Popular Desserts Classification

Hot Desserts

When you have been exposed to a hard winter’s day, hot desserts are the ultimate comfort food. It is also the logical alternative to those who cannot quite handle the colder varieties of sweet treats. The aroma of hot desserts calls out to you from bakeries and homes and casts a spell that s hard to shake off. The experience of some chefs has revealed that men show marked partiality for entremets chauds. Beautiful as they are to the senses, at their most perfect, hot desserts are a labor of love and any pastry chef will tell you that the preparation of hot desserts is a delicate art.

We thought we might just mention that connoisseurs also recommend that many desserts that are normally eaten cold, should really be served fresh and warm, even re-heated!

Popular hot desserts include crusty apple pie, soufflés, puddings, pancakes, crepes, jalebis and gulab jamuns. Continue reading “Popular Desserts Classification”

Choosing the Best Sides, Drinks and Desserts to Go With Pizza

Ah, piping hot pizza! Some folks could live on pizza alone, never eating anything else. The average American devours an amazing 23 pounds of pizza each year, and even more pizza if they live in a college dorm. And while pizza is definitely an American (and global) staple food, there are certain side items, beverages, and desserts that seem to be custom made to go with this favorite culinary treat.

Sides

Pizza is a filling meal in itself, but adding side items to your pizza delivery order can make it even more special. The most commonly requested side items to go with pizza include:

• Appetizers, like bread sticks, chicken strips, mozzarella cheese sticks, cheese bread, grilled eggplant, Buffalo wings, quesadillas, potato skins, nachos, calamari, coconut shrimp, or steamed clams. The type of appetizer that you choose will likely depend on the type of pizza that you order.

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Basima – Rich Lebanese Sweets

Basima is a Lebanese sweet very rich in pistachio and pine nuts. It is the crown jewel of all assorted Baklava pastries.

Basima is a sweet made of Knafeh dough. It is as well considered one of the sweets that constitute the collection of assorted Baklava. It is however a far richer pastry than all items in this collection. It includes very generous amount of pistachios, pine nuts, and almonds, which give it a rich and unique taste unmatched by any other type of Lebanese sweets.

The crust is made from the famous Knafeh dough. This is the same dough used in Basma and in the cheese filled Knafeh. Basma and cheese filled Knafeh are two desserts very popular across the Middle East as well as Arabic countries. It is made primarily from water and dough, but it is formed into long and thin strings that take on a brown color after baking.

From the bottom, it is supported by the Knafeh dough. In the middle, it is filled with pistachios. And from the top, it is more and more nuts: Pine nuts and almonds. Thus, this dessert includes three types of high quality rich nuts. Moreover, since it has only one layer of crust, on the bottom only, it is very soft and chewy.

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Healthy and Harmless Desserts

When most people think of the word dessert, they think about really rich, sweet, and fattening foods. We tend to think its okay to have something a little bit on the sweet and fattening side after a meal because one we deserve it because we ate all are vegetables; and two, how badly could it hurt having a super small portion of something rich and fattening. You’d be surprised at some of the desserts that exist out there today. Fancy little individually wrapped chocolates from special chocolate making companies are the prime suspects I’m talking about here. Some of these treats manage to make hundreds of calories into the smallest pieces of chocolate. Some of which are usually just one bite!

Now it doesn’t really matter if you ate all your greens that day because if you spoil it all with a fancy little piece of chocolate with only 10 to 20 seconds of gratification, then what’s the point? I think that most never even consider the possibility of healthy alternatives in the realm of desserts. How can that be possible? That pretty much defeats the purpose in it of itself. Well at least that’s what most would say or gravitate toward thinking. I think dessert shouldn’t be some tradition in most cultures to represent an excuse of some sort at all. It should be a rewarding after meal treat that can still stay within the confines of what is generally considered healthy. Continue reading “Healthy and Harmless Desserts”

Gluten Free Shabbat Desserts

The perfect Shabbat dessert doesn’t need to have wheat. There are many delicious gluten free desserts from simple to decadent that you can indulge in safely! With a little creativity and experimentation sweet satisfaction is on the way.

