Merry Christmas 2018: 3 desserts recipes to enrich for celebrations with extra sweetness

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The beat time of the year is around the corner when every street, every corner will be lit up with lights and decorations. With Christmas just a few days away, the preparations for the big day have already begun and people have started making their long lists of wishes and things they want for this year’s celebrations. While the list can have everything written, it cannot be completed without the list of desserts on it. Christmas is especially known for baking cookies, cakes and delectable desserts and the family coming together to make them and savour them adds on to their sweetness. So to enrich your celebrations with a pinch of extra sweetness, check out the list of three desserts you can prepare for your family and friends, this Christmas season.

Tuscan Panforte

Panforte is a traditional Italian chewy dessert that contains fruits and nuts. For this you need to pre-heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius. Grease pan with butter and roast almonds and hazelnut separately. Mix raisin, black currant, date. In a sauce pan, mix honey and maple/corn syrup and boil it. Take a bowl, add roasted nuts and other ingredients together and pour the boiled syrup and mix well. Once the whole mass comes together, bake it for 15 minutes. After it cools down, cut it into pieces and serve.

Christmas Plum Pudding

Plum pudding is a staple at all dinner tables across the world on Christmas. For this you need ingredients like orange rind, lemon rind, nutmeg powder, bread crumbs, spice powder, etc. Soak all dry fruits in rum. Whip the butter and sugar and add eggs one by one. Mix dry ingredients with creamed butter. Now pre heat oven to 180 degree and then bake the batter for 40-45 mins. Serve with vanilla or rum sauce when warm.

Chocolate Mousse

For preparing chocolate mousse which is loved by kids, you need to soak gelatine in chilled water for at least 5 minutes. Then warm it on low heat for a minute till the granules melt. Take whipped cream, dessert topping chocolate, gelatine and mix them well in a bowl. Pour the mixture in glasses and refrigerate it for 30 minutes. It is ready to be served.

Merry Christmas to you and your family!