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[Ling]

I had a really mediocre dessert. I had black forest cake from Safeway , a bowl of coffee ice-cream, and a bowl of Heavenly Hash ice-cream (both from Lucerne).

[Verjuice]

Alternating spoonfuls of Nutella and peanut butter. A way to tack on a lazy, sweet ending to a long, rough day.

[Patrick S]

Your cake looks beautiful Patrick! You are so brave. I would have been very nervous about doing a wedding cake. Did you arrange the flowers as well?

The mother and I did the flowers. She bought them and then we both put them on the cake. I was a little nervous, but I tried to think every step out ahead of time, and it all worked out well. The hard part was resisting the urge to swan-dive into the buttercream. I made 12 cups of it to put on the cake, and all I had was a little left on the beaters and utensils.

[Ling]

Well, dessert after lunch were Korova cookies, chocolate ice-cream, and coffee ice-cream.

[Mottmott]

A large luscious white peach which left a perfumy after taste (from a local orchard).

[browniebaker]

Last night I had warm, flaky peach empanadas with peach-almond sorbet and a drizzle of raspberry sauce. It was heavenly.

[RuthWells]

We had friends over for dinner this weekend, and I went a little dessert-crazy: lemon meringue tartlets from "Sweet Miniatures", chocolate truffles dipped in bittersweet chocolate and in white chocolate, and an improvisation using chocolate souffle sheets, raspberry mousse, and fresh raspberries. Hard to cut cleanly but very yummy!

[jgarner53]

Tonight it will be fresh apple pie with apples from a co-worker's tree. I don't know what kind they are, but they're relatively tart. The pie's in the oven right now.

[Ling]

well this isn't exactly an "after dinner dessert"...it was more like dinner. I ate most of a pan of chocolate walnut fudge. Only my second time making fudge...yeah I'm not a big fan of it.

[etalanian]

We had homemade Peach Cobbler from local peaches, topped with homemade Creme Fraiche Ice Cream. The peaches were lightly scented with cinnamon and a touch of lemon zest. Yum, yum, yum. Dessert is my favorite meal. (Sometimes it's my only meal.)

Eileen

[wyf4lyf]

I made 2 desserts today for tomorrow's dinner....friends are coming over for my birthday and I love to cook, so I'm having a blast! I made Chocolate-Orange Mousse (from the Barefoot in Paris cookbook), and Cook's Illustrated's "Perfect Lemon Bars." I have tasted both and I am thrilled with the results. The lemon bars are truly perfect...the crust is excellent and the filling is just right.

[Rehovot]

I made Ling's brownie recipe, after a glance through recipegullet, yesterday.
I thought I would eat them for dessert, this week...
I'll be lucky if they last through tomorrow....
These brownies deserve a medal.

[jackal10]

I think we have a terminologyh problem here.
WHat you have mostly been discussing is the sweet or pudding course.
Desert is served with or after the coffee at the end of the meal and might be cheese, or petit four, or fruit or all three.

I made damson cheese from the damsons on the tree in the garden. Sliced into small cubes and rolled in sugar as a comfit, they make excellent deserts.

[Rehovot]

Desert is served with or after the coffee at the end of the meal and might be cheese, or petit four, or fruit or all three.

We had these brownies with coffee at the end of the meal.
Whatever you call it, it's the best course.
Chacun a son gout......

[Patrick S]

I think we have a terminologyh problem here.
WHat you have mostly been discussing is the sweet or pudding course.
Desert is served with or after the coffee at the end of the meal and might be cheese, or petit four, or fruit or all three.

In the U.S. at least, pretty much no one defines dessert as being limited to the options of cheese, petit fours and fruit. 'Dessert' is used as a synonym for the sweet course.

[KarenS]

"Sweet or Pudding course" are terms never used in the U.S., where a pudding is a spoonable custard.

[wyf4lyf]

Thanks for the link to Ling's brownie recipe....it sounds divine! Scharfeberger chocolate is soooo good, but quite pricey, so these will need to be special occasion brownies for sure.

One thought on that recipe, if Ling is out there....I find it much easier to follow a recipe when the ingredients are listed in the order they are used. Helps to ensure I don't forget anything!

[Ling]

I made Ling's brownie recipe, after a glance through recipegullet, yesterday.
I thought I would eat them for dessert, this week...
I'll be lucky if they last through tomorrow....
These brownies deserve a medal. 

