No Christmas menu is complete without a delicious dessert. After savory dishes, you usually don't feel like a hearty dessert. A fruity dessert goes down much better. That's why we've put together several ideas for a sweet end to the family celebration.
The baked apple is one of the classic Christmas desserts. Traditionally, cinnamon and marzipan are among his most loyal companions. This year we offer you a new recipe with oatmeal and ice cream. It's guaranteed to get you compliments.
For the apples:
- 4 large apples
- Juice of half a lemon
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 80 ml apple juice
Oatmeal:
- 250 ml almond milk
- 150 g oat flakes
- 2 TL Honig
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp clove, ground
- 1/4 tsp ginger, minced
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- pinch of salt
Choose to garnish as desired:
- Eis
- Nuts
- Yoghurt
- whipped cream
Preparation:
1. Prepare the apples – wash, clean, hollow out. Spread on baking paper in a baking tray and drizzle with lemon juice. Pour the apple juice into the baking trayApples with baking papercover. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and bake in a preheated oven for about half an hour.
2. In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the almond milk
The next recipe for poached pears is the perfect ending to a romantic dinner for two. You can also serve the pears to the whole family and receive compliments. For the simple recipe you only need a few ingredients and a pot.
- 150g powdered sugar
- 250 ml white wine
- Pulp from half a vanilla pod
- 2 pears, peeled, with stems
- 50 g Caramel sauce
- 50 ml whipped cream, for garnish
Preparation:
1. Pour sugar, wine and 250 ml water into a deep pot. Add the vanilla pulp and bring the ingredients to the boil briefly, then simmer over medium heat for about 5 - 6 minutes until the sugar has dissolved.
2. Cut a slice out of the bottom of each pear, “straightening” it so that they can stand. Then place the fruit in the pot and drizzle with the sauce. The sauce should cover them completely. Reduce the heat and simmer for 40 minutes until the fruit begins to soften.
3. Remove the pear from the pot, let it cool and pour the hot sauce over it. Arrange the plates, garnishing the fruit with the whipped cream.
Fruity Spanish-style Christmas dessert
You want to try a new recipe this year - then here's the next onefruitySpanish-style Christmas dessert just for you. It tastes heavenly delicious and can be varied as desired. You can practically take whatever fruits you like.
Ingredients:
- 6 strawberries
- 2 bananas
- 2 handfuls of grapes (seedless variety)
- 1 green apple
- 1 red apple
- 2 peaches, diced
- 1/2 handful of blueberries
- 240 ml condensed milk
- 240 ml coconut milk
- 240 ml Crème fraîche
- 14 g Gelatin powder (zB from Dr. Oetker)
- whipped cream
Preparation:
1. Cut the bananas into slices and strawberries into pieces, halve the grapes and dice the apples. Place the fruit in a rectangular container and chill.
2. Put the liquid ingredients (condensed milk, coconut milk, crème fraîche and gelatin) in a bowl and mix well. You can first dissolve the gelatin powder in a little warm milk and only then pour it into the bowl. Stir well.
3. Take the fruit out of the fridge, pour the milk mixture over it and chill for 2 hours. Cut just before serving and garnish with whipped cream.
Trifle with exotic fruits, speculoos and ginger wine
The next dessert in a glass combines exotic and classic ingredients in the Christmas menu. Pineapple, passion fruit and mango give it afruity note. Speculoos and ginger wine bring a classic touch to the table.
Ingredients:
- 1 pineapple, diced
- 150 ml ginger wine
- 100 g speculoos
- 100 g chocolate cake
- 850 g mango, slices in syrup
- 300 ml whipped cream
- 4 passion fruits, halved and seeded
- Vanillecreme
Preparation:
1. Preheat the oven. Arrange a baking tray with baking paper, place the pineapple on it and bake for 10 to 15 minutes. Turn 1 – 2 times. Then remove from the oven and set aside. Meanwhile, preheat the ginger wine in a small saucepan for 5 minutes.
2. Divide the chocolate cake and speculaas into 8, then crumble into glasses. Pour over the ginger wine and decorate with the pineapple. Chill the glasses.
3. Puree the mango, mix the whipped cream with the passion fruit seeds.
4. Take the glasses out of the fridge, layer the mango, whipped cream and passion fruit seeds. Chill the jars again and then let them steep for 6 hours.
