What to do with ginger nuts?

paullwill8

Ginger nuts? Personally I'd shave em.

AussieLass

paullwill8 wrote:

Ginger nuts? Personally I'd shave em.

Ahhhh...........we have a red head.

purplemoon

I used to make an unbaked cheesecake with a gingernut base. It was mascapone, icing sugar and citrus zest and juice (your choice). I think it would work with regular full fat cream cheese, it just needs to be something firm enough.

jen_jen_2

saving-grace wrote:

Whip 1/4 pint double cream.
Fold in 2 tablespoons icing sugar, 2 teaspoons grated orange rind and 3 tablespoons orange juice
Use some to sandwich the ginger biscuits into a log shape and use the rest to cover the log.
Chill for a few hours
Decorate as you wish e.g. orange slices, grated chocolate
Cut into slices to serve. If you make diagonal cuts you'll get a stripey effect

The biscuits will have gone soft. Sounds strange but is actually very nice.
I haven't made this recipe for years (had forgotten about it).
I remember variations of this recipe (e.g. with choc chip cookies and sherry in the cream) were popular in the seventies.

i'm sure this was a why-dont-you recipie but glad you know it cause all i could remember was soaking the biccies in orange juice and covering in cream - yours i am sure is more professional than an 8 year olds

newleaf

jen_jen wrote:

i'm sure this was a why-dont-you recipie but glad you know it cause all i could remember was soaking the biccies in orange juice and covering in cream - yours i am sure is more professional than an 8 year olds

I think the version I knew was to 'glue' chocolate chip cookies together with chocolate and hazelnut spread, and soak with orange juice, and cover with cream! Happy memories eh?!

NualaBuala

Hi OldStylers :wave:

I unearthed a tin of ginger biscuits BB Sept 09. Undeterred I'm eating a few with a cuppa right now.

They're a bit stale and I was wondering if anyone knows a clever way of using them up if I don't polish them off in the meantime. :rotfl:

rinabean

I'd use them as part of the base of a no-bake cheesecake, or maybe to top crumbles with

CCP

How about using them as a base for a cheesecake - lemon might be nice, I would think.

I also have a vague memory of a pudding called 'ginger log' that I used to eat as a kid - it was ginger biscuits soaked in something (orange juice, possibly?) then stuck together with sweetened whipped cream in a line. That's a bit vague, I know, but it was :drool:


Update - it was orange juice that the biscuits were soaked in - the recipe is here. I'll have to try making this to see if it's anywhere near as good as I remember. Oddly, it looks like it's an Australian recipe - I wonder how it came to be on the Isle of Wight, which is where I tried it?

julietiff

CCP wrote: »

How about using them as a base for a cheesecake - lemon might be nice, I would think.

I also have a vague memory of a pudding called 'ginger log' that I used to eat as a kid - it was ginger biscuits soaked in something (orange juice, possibly?) then stuck together with sweetened whipped cream in a line. That's a bit vague, I know, but it was :drool:

Me too! used to love that, my Mum made it exactly the same as you
just said and then left it in the fridge for about 2 hours, she used
to completely cover it with whipped cream after sticking them
together, and then we had evap over the top~ brought some
lovely memories back CCP!

Pink.

Hi NualaBuala,

This is a recipe my mum used to make in the seventies:

Dip each gingernut biscuit in orange juice then spread one side with whipped cream and sandwich the biscuits together to form two log shaped rolls. Use the rest of the cream to cover the rolls of biscuits and sprinkle with flaked chocolate. Keep in the fridge for a couple of hours and the biscuits go cake-like absorbing the flavour of the juice. If not serving kids it tastes even better if you add a good splash of brandy or whisky to the orange juice.

Pink