Holiday Desserts
The desserts in DFAC were sinful! I was glad that we could exercise and run miles around our military base (inside the wire) safely to burn off those calories from such healthy meals and no so healthy desserts. There were many selections during the Operation. However, the chefs had added extra dessert selections during the holidays, and this cheered the spirits of many troops at war.
Cooking desserts is a family tradition, but also during this holiday season, some of us just love to curl up with a good book and come up with simple, delicious recipes that can be made in 30 minutes or less.
However, we are also free to have it delivered so we don’t have to get up and cook!!
If you are not sure what to have for dessert, here are some suggestions.
Bûche de Noël Cake
This French tradition dates back to the 19th century and it represents the yule log that families would burn starting on Christmas Eve. The burning of the yule log symbolizes the new year to come and brings good luck to the family. While no one can tell exactly how the yule log turned into cake, everyone can agree it is a delicious tradition we never want to end.
Cheesecakes are great, but just maybe a little time consuming to bake. The trick is in the little details. I saw these amazing junior super-creamy cheesecakes which can be ordered online through Goldbelly, so you can skip the kitchen and continue reading your favorite novel. I need these for my New Years Eve gathering!
Ube Jam has become so beloved and popular during the holidays for the Filipinos.
Ingredients
2 cups ube, peeled, cubed
1 cup water
1 ¼ cups fresh milk
1 ¾ cup white sugar
¼ fresh butter, salted
Instructions
1. Cook the ube. Place cubed ube and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Lower heat to a simmer, and cover. Simmer the cubes until tender and most of the water has evaporated. Remove from the pan and transfer to a large bowl. Use a fork or potato masher to finely mash the ube.
2. Mix together mashed ube, milk, and sugar. Transfer this to a frying pan.
3. Cook over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, stirring constantly to avoid burning.
4. Add butter, continue cooking until ube forms into a large ball.
5. Enjoy ube jam right from the jar or use it in recipes.
Buko Salad Recipe:
Ingredients
4 cups young coconut buko, shredded
6 ounces sugar palm fruit kaong (Palm fruit), drained
12 ounces coconut gel nata de coco, drained
2 cans 15 ounces each of fruit cocktail, drained
8 ounces pineapple chunks drained
1 ¼ ounce can sweetened condensed milk
7 ounces table cream
Instructions
1. In a mixing bowl, combine young coconut, kaong, nata de coco, pineapple chunks, and fruit cocktail. Gently stir to distribute the ingredients and not getting stuck at the bottom of the mixing bowl.
2. Add sweetened condensed milk and table cream. Mix until all ingredients are properly distributed.
3. Refrigerate for at least four hours. You may also freeze it for one hour.
4. Transfer to a serving bowl or large cocktail glass and serve for dessert. Enjoy!!
These recipes can be used for your New Year Celebration. Once you master the recipe, maybe you can prepare it quicker next time. Hope you all have a wonderful safe celebration of the New Year!
Let us all have Faith and Hope in 2022!
Aurea
-Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. Isaiah 43:18-19
-For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
