Super simple desserts

Super simple desserts

Thai mango pudding

This refreshing summer pudding is a child's play.  Conserving the natural goodness of  mangoes, this pudding is naturally yumm & so light you could indulge in a couple of more helpings. 

Preparation time: 5mins

Cooking time : 15mins

Ingredients

• 2 ripe mangoes
• 3 teaspoons of gelatin
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 cup sugar

Method:

Peel mangoes slit them into half & scoop out the pulp.  Blend the pulp along with the sugar to get a smooth puree & leave it in the blender. If the mango is not sweet enough you can add in some sugar.  Into 1/2 a cup of boiling water add the gelatin & whisk until its free of lumps.  Add this & the coconut milk into the blender & give it a gentle 30sec blend. Pour this mixture into cups of different shapes & drop it in your freezer until set.

Serve it bowls with a few chunks of mango or drop in a cherry & some whipped cream.  When I have children coming over, I serve it with ice-cream or jam.

Once, I dropped a few chunks of jelly into the mix before setting them & put the mix into one large glass bowl that was lightly greased with vegetable oil & once it was set, I turned it over onto a large serving plate.  That made the kids go crazzzzy!

Make-your-own-layer dessert

Preparation time: 5mins

Cooking time: 3mins

Ingredients

4 slices of leftover cake (sponge, plum cake, any tea cake)

1/2 cup cream cheese

1/2 cup fresh cream

3 teaspoons sugar

any fruit (fresh or canned)

marmalade or fruit jelly

 4 cookies

chocolate sauce

4 teaspoons brandy or cointreau

Method

Take 4 irish coffee glasses or martini glasses.  Place a slice of cake into each glass & pour over some brandy to moisten the cake.  Whip cream cheese, fresh cream & sugar.  Layer this mixture over the cake.  Work your way up the glass by separating each layer with the cream cheese mix. 

i.e. cake - cream cheese - fruit - cream cheese- marmalade - cream cheese etc

Drizzle with chocolate sauce & one crushed cookie on each of the glasses & serve.

Chocolate covered berries 

Preparation time: 5mins

Cooking time: 20mins

Ingredients

Ensure the following fruits come with stalks

A few fresh strawberries

A few fresh cherries

A few cape gooseberries

200gms of dark chocolate (70% cocoa)

Sugar (in case you dont like dark chocolate)

Method:

Wash the fruits well & leave the stalks on.  Roughly break the chocolate. Melt the dark chocolate on a double boiler. (2 heatproof bowls one with water placed on heat & another above it containing chocolate.  Heat the water so that the chocolate above melts gradually.  Whisk chocolate as it melts & once completely melted turn off heat immediately) Pat dry the fruits.  Holding the stalks of the fruit, dip them in chocolate upto the stalk.  Ensure each fruit is well coated in chocolate & place them on butter paper & refridgerate till chocolate hardens.  Once out of the fridge serve immediately.