Xmas desserts

[didireallysaythat]

I have a bad feeling I asked the same last year...

What do you have if you don't like Xmas pud, those chocolate Xmas roll things or meringues. We don't have starters, I'm thinking probably roast chicken/maybe turkey (although let's face it, noone really likes turkey, it's all about the veg and sides) so I think we probably want a pudding. I think last year we had blocks of chocolate but I honestly can't remember....

This year we have narrowed it down to Sherry trifle, and a chocolate biscuit pudding. I’m going to cover the outside of the pudding in maltesers to make it seem a decent size as it will have to be small for only 4 of us.

In other years, I’d have also had a plum pudding with home made custard for the grandads, pavlova (with some of the fruit set aside for ds who won’t eat meringue) and a fruit cake to eat with cheese.

My other winter favourites are sticky toffee pudding, crumble, brioche bread pudding and apple tart.

I mostly prefer fresh fruit desserts in the summer. Even the pavlova, for me, doesn’t feel Christmassy but it gets requested every year.

We have vienetta. It was a joke the first year but now is a tradition.

First, YABU not liking chocolate. I see it as one of the five major food groups. Don’t let anyone tell you there are only four!

But as to your actual question:

Christmas cake - that would be the traditional option. When my mum was alive, we had one every year. Except we were too full after having Christmas pudding and ended up keeping it for new year’s eve or maybe Boxing Day instead.

Trifle - also quite traditional. My granny’s favourite but perhaps too old fashioned now?

Cheeseboard - always a good, easy option.

Viennetta - never had this at Christmas but recently rediscovered it and it brings back memories of gran who served it every week after Sunday lunch.

A selection of miniatures - I love, love, love this idea - one cookie, one scoop of ice cream, a dollop of mousse, a small slice of cake...my mouth is watering!

Key Lime Pie

Crushed biscuit base ( either digestive or ginger nut) with butter .
I just saw a base made from Hobnobs .....mmmm

KEY LIME FILLING
300ml of cream
400g of condensed milk. ( NOT Evaporated Milk )

1 tbsp of lime zest, plus extra to garnish
120ml of lime juice, about 5 large limes
icing sugar, optional

To make the filling, whisk together the cream, condensed milk, lime juice and zest in a bowl. If it tastes too tart you can add some icing sugar at this point to sweeten the mixture slightly

Spoon into case.

I like to make mine they day before to allow the flavour to blend better.

The recipe is similar to THIS ONE

[quote didireallysaythat]@Bluntness100 no!!!!! How can you not like custard?

Best dessert ever? Ice cream with custard. You heard it here first. But you probably won't like it...[/quote]
How can you not like chocolate smothered puddings 😃

Ice cream and custard, though, that’s just wrong on so many levels...

I LOVE chocolate, but the chocolate with chocolate and some more sprinkles on top nauseates me too, and after an enormous lunch, can't bear the thought of a heavy pudding too. My Mum always brings her Xmas trifle - it's the only time she makes a trifle, and it's family tradition.

I do think meringue doesn't need to be so chewy - homemade meringue tends to be a bit chewy and much nicer than crumbly, sugary store bought.

But a nice fruit or lemon tart would be lovely, or something like a lemon posset? Love the idea of knickerbocker glories with sparklers. However, but the time we're thinking about pudding, I am DONE with having to do any more work 😂

Hmmm. May be making progress. Teenager has confirmed he doesn't want anything other than his block of dark chocolate and the younger one is quite into a pot of yoghurt after a meal so I think that means I can make creme brulé for two.

If you don’t like Christmas pudding then I’d suggest trifle- everybody surely likes that!

I don’t like trifle

Thinking my household must be in the minority since we love a good turkey (got ours from a local farm last year and it was lovely) AND we like Christmas pud. Anyhoo, to the question...

How about apple strudel? A bit more fancy than apple pie. Good with cream, ice cream, custard or on it's own.

Last year we got a salted caramel and chocolate cottage from Lidl. We were all pleasantly surprised. Not too heavy or rich and very tasty.

Sticky toffee trifle from M&S. We ordered it last year and was lovely. We are also getting a Xmas Colin for the kids.

My mum makes chocolate bread and butter pudding 😁

Look up Dutch Apple flan, it's a bit more special than apple pie but easy to make and delicious

If there's not many, Aldi have a delicious apple caramel sponge that you microwave

I'm liking the apple options - keep 'em coming!

I don't think Lidl or Aldi deliver, and I'm not really up for a 30-60 minute drive just to buy a dessert which only two of us are going to eat, but something I can make would be good.

Dutch Apple Flan you say? I'm off to take a look ....

Mary Berry has an apple cake recipe which is really nice served warm with ice cream or custard.

My sister in law always gives me a big tin of M&S chocolate biscuits and a big box of M&S chocolates, and they sit open on the sofa to pick at. Bliss. No prep, leftovers already in the box, delicious!

How about a self saucing chocolate pudding?

🤔 I think we might opt for strudel or apple pie. All vegan.
I can't stand Christmas cake, Christmas pudding or mince pies.

Hot sticky toffee pudding is our tradition although I might do chocolate fondants this time.

@pinkksugarmouse

🤔 I think we might opt for strudel or apple pie. All vegan. I can't stand Christmas cake, Christmas pudding or mince pies.

We wouldn't eat this straight after the meal though. Far too much.

@inappropriateraspberry 😀 I suspect self saucing chocolate pudding probably falls in the chocolate dessert category in our house, but I realise we are in a tiny minority.

Thinking that some kind of apple muffin might be good - my thinking is I could make them in advance, serve with custard and we can freeze half of them so we're not left eating them for days. Maybe I can adapt one of Mary Berry's Dutch Apple recipes

BBC food section has different Christmassy collections, if you love baking look up “Christmas bread“, it had some amazing recipes. We are also thinking about non-chocolate option for 3 of us, not pudding and not cake so I’m thinking about choosing something from this collection.
Also panettone is an option, and you can eat it for a few days afterwards. Bonne Maman does different fruit compotes : peach, apricot, cherry . Peach one is especially nice, good with ice cream or yogurt or on its own.