Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

Saturday, 11 December 2010

Festive sweets

The truly special desserts in this chapter are guaranteed to finish any meal with a flourish.Whether your passion is fruit blend with hipped cream, fresh figs and brandy butter, christmas pudding or a hearty slice of christmas cake,there will be something to temp you.or you can find a little room for more..with white chocolate truffles,muller wine or spiced hot chocolate... hmmm, looks yummy.

I would like to make a journey of festive sweet from north pole tradition with stories of  father of christmas, fairies, goblin,snowman, reindeers, golden star....



Saturday, 27 November 2010

christmas pavlova


Ingredient
 fresh cranberries
granulated sugar
egg whites
caster sugar
elmlea whipping
sweet sheery
clear honey
clementine, peeled,sliced
fresh figs,qartered
1kiwi fruit


Method
1.Preheat the oven until 150'c,mark on circle 20 onto a sheet of non stick baking parchment,the place onto a flat baking sheet.
2.place the cranberries and sugar in a small pan and cook over a very gentle heat until the sugar dissolved and cranberries soften a little. allow to cool completely.
3. In a large, clean mixing bowl,whip the egg whites until they form soft peaks,then add the caster sugar a spoonfull at a time. Whisking well after each addition,until ypu have thick glossy peaks.Spoon the mixture onto the baking parchment and spread out to fill circle.Make adip in the centre and bake for 1 hour.
4.turn the oven off, leaves the door slightly ajar and allow the merringue to cool completely in the oven.
5.decorate.