Basic Pastry Cream
One of the staples of the sweet side of the kitchen, this Basic Pastry Cream, or Creme Patissiere recipe will serve you well. A smooth, creamy filling for layer cakes, cream puffs, or doughnuts, it's the bechamel sauce of the…
Grandma Jones’ Deep Plum Pudding
A family favorite, Grandma Jones' Deep Plum Pudding is a rustic, eastern block approach to the holidays. Unlike English plum puddings there's no suet or nuts, it's more like a cobbler, but with a crusty cake top over the gooey,…
Mom’s Chocolate Pudding Cake
This is a recipe I've tweaked and tinkered with a dozen times in attempts to make it super fancy, to no avail. Sometimes it's best to stick with the original recipe, however humble, such is the case for Mom's Chocolate Pudding Cake. There's no taste like home.
Créme Caramel – Classic Simplicity
Créme Caramel done well is rich, creamy and smooth. When inverted, a sweet layer of liquid caramel oozes over the sides and runs on to the plate to form the perfect puddle of sticky goodness to counter the cool, sweet custard. It might be a bit of a daunting dessert to try - until now. All you need are a few simple steps and a little respect for the boundaries of this delicate flan.
The Up Your Skirt Dessert – Valentine’s Day Ideas from Chef Benoit
A little something interesting for Valentine's Day with our Up Your Skirt Dessert; a reconstructed creme brulee, strawberry carpaccio, a dash of chocolate and a pair of edible gams. What? You were expecting cupcakes?!
Crème Brûlée – Dessert to Share
Literally translated, Crème Brûlée means Burnt Cream, but the way the French say it is much more romantic. A rich, creamy vanilla custard topped with a layer of hard caramel, that is literally, scorched sugar. What better way to bring romance to the table than to break out the blow torch and burn a little sugar?!
Black Rice Pudding Thai Style
In Thailand Black Rice Pudding is often served for breakfast, afternoon tea and dessert. A rice and coconut custard, baked in the oven and served plain or with coconut ice cream, it's nutty, smooth and creamy and delicious warm or cold.
Chipotle Chocolate Soufflé
The Chef in my life, was my first soufflé. He makes it look so easy. So we're tasking Food Gypsy Technical Advisor, Chef Benoit Gelinotte, to give us his best tips so you can soufflé like you've never souffléd before this holiday season. Starting with a little sugar and spice - the Chipotle Chocolate Soufflé.
White Chocolate Strawberry Kiwi Soup
Strawberry season. Ripe for Canada Day festivities, warm evenings and summer barbecues. This cool, seasonal White Chocolate Strawberry Kiwi Soup is a make ahead dessert that is at once, simple, elegant and sure to impress.
Belizean Sweet Potato Pudding (“Pone”)
On the back steps of the kitchen, in the tropical paradise of an idyllic atoll off Dangriga, Belize; Phillip Matinez shares a family favorite, Sweet Potato Pudding Recipe (known in Belize as “Pone”). It became a favorite of those of us paddling for pleasure with Island Expeditions in the turquoise waters of the Caribbean.