pudding/sweet ideas

BIZZYIZZY

We have students staying with us, And I feel we give them good dinners, But I am not good at puddings, I do (bought) cheese cake, ice cream. tinned rice, etc.
So anyone got any advice for something that looks as if I have gone to some bother to make. But is simple/easy
Thanks

Mrs_Thrify

Students. I would say jelly and icecream, yoghurt,a piece of cake, ice lolly, fruit salad.

floyd

Crumble is very cheap at the moment with all the lovely autumn fruits like plums, apples, pears etc and is very filling as well as being pure comfort food which I'm sure they will appreciate. I use the Nigel Slater recipe for crumble topping but I know alot of people here make it with porridge oats instead of ground almonds which can be expensive

serves 4-6
plums, greengages or a mixture - 1kg
caster sugar - 3 or 4 tbs, depending on how sweet your fruit is
For the almond crumble:
plain flour - 120g
butter - 85g, cut into cubes
unrefined golden caster sugar - 4 tbs
ground almonds - 4 tbs
Set the oven at 175°c/gas 4. Rinse and stone the plums, removing any stalks as you go. Toss the fruit in a deep baking dish with the sugar. Whizz the flour and butter in a food processor, then, when the mixture resembles fine, fresh breadcrumbs, add the sugar and almonds. Tip on top of the fruit and bake till the fruit is bubbling under the pale, golden crumble. About 40-45 minutes.

daska

rice pudding? can't get much simpler than that unless it's straight out of a tin. Jelly with some added fruit. bread and butter pudding is dead simple as well and you can ring the changes by changing the 'bread' to croissant, brioche, panettone and adding dried fruit, marmalade, jam or chocolate etc

got-it-spend-it

Bread and butter pudding is lovely with dried apricots.

My nan does a nice pud of a bought flan base, tinned apricots or mandarins then some quick-jel on top to set it.

Good old fashioned trifle. Use up any leftover cake you have, tinned fruit, tinned custard and some whipped cream.

Microwave sponge puddings are very quick and easy. I'm sure you could find a recipe on here, or if not google it.

bluebag

2 cheapie supermarket swiss rolls
1/2 punnet of strawberries (over ripe ones are good for this)
1and1/2 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons warm water
4 dollops of vanilla ice cream
tin of aerosol cream.


Serves 4
Put the strawberries,( save 4 nice strawberries for decoration) sugar and two tablespoons wam water in a pan and heat till all the strawberries are soft and the sugar is dissolved, allow to cool slightly.
Cut the swiss roll into slices and put into individual dishes (about 2x 1" slices each.
Cover with the warm strawberry mush, add a dollop of ice cream and a good swish of the squirty cream. Top with a whole strawberry, and serve.

Butterfly_Brain

Magic chocolate pudding always goes down well and you can make it extra special by adding rum and raisins.
Just make a chocolate sponge(A packet one will do) Put it into a dish then make the magic bit - in a jug put 4 Tbsps of Brown Sugar and 3 Tbsps of Cocoa powder then add boiling water and fill to 1pt Give it a good stir until it is all dissolved. Pour over the chocolate sponge (It looks a mess at this point but don't panic!) Then bake in the oven for the usual time.
The result is a chocolate sponge with a thick chocolate sauce at the bottom Yummmm!

marmalize

i think you can't beat 'Eton mess' for simplicity and fabulousness...eves pudding and apple tart tatin...in fact anything with apples as i am overrun with deliscious bramleys at the moment...

Stephen_Leak

Firstly, considering where the OP lives ... Cranachan.

Another vote for Eton Mess (although you will never make enough!), and I can also do a seriously rich chocolate dessert.

Back on the alcoholic theme (well, they are students!), I have figs in brandy and French baked apples (wrapped in ready made puff pastry and with lemon peel, honey and brandy in the core). Use Scotch whisky and call them Scottish baked apples! They'll never know.

All are dead easy to do. I will try to keep and eye on this thread and post any recipes required.

daska

lemon posset - even easier than rice pudding

ubamother

I hate make puddings, and rarely do so, but my easiest ever, because it doesn't need lots of prep, or any memory is to put some fruit - apples/halved plums/pears or whatever in an ovenproof dish with some sugar sprinkled over. Make a victoria sponge mix of appropriate proportions, bung it on top - some of the fruit will poke through which looks pretty when cooked, not like you've got it wrong! Shove in the oven while eating main course and serve with icecream/custard/cream, or if my children eat cold leftovers in your hand out of the fridge.

As vic sponge mix is mainly equal props its easy to make small, medium or huge pudding and pretty cheap if you keep the basics in. You can go all posh and add almonds in the mixture for plums, lemon zest for apples, ginger for pears etc etc.

I use the bog standard
4oz SR flour, 4oz sugar, 4 oz butter/fat, 2 eggs, bit of milk which just goes up 6, 6, 3 or 8, 8, 4 depending on how much you're making.
I made an 8oz mix on top of loads of fresh plums that fed 6 adults and 6 children happily.