The first desserts were candies, made from

raw honeycomb and dried dates. It was not

until the Middle Ages, when sugar was

manufactured, that people began to enjoy more sweets but even then sugar was so expensive that it was only for the wealthy on special occasions. Early origins of popular frozen desserts, such as ice cream, trace

About dessert

dessert is a course that typically comes at

the end of a meal, usually consisting of

sweet food

The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old

Frenchdesservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve.

desserts

Buffet

A self service refers when food is displayed on tables and the guest heve to serve themselves. they can take special desserts available on the table.

Table d`hote

Table d`hote is the food in the menu which is listed as a full. The unit may include appetizer , soup , main course , dessert , and also hot beverage , coffee and tea.

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CAKE AND PASTRY CANDY RECIPES JAM SWEET HALWA

BEVERAGES
ICE CREAM KHEER

This delicious ice cream sandwich dessert is prepared with strawberries and almonds and is perfect for any dinner party. You can add different fruits and nuts with the sandwiches to make it more attractive. o make more tempting dessert recipes, refer to the cookbook Ice Cream Treats, which contains recipes for many special occasion like dinner parties, birthday, anniversary, etc. Ingredients 3 ice cream sandwiches of your own choice 1/2 cup chopped almonds 1 cup fresh strawberries (sliced) 1/4 cup strawberry sauce

Let ice cream sandwiches to become soft, it would take 3 mins. Put almonds in a plate and coat sandwiches in the chopped almonds. Place all the sandwiches in a beautiful serving platter, spread sliced strawberries around the sandwiches and pour chocolate sauce onto the sandwiches. To make it more attractive decorate the platter with whipped cream.

This is an easy banana dessert. No special cooking skills are required to make this delightful dessert, just melt the chocolate and dip bananas in it and freeze till it settles down. This is one of a very attractive homemade treat recipe for children. For more quick recipes for making delicious treats at home, refer to the book Simple Treats which contains dozens of easy to make recipes. Ingredients: 6 bananas cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Take a wide tray and spread butter paper, place all the banana pieces over there and freeze it for half an hour. Melt chocolate in microwave for 2 minutes. Coat the freeze banana pieces into the chocolate and coat with crushed walnuts. Again place the chocolate bananas on the same tray and let it freeze for at least 2 hours until become set and firm

Its extremely easy to make, and the almond extract and macadamia nut crust give it a delicious and unique flavor. It goes great topped with cherry or blueberry pie filling, but you could use any fruit filling or none at all. Ingredients: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs (crushed) cup macadamia nuts (crushed) 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon cup butter 5 (8 oz) Packages of softened cream cheese 1 cup sugar 3 tablespoons of flour 5 eggs 2 egg yolks heavy whipping cream

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Crush graham crackers and macadamia nuts and mix them together with ground cinnamon and melted butter in a bowl. Step 2: Press onto the bottom and sides of a 9 inch springform pan. Step 3: Place it into the oven and bake for 7 minutes, then remove and let it cool. Step 4: Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees. Combine cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, 5 eggs and 2 egg yolks, and mix thoroughly. Next, add almond extract and heavy whipping cream and mix just enough to blend. Step 5: Pour filling mixture over your crust. Place back in the oven and bake on 475 for 10 minutes. Step 6: Reduce oven temperature to 200 degrees and let

Evaporated milk is mixed with an assortment of nuts and sugar and filled into a wrap and deep fried. The fried Gujia is dipped in sugar syrup and served. This sweet dish is prepared during the festival of colors Holi in North India.

Ingredients: Oil for Deep-frying For the wrapper: 1 Cup Maida/Refined flour/All Purpose flour 1tbsp Ghee For the stuffing: 1 Cup Khova/Khoya/Evaporated Milk Cup Sugar Powder 1 tsp Elaichi/Cardamom Powder 8 10 Almonds soaked and peeled and chopped into pieces 20 Raisins 10 Cashew nuts, Chopped 10 Pistachios, Chopped Dessicated Coconut 1 2 tbsp Ghee For the syrup: 1 Cup Sugar 4 5 strands of Saffron

For the wrapper: Mix Maida, Ghee and little water and knead to a dough and keep aside. For the filling: Heat Ghee and add Khova and fry for 2 minutes. Add Sugar Powder, Elaichi, Almonds, Raisins, Cashew nuts, Pistachios and Coconut and fry for 2 minutes.Switch off the stove and leave it aside to cool. Divide the mixture into small balls. For the syrup: Mix Sugar and 1 Cup water and cook until the Sugar melts. Keep stirring. Cook until the syrup is slightly thick. Add Saffron and switch off the stove. For the Gujia: Divide the Maida dough into lemon sized balls. Roll out each one on a floured surface into discs. Keep the Khova-nuts ball on one side of the wrap and close it with the other half of the wrap. Close the edges by squeezing the dough in between fingers. Fold the edges in for a neat finish.

Kheer made from Moong Dal is very good for the body. It helps reduce excess body heat and helps soothe the body from within. Ingredients: 1/3 cup Moong Dal (yellow/split) 3-4 tbsp sugar 3 Cups Water 1 Cup Whole Milk Cashews and Raisins 1 tsp Ghee

Dry roast split moong dal in a pan till its light and fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Bring water to a boil and add the moong dal to it. Let cook till half done. Bring milk to a boil in another pan and add this to the moong dal. Let dal cook completely. You will know when its done when the dal is split on the edges. Add sugar and stir. Bring to a boil. Add more milk if kheer is too thick. Heat the ghee in a small pan. Add cashews and raisins and fry till light brown. Add this to the kheer.T his kheer tastes best when served hot or at room temperature.

For troubled moms,whose kids are finicky about eating veggies,here is one quick alternative.Make carrot halwa and i bet, kids come running to eat.
Do not try carrot halwa with jaggery instead of sugar.Probably that mite not please ur palate. Trust me ,i did it once with jaggery and the sweet smell of jaggery and carrot mixed together giving a cloying odour and tasted diferent. Ingredients: Grated Carrot:-2 cups. Sugar:-2 cups. Cardamom powder:-1/4 tsp. Ghee:-1tbsp Almonds and cashews:-to garnish.

Dissolve sugar in 1 cup of water and heat it. Heat it until syrup starts bubbling and add carrot and stir well. Add cardamom powder and ghee. Cook it until nice aroma comes out and halwa gets a little gluey consistency. Turn off heat and spread the halwa on a ghee-greased plate. Cut into required shapes or mould into balls.

Whey protein shakes are very much popular among the young people as they are helpful in building up strong muscles. So there are variety of whey protein shakes are prepared for this purpose with different fruits including banana, strawberry, blueberry, peach, etc Ingredients 30 gm whey protein powder (vanilla flavor) 8 oz orange juice 4-5 ice cubes 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 banana 2-3 strawberries (fresh or frozen)

Take a hand blender and put all the above ingredients to blend well. After that pour the shake into the glasses and if you like add some topping of whipped cream on this delicious whey protein shake.

This is very easy to make.Try it!!! Ingredients: Apple - 3 (Medium sized) Sugar - 1 cups Lime juice(freshly squeezed) - 1 tspn

Cut Apple into small cubes.

Boil water in a pan. Add Apple cubes and Cook for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and allow this to cool for 5 to 10 minutes. Drain the water and grind the cooked apple cubes in a blender nicely.

Heat the ground apple mix in a pan. Add Sugar and Lemon juice to it. Keep the stove in medium heat. Stir this mix frequently to avoid spilling out and burning the bottom. Stir this mix till it becomes thick(like jam). This may take 20 to 25 minutes.

Then remove from heat and let it cool completely.