Wow, such high praise! That made my day...thank-you!

[TMus1111]

Last night I had warm, flaky peach empanadas with peach-almond sorbet and a drizzle of raspberry sauce. It was heavenly.

Any chance you could share the recipe and instructions for peach empanadas or point me in the right direction? Just the thought of it is making my mouth water.

[binkyboots]

plain yoghurt and a teaspoon of damson and red wine jam (still warm from the pan) bliss.

[petite tête de chou]

An enormous nectarine and a mug of hot Earl Grey tea.
Usually I wait about 30 minutes to an hour after supper before eating or drinking anything. And even then I usually don't want something to eat but hot tea will almost always follow my meal. A cup of sweet peppermint tea is probably my favorite "dessert."

[browniebaker]

Last night I had warm, flaky peach empanadas with peach-almond sorbet and a drizzle of raspberry sauce. It was heavenly.

Any chance you could share the recipe and instructions for peach empanadas or point me in the right direction? Just the thought of it is making my mouth water.

If only I had the recipe! This was the conclusion to a delicious dinner with my favorite cousin (girls's night out!) at a little restaurant named Persimmon, right here in Chevy Chase. Uh, I can't get up the nerve to ask for the recipe, but if you get the recipe, please let me know!

[LoveToEatATL]

I made 2 desserts today for tomorrow's dinner....friends are coming over for my birthday and I love to cook, so I'm having a blast!  I made Chocolate-Orange Mousse (from the Barefoot in Paris cookbook), and Cook's Illustrated's "Perfect Lemon Bars."  I have tasted both and I am thrilled with the results. The lemon bars are truly perfect...the crust is excellent and the filling is just right.

Would you mind terribly posting the recipe for the mousse? It sounds divine!!

Happy Birthday!

Edited by LoveToEatATL, 30 August 2005 - 06:27 PM.

[wyf4lyf]

Here's the mousse recipe. It was to die for...we were all swooning!! I used Ghirardelli chocolate which comes in 4 oz. bars, so I used 4 oz. semi sweet and 4 oz. bittersweet and it was perfect. I like darker chocolate anyway. Next time I might use all bittersweet!

Chocolate-Orange Mousse (from Barefoot in Paris cookbook)
6 ounces good semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 ounces good bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/4 cup Grand Marnier
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
8 extra-large eggs, at room temperature, separated
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch kosher salt
1/2 cup cold heavy cream
Whipped Cream, for decoration
Mandarin oranges, drained, for decoration


Combine the 2 chocolates, Grand Marnier, 1/4 cup water, and the vanilla in a heat-proof bowl. Set it over a pan of simmering water just until the chocolate melts. Cool completely to room temperature. Whisk in the orange zest and butter until combined.
 
Place the egg yolks and 1/2 cup of the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on high speed for 4 minutes, or until very thick and pale yellow. With the mixer on low speed, add the chocolate mixture. Transfer to a large bowl.
 
Place 1 cup of egg whites (save or discard the rest), the salt, and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until firm but not dry. Whisk 1/4 of the egg whites into the chocolate mixture; then fold the rest in carefully with a rubber spatula.
 
Without cleaning the bowl or whisk, whip the heavy cream and the remaining tablespoon of sugar until firm. Fold the whipped cream into the chocolate mixture. Pour the mousse into individual dishes or an 8-cup serving bowl. Chill and decorate with whipped cream and oranges. Serve with extra whipped cream on the side.

[Megan Blocker]

Fudge brownies...yum!

[Moopheus]

Does ice cream before lunch count as dessert? I was passing by the Laboratorio de Gelato and it was hot out and so therefore I needed some. I had a cup with vanilla rum, caramel, and basil gelato. They open at 10 am, so they must have known I was coming. Then I went home and had lunch.

[Ling]

peanut butter cream tart (with an Oreo crust)

yum! Sooooo full.

[kitwilliams]

passionfruit curd and peach tart. it was lovely to look at, too. one of these days i'll get that digital camera.

now i have to go post on the "what's for breakfast" thread because i had it for breakfast too!

[Moopheus]

To make it worse, I came home and made more ice cream to have after dinner. Coffee. Actually, making coffee ice cream turns out to be not such a good idea if I want to actually be able to get to sleep tonight.

[Ling]

graham crackers...mmm

pastry cream...mmm