Our favorite light dessert recipes - 5 recipes
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Ingredients
- 150g / 3/4 cup sugar
- 150g / 2/3 cup softened butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp fresh yeast
- 180g / 1 1/2 cups flour
- 190g / 1 1/2 cups chocolate, melted
- 4 pears
Method
- Combine sugar, butter and eggs in bowl. Mix well.
- Add fresh yeast and flour and mix through.
- Pour in melted chocolate and fold into mixture.
- Peel 4 pears (or as many comfortably fit in your baking pan)
- Pour chocolate mixture into lined or greased baking loaf pan.
- Evenly space the pears in the pan, sitting upright.
- Bake at 350°F / 180°C for 35 minutes.
- Drizzle with more melted chocolate, and serve.
- Enjoy!
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In large heavy saucepan, combine rice, milk, sugar and salt
- 1/2 cup short-grain rice (arborio or Italian-style)
- 4 cups milk (1 L)
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1 tsp vanilla
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Elegant dessert
- Crust
- 1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-incj cubes
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1 tablespoon ice water or more.
- Filling
- 8 large about 4 pounds Golden Delicious or other tart apples
- 1/2 lemon
- 1/2 cup sugar plus 1 tablespoon for the tart top
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
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By ?
DIRECTIONS: Mix together first 4 ingredients in the top of a large double boiler
- INGREDIENTS:
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 4 cups 2% milk
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
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- 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- 1 eight ounce block cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons fruit spread or jam
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
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PANNA COTTA

By jtrovato65
Panna Cotta is a cold Italian dessert that literally means "cooked cream"
- 4 cups heavy cream (or half-and-half)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 4 Tablespoons Frangelico (hazelnut liqueur)
- 2 packets powdered gelatin (about 4 1/2 teaspoons)
- 6 tablespoons cold water
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