Browsing: Desserts
Wine Jelly Cream
A pretty pudding with a lovely flavour. The wine jelly glows enticingfy from beneath the topping of rich and creamy custard. Propping the glasses at an angle as the jelly…
Inverness Gingernuts
These favourite biscuits are good and gingery with an extra treacle flavour and a crisp texture.
Gooseberry Yogurt Sorbet
A light and refreshing way to use gooseberries in which yogurt gives a pleasant sharpness to the smooth sorbet. You can make it a day or two ahead for a…
Raspberry and Walnut Shortbread
Two of Scotland’s most celebrated foods – shortbread and raspberries – come together in this recipe to make a truly mouth-watering dessert that tastes even better than it looks. The…
Compote of Fruit with Elderflower Cream
The mixture of fruit, which can include any varieties in season, is here poached in fruit juice rather than the sugary syrup preferred by the Victorians. Elderflowers are beautifully aromatic…
Pumpkin-Shaped Cream and Sponge Dessert (Zuccotto)
This rich dessert makes a superb ending to a dinner party, and can be made ahead of time, if you prefer.
Two-Coloured Sponge Pudding (Zuppa A Due Colori)
This stunning dessert looks fabulous–and complicated–when it is assembled but in actual fact it is quite easy to make. It is very rich to eat, so serve after a fairly…
Ingber
This Passover carrot candy is popular in all Ashkenazic communities. Ingber means “ginger” in Yiddish. pareve, kosher for Passover
Cheese Blintzes
These cheese pancakes are standard fare for Shavuot. Blintz is a Yiddish word, and these pancakes are traditional among all Ashkenazic Jews.
Cherry Kreplach
These are traditional at Shavuot, which happily occurs when cherries are in season. Instead of using canned cherries, stew a pound of fresh cherries in 1 cup water and sugar…
Dried Fruit Compote
Any combination of dried fruits can be used, and the spicing varied to taste. Don’t cook compote in an aluminum pan; the acid in the fruits will react with the…
Iced Poppyseed Roll
This is a good cake to have on hand to serve unexpected visitors. Prune or nut filling can be substituted for poppyseed, if desired; for instructions on making the filling…
Noodles with Nuts
Believe it or not, this is a breakfast dish! I saw it on the breakfast menu of a Hungarian restaurant in Jerusalem and was shocked. For those with conservative breakfast…