what are you making for your Christmas day dessert?

*zippy*

Just wondered what you are making please and is it a favourite you've tried before?

I usually make a James Martin white chocolate croissant bread and butter pudding, but it's only me and my husband who will eat it this year so won't bother. One daughter wants a lemon pudding and eldest something chocolate, but not cheesecake. I think I'll do weezls self saucing lemon pudding, but not sure with the chocolate as I don't want anything sickly. Anyone tried Nigellas chocolate mousse cake or her Nutella cake? Nice or too sweet or any other recommendations?

Many thanks for any inspiration

Islandmaid

We,re having White Chocolate pannacotta with a raspberry coulis - it's not too sweet, and not too filling - it can also be made ahead and left in the fridge, which is a bonus

HOWMUCH

Sherry trifle by special request, plus I also got from Heron Foods a Carte D'or raspberry and vanilla log so people will have a choice.

SailorSam

My garden bench has been piled high with apples since i cut down the trees at the end of Autumn, so i've been out there this afternoon bringing them into the porch.
So for desert it's got to be something with apple in it.

FizzWhizz

My go-to chocolate recipe it Jamie Oliver's baked chocolate tart, recipe here. It's rich but not overly sweet and it keeps for days, lovely with a cup of coffee!

I find that reducing the chocolate mixture to 3 eggs (and paring down the other ingredients accordingly) is ample, the quantities stated are too much for my flan tin. I would also guess that if you have small, individual flan tins you could mix up 1/4 of the chocolate mixture and make 3 or 4 small tarts? I just use a bog standard shortcrust pastry recipe for the case.

purpleivy

HOWMUCH wrote: »

Sherry trifle by special request, plus I also got from Heron Foods a Carte D'or raspberry and vanilla log so people will have a choice.

The choice here will be Christmas pudding or not Christmas pudding. The other element of choice will be brandy butter, rum sauce or both.

busiscoming2

Most years we don't actually want pudding as we are too full from dinner. We did think we might buy some of those frozen party bite pudding things so people have the choice or perhaps a cheesecake.

VJsmum

*zippy* wrote: »

Just wondered what you are making please and is it a favourite you've tried before?

I usually make a James Martin white chocolate croissant bread and butter pudding, but it's only me and my husband who will eat it this year so won't bother. One daughter wants a lemon pudding and eldest something chocolate, but not cheesecake. I think I'll do weezls self saucing lemon pudding, but not sure with the chocolate as I don't want anything sickly. Anyone tried Nigellas chocolate mousse cake or her Nutella cake? Nice or too sweet or any other recommendations?

Many thanks for any inspiration

I have made nigella mousse cake, it is divine but very rich. Goes well with raspberries

We are having home made sticky toffee pudding - sharrow bay hotel recipe (yes I am a snob )

pigpen

Quality Street/roses/heroes.. all 3 meals and dessert!

C_J

Sherry trifle (by request of Mr C J)
Cheesecake heavily laced with Baileys
Chocolate mousse pots (I use Raymond Blanc's recipe)

PasturesNew

I've never had the room for any food after Xmas main course. I eat the one course, no other meals, that day. It's been like that in my family for the last 40 years - before that we started off having xmas pud, then it was just offered with no takers.... then it stopped being offered ... then it stopped even making it from the shop to the cupboard.

I'm going out to dinner this year.... oh God, I hope they don't offer me pud!!!