bowl with choccy ice cream...more swiss roll on the top (bottom) wrap the cling film over and bung in the freezer for a few hours.....

Turns out easily - carves well and you can just put it back in the freezer if you have any left.

Made that for DD for her 4th birthday - she always asks for it as a treat pud.

pavlovs_dog

there was a lovely idea in the somerfield magazine last month about mixing chunkc os xmas pud through softened (NOT defrosted) creamy vanilla ice cream, and then putting back into the freezer.

sounded delicious - i should still have the mag somewhere if anyone wants a recipe/instructions

anguk

Years ago when microwaves first came out my mother decided to cook the christmas pudding in it, of course she nuked it for too long so the middle was burnt. After a bit of a mad panic over what to serve everyone she cut up squares of ice-cream, covered the sides with After-Eights and sprinkled mixed nuts on the top. Not very fancy but I loved it because I hate Christmas pudding and she used to make me eat it every year!

stockmarket-diva

I tried this recipie at the weekend and its very nice and Christmassy.
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Cranberry trifle.

Cook about 250g of cranberries for 5 to 10 minutes with a little sugar so that they are still cranberry shaped.

Soak trifle sponges with cointreau. Pour cooled cooked cranberries on top and then top with custard and cream. Grate chocolate on top. Very seasonal and not too sweet.

black-saturn

My dad (who used to be a chef) does this thing for people who dont like Christmas pudding. It's black cherries soaked in rum or brandy on the bottom then a layer of fromage frais. Then he sprinkles brown sugar on the top and then either puts it under the grill or uses a blow torch on it to make the sugar crunchy on the top.

cheekymole

Berry Millefieulle

one pack of puff pastry rolled out and cut into two rectangles. Brush with milk, sprinkle with caster sugar and bake until lightly brown.
Melt 2 tbsp jam and spread on one of pastry pieces, spread with:
Mix 250g tub of creme fraiche with 2 tsp icing sugar
Add berries top with other puff pastry piece, sprinkle with icing sugar and voila, a simply delicious, good looking pud