When choosing an alternative Shabbat dessert think about whether you’re trying to create a gluten free version of a recipe or looking to make something that doesn’t call for wheat at all.For example, are you trying to make a perfect gluten free cookie that has all of the properties of a wheat flour cookie or would you be satisfied with mango sorbet?

If you’re risk adverse, go with the recipe that never calls for wheat. Choose fresh fruit, sorbets, mousse, or meringue cookies. This is a no fail method. You will not miss the gluten because it was never supposed to be there. You can either make your own or purchase ready made sorbets and ice-creams (should be non-dairy if eating after a meat meal).

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Some More Fantastic Traditional British Dessert Recipes: Blackberry Suet Pudding and Gooseberry Fool

Perhaps British cooking is laughed at the world over, but damned if I care. We make the best desserts in the world, and everything else just doesn’t matter. Memories of sloppy horrible school dinners in hand, I will venture forth into the kitchen today and show you how delicious and unique British desserts can really be. Not a hint of chocolate in these recipes – just naturally good in and healthy ingredients grown in the back garden and obtainable from your local farmers market.

Blackberry Suet Pudding: Ingredients

This is a family favourite, as we live next to a few local parks that are all overcome by blackberries in the summer. We can go picking one afternoon and bring a few kilograms in plastic bags, then freeze them to use anytime. You will need:

– 400g blackberries

– 4 tablespoons sugar (more if you blackberries are particularly sharp)

– 450g flour

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Hogmanay Syllabub – A True Scottish Dessert

Here we have a traditional Scottish dessert often dished up on 31st December, or Hogmanay, as we Scots like to call it. Watch out that you don’t eat too much of it or you may find yourself getting a little tipsy as it contains alcohol. I’m sure you’ll agree that it is a very tasty little dish. Also very quick and easy to make.

Serves 4
This recipe contains 399 calories per portion

Ingredients:

25g medium oatmeal
4 tablespoons Whiskey
4 tablespoons lemon juice
1 egg white
300ml fresh whipping cream
2-3 tablespoons fresh milk Continue reading “Hogmanay Syllabub – A True Scottish Dessert”

Frozen Ambrosia Cream Squares Dessert Recipe

If you enjoy making frozen-style desserts for your family, I think you will enjoy this easy to make Ambrosia Cream Squares recipe.

This recipe is done in a 4 layer technique. Please read the entire list of ingredients needed before beginning the recipe. Once it has been completed, you will need to place it into the freezer for 2 to 4 hours before serving. If desired, you can garnish the top of it with some fresh pineapple slices or cherries.

Layer 1 Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, softened

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Ragi or Finger Millet – Its Health Benefits and a Quick Dessert

These tiny deep red pearls called Ragi or finger millet are bundle of nutrients. A whole grain which I came to know about much later in life. Until then the cobs or the fingers of ragi used to decorate my vase of dry flower arrangement for long.

It was only when I came to the South of India I became aware of these goldmine of nutrients. From then on it has occupied a much coveted place on my dinning table. I love the earthy and rustic aroma of this mighty grain.

Health Benefits;

It is a good source of fiber in diet.
Ragi has low Glycemic Index which makes it digest very slowly thus keeping the blood sugar levels constant. Ragi is surely a boon for people suffering from diabetes.
Ragi is rich in many minerals such as thiamine, iron and calcium.
It serves as a good laxative for constipation.
Ragi is rich in carbohydrate and low in fat, which can help control obesity.
Ragi malt can be a good substitute for people suffering from milk allergies.

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Sitaphal Phirni – The Magical Dessert Made Easy

Phirni is a dish which is easy to adore, it’s a jewel of the North Indian cuisine.

Phirni is basically a creamy milk based dish, it’s an energy food and is possessed with a high protein value. Rice adds to the nutritional value of the dish.

The best part about phirni is that it can be prepared in advance and served as per one’s requirements.

There are many variants to the basic Phirni recipe. When made in a fruity flavor, Phirni has yet another charm. Basically something that takes your guests by a pleasant surprise.

Phirni reminds one of some unique and classy dessert recipes of the old, which are so delicious that they never seem to have lost their charm. Continue reading “Sitaphal Phirni – The Magical Dessert Made Easy”