Tiramisł means “pull me up” and aptly describes the Italian dessert made from lady fingers, espresso coffee, mascarpone cheese, egg whites, sugar, and often marsala wine. The biscuits are sprinkled with strong coffee and the marsala, and then embedded in a thick rich custard. Sometimes chocolate is also used, but that is not traditional.
Ingredients
4 egg […]
S’mores are a traditional American campfire treat, prepared over an open fire.
Ingredients
4 marshmallows
4 graham crackers (4″ x 2″)
2 oz chocolate bar
Makes 4 single serving s’mores
Preparation
Build a campfire for toasting marshmallows.
Find a long stick from the woods (a thin, long wooden dowell may be a good substitute). The stick, which is usually taken from the ground […]
Sheer Khurma is a sweet noodle soup served by many Indian Muslims to guests during the holy month of Ramadan. The recipe was originally imported from Persia.
Ingredients
200 grams dry vermicelli
1 1/4 cups ghee
100 grams dried dates, soaked overnight, pitted and chopped thin
100 grams almonds, blanched and slivered
100 grams white raisins
100 grams halved cashew nuts
12 cups […]
Pavlova is a light and fluffy meringue dessert named after the ballet dancer, Anna Pavlova. Both Wellington, New Zealand and Perth, Australia claim to be the home of the dish. The earliest record of the recipe is a cook book published in New Zealand in 1933, two years before claims made in Perth
Pavlova is traditionally […]
Jalebi is a syrupy sweet that is shaped like a slightly large, chaotic pretzel and is traditionally prepared in South India.
Ingredients
Jalebis
3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup rice flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups water
Syrup
4 cups sugar
3 cups water
1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
red and yellow food coloring
1 teaspoon rose water
3 cups of vegetable oil for deep frying
Procedure
Mix up […]
Denver Crunch is a layered dessert that includes a crunchy base, a cream cheese middle, and a fruit top.
Ingredients
Crust:
2 cups Flour
1 cup chopped Pecans
1/2 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Butter
Filling:
11 oz. Cream cheese
1 cup Powdered sugar
1 medium pkg. of Whipped cream
1 tsp. Vanilla
Procedure
Mix crust ingredients like pie crust until cumbly. Press in pan. Bake until brown. […]
The sort of hot fudge appropriate for putting on ice cream sundaes.
Hot Fudge
Ingredients
1/2 cup Milk
1 1/2 cups Sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons Cocoa
dash Salt
3/4 tablespoon Butter
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Procedure
Mix milk, sugar, cocoa and salt in a saucepan and bring to a full rolling boil. Turn off heat and add butter and vanilla. Let cool for a couple minutes, […]
This is a simple rice pudding recipe, dating to at least 1965, in Columbus Ohio USA.
Ingredients
2 cups milk
4 eggs
2/3 cup sugar
3 cups cooked rice (brown rice works as well as, if not better than, white rice)
1 cup raisins, if desired
Cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla extract to taste
Preparation
Mix milk, eggs, sugar in a 3 quart casserole until thoroughly […]
Ingredients
1 cup or 1 parts Half & Half
1 cup or 1 parts Heavy Cream
1 cup or 1 parts Water
4 scoops or 1 parts Atkins Chocolate Shake Mix
2 tsp or 1/24 part stevia extract or other sugar replacement
4 slices white bread, cubed
Directions
Lightly whip half & half and cream in a blender
Add other ingredients into blender
Blend everything […]
Chocolate Mousse (French for Chocolate foam) is a sweet food from France, which is normally served as dessert.
Ingredients
200 g (8 oz) Bittersweet chocolate, chopped (s. Note)
3 Eggs (s. Note)
250ml (1 cup) Cream
40g Sugar
30 ml (2 tablespoons) hot water
Preparation
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.
Carefully separate the eggs.
Whisk the egg whites and cream separately until very […]