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Indian pudding. Photo courtesy Tammy Donroe, FoodOnTheFood.com. Today is National Indian Pudding Day. Indian pudding, a New England specialty, is a pudding served hot or warm, made of cornmeal, milk, molasses and spices. It’s a richer, sweetened form of hasty pudding, a porridge of cornmeal cooked in milk or water. (Remember the song, Yankee…
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For fun party fare, set up a waffle bar. Guests take a plain waffle and add favorite toppings to create their dream waffle dessert. Set out different bowls of: Sliced bananas and other fruits Berries Chocolate chips Toffee bits Sliced almonds Syrups and/or dessert sauces (chocolate, caramel, berry) Whipped cream Ice cream Anything else that…
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It’s easy to make sugar-free sorbet. Photo by Dusan Zidar | BSP. There’s a lot of good “No Sugar Added” ice cream out there, but it’s tough to find a sugar-free sorbet. If you’re on a sugar-free diet and miss sorbet, you can make it with unsweetened fruit juice or puréed fruit. Sugar or no…
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A chocolate-lover’s dessert fantasy: milk and dark chocolate cups filled with chocolate mousse.Chocolate cups from Godiva. End dinner with chocolate cups—but not to drink from. For an easy and elegant dessert at the end of a sumptuous dinner, simply place a scoop of ice cream into a molded chocolate cup. Garnish with a berry and…
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When you need a quick topping for cake, pie or bread pudding, melt a pint of premium French vanilla ice cream (made with egg yolks). Melt a pint (2 cups) of ice cream at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Stir in 2 ounces (jiggers) of bourbon. Serve cold, at room temperature or slightly warmed.…
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