Christmas deserts

[zzxxee]

There have been a lot of posts, about what meat people are having for their christmas meal.
I am looking for ideas for deserts. Do you have any suggestions ?

[EcclesCake]

Proper, homemade custard with a slug of Calvados is mandatory with the strudel!

[whiskeysheri]

White chocolate & toffee cheesecake that'll make your teeth fall out just by looking at it... :)

[mollykins]

Baked alaska . . . . It sounds lovely but i've never tried it myself.

[zzxxee]

i had baked alaska years ago molly have not had it since , from what i remember i enjoyed it x

[mike11111]

zzxxee. Your memories of baked alaska replicate to a T those I have of sex.

[zzxxee]

LOL Mike :)

[Dris]

Sahara?

[zzxxee]

i think i will go for eccles suggestion of a strudel :)

[marval]

A nice sherry trifle

[annie0000]

I remember when we firts got a freezer when we were kids and my mum bought Viennetta for christmas pud.....we thought we'd died and gone to heaven! lol

This was a big change from the home made clootie dumpling or christmas pudding and custard that we were used to. I know what I'd rather have now.

As a family, we generally don't do puddings at all - even the kids aren't that interested. I'll maybe make a trifle or just have some crepes with chocolate sauce. I've a recipe somewhere, think it is nigella's where she spreads crepes with nutella and bakes them in the oven with something and serves them with cream.

[zzxxee]

sounds nice Annie

[annie0000]

Found the recipe - she spreads the crepes, folds them in half, spreads on top of the half then folds again into a fan shape, then layers them in a shallow oven dish. She then warms butter with a hazlenut liqueur or brandy and pours over the crepes and sprinkles with chopped nuts then bakes for 10 minutes and serves with cream whipped with a little of the liqueur or brandy.

[zzxxee]

yum x have you tried the one with nutella annie does it tase good ?

[annie0000]

We had it once, It was nice, I used Baileys as I didn't have hazlenut liqueur or brandy and just had it with plain pouring cream, but we enjoyed it. We don't really have puddings a lot, that's mainly the reason we haven't had it again. It's in Nigella's express book. if your interested I'll give the weights and measures later.

[zzxxee]

thanks Annie x

[annie0000]

Nutella Pancakes recipe: Nigella Lawson - Nigella Express

Ingredients:
- 8 store-bought crepes
- 1 jar (400g) Nutella
- 75g soft butter
- 80ml Frangelico + 2 tablespoons
- 35g chopped hazelnuts
- 250 ml double cream

Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 200C.
- Put each crepe in front of you and spread some Nutella over one half, then fold the unspread side over the spread side. Now add a dollup of Nutella over one quarter and fold again. Place on a buttered swiss-roll tin or similar. Proceed with the remaining crepes, overlapping them a little in the tin as you go.
- Put the butter in a small pan with the Frangelico, and heat gently to melt. Pour over the crepes in their tin and sprinkle most of the chopped hazelnuts on top. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk the cream with the remaining 2 tablespoons Frangelico until you have an aerated soft floppiness, and put into a bowl, sprinling with the last of the crushed hazelnuts. This luscious cream is a must alongside the sweet, buttery, heavenly crepes.

[zzxxee]

thanks Annie i will definitely have a go at that sound delicious x