Pudding and dessert recipes

zzzLazyDaisy

no.1swimmum wrote: »

why not use youre jelly in a different way - we enjoy milk jelly which you make by making up your jelly with the hot water and then instead of adding cold water to make up to required amount you add a tin of evaporated milk - we prefer this with lime of orange jelly and then put in bowl in fridge till set, I serve with a crushed flake sprinkled on top.

If you let the jelly soft set before adding the evap milk, then whisk vigorously (you could do it in batches in a food prosessor, or maybe a stick blender would work) it doubles in quantity and gets loads of bubbles. Put it in the fridge to set and you have a mousse jelly.

EC12345

Ice cream, some flavoured sauce and wafers (really cheap) - will make loads of puddings ....

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Nicifer_noonoo wrote: »

rice pudding is lovely in the slow cooker. If you have the basics to hand, flour, sugar, butter, milk, eggs you can bake all sorts of lovely treats. have a little look on the old style recipe collection for bakeable treats

If you have a pressure cooker, it's great in that too.

You could try some sponge pudding in the microwave - cheap as chips and you can use golden syrup or jam, or replace some of the flour with cocoa powder and make a simple chocolate sauce and pour that over.

Meringues/pavlova wouldn't be too expensive. Crumble up a couple of meringues and mix with yoghurt and/or fruit. One free range egg costs me about 18p and sugar doesn't cost that much.

Fruit crumble - bit of flour, sugar & butter/marg doesn't cost much, use whatever fruit you have.

Jam tarts - if you are making pies or something involving pastry, save your pastry scraps, cut out circles, put them in tart/bun tins, fill with whatever jam you've got and bake.

x-Princess-Vikki-x

Tesco do big strawberry cheesecakes for £1

Owain_Moneysaver

Baked apples / bananas / pears in the microwave.

Here's a recipe for microwave apple crisp

Tesco/Asda own label value custard is 24p (tinned), value custard powder is 6p.

PasturesNew

I love Angel Delight, I've usually got 4-6 packets in the cupboard. One Angel Delight makes up 4 portions. I love butterscotch, but recently also tried Morrisons Mint Chocolate. It's lovely - and you can also make it using powdered milk (I tend to use a bit less water if I do this though).

Rice pudding's nice/easy - it can also be left to cool and served alone or even as a topping for stewed apples (think Mullerice pots).

Get some little lidded pots - I bought some recently that are like mini plastic pudding basins with lids, they each take a portion and so stop you over-eating too.

Keep an eye out for reduced apples (when you're lucky you can get a whole bag for 10p). One thing I do here is to buy a whole bag of any apples, core/peel them, then gently boil/simmer them down (slice up the apples, chuck in a couple of big spoons of sugar [go easy, you can always add more later or next time], add enough water to the bottom of the saucepan so it won't boil dry), bring to the boil, then turn down to simmer; stir often over the next 30-60 minutes until the apples are as soft as you like them. I also chuck in a handful of sulatanas. Once cooked, it can be potted up in the fridge and will keep for ages. You can microwave the apple hot again.... or spoon some in a dish and top with crumble mix. I buy packets of crumble mix because then it's instant/easy as you just spoon as much as you want out of the packet on demand.

Banana and custard is good/cheap. Slice up one banana into a bowl, make up an instant custard and pour over it. Eat hot, or allow to cool.

POSSETTE

oooh banana and custard..even better,spot of food colouring and you have PINK custard!!

my fav dessert at mo is Eton Mess...whipped cream with crushed meringue nests in it and chopped strawberries...i also do it with mandarin oranges and pineapple!

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I too would go with the milk puddings Rice,tapioca,ground rice,semolina, very nice, add what you want to jazz it up a bit of a swirl of butterscotch sauce, or even just a dollop of jam in the middle.If you can knock up some pastry then a treacle tart with golden syrup and crushed cornflakes mixed together into the pastry shell and covered with strips crossed in a lattice pattern,delicious hot with a spoonful of ice cream or fresh whipped cream. Old fashioned puds were normal in our house when I was little as it not only streeeetched the main meal a bit it encouraged the children to eat up their veg .No clear, plate no pud. We either had a soup for starters or a pud for afters never the both though It was just a way of making the meal go further really when Mum had to eke out the rations a bit

kazmeister

Not very old style but

1 value/basic sponge mix made up as instructions with added cocoa powder - never measure how much, just bung it in with the egg, some water or milk and wazz it with electric mixer.

Pour into greased pudding basin

microwave until top feels dry to touch

serve with instant custard mixed with cocoa powder

I usually make this and have it on the table in the time the kids are deciding what to have!