Spectacular Pudding

[horseshoes]

I'm looking for a recipe for a pudding that looks spectacular. I know I can trawl through recipe books but I would sooner hear from somebody who has actually made it. Last year I made a spectacular looking pudding which was basically a chocolate swiss roll with lashings of cream and lots and lots of beautiful red berries. I seem to remember there was a liqueur in it too. All suggestions gratefully received and considered:-)

[horseshoes]

I think in that case vodkancoke, I'll have to do a trial one. Tinks - yes please I'd like those recipes too. I have been known to put 3 puddings out!

Eccles - that swiss roll type sounds exactly like the one I did last year. It was gorgeous.

[tinkerbell23]

Fruit millefeuille:

Serves 4, prep:15min, cooking: 30-35min, 200oc/400oaf/gas6

Ingredients:

750g (1lb 10oz) ready made all butter puff pastry

Filling:

150ml or 5fl oz of double cream whipped
450g or 1lb fromage frais

For the strawberries:

225-350g (8-12oz) strawberries, halved, leave 4whole for garnishing.
8tbsp good quality strawb conserve.

1-2 baking trays lined with baking paper...

Preheat oven
Roll puff paste to 2-3mm (1/8inch) thick on a floured surface and cut into 12 rectangles 11x6cm and sit on baking tray. Rest in fridge for 15mins.

Bake for 20min then redue oven to 130oC/250oF/gas1/2... And bake for another 10-15mins until crispy and golden.

Filling:

Whip cream into stiff peaks and fold gently into fromage frais. Dont stir too vigorously or it will be too runny. Sift in icing sugar (*) and fold to make a mixture that will support the fresh strawberries...chill in fridge for about 1hr.

If you are using fresh strawbs on their own leave them as they are, otherwise place the halves into th conserve to sweeten and glaze them.

Lay the first rectangle onto a serving plate, spoon on filling, then some conserve, them some strawb halves, top with a other rectangle and repeat for a second layer. Dust with icing sugar. Top with remaining whole strawberries which have been dipped .....xxx

{*} recipe is missing how much icing sugar though :0( sorry xx

[tinkerbell23]

Meringues:

Basic meringues with colours and flavours such as...

Plain melted chocolate
Silver or coloured sprinkles
Toasted hazlenuts for dipping
Food colourings
Orange/lemon zest
Cocoa powder
Grated choco
Double cream for fillings.

To create stripey meringus trickle streaks of food colouring down the sidesmof a clean piping bag and pipe mixture onto baking sheets using star nozzle :0D

They look cracking all marbled xx

[horseshoes]

Thanks Tinks. And thanks all.

[echokilo]

Cheat with the croque - buy ready made profitteroles ... and most cook cake decorating shops hire out the funnel mould

[nungate]

Lakeland are now doing the cone thingys for making croquembouche - thought you might like to know. Just in case there's a problem with a traffic cone.................;-)

[horseshoes]

Thanks again. I'm hoping I'll be able to borrow a cone. Fingers crossed:-)

[excelsior-1]

i was 'robin van persie' today for you, horseshoes.
did you miss it?

[horseshoes]

Oh I did excelsior. I'm so sorry, but thank you.

[lilacben]

Tinkerbell hav eyou a few more recipes you could put on please.? Rasberry Cheesecake is the first on the list please. thank . Brenda xx