3 Christmas dessert to surprise your guests!

Name: 3 Christmas dessert to surprise your guests!
Uploaded: 2019-12-13T10:19:04Z
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published on 13 December, 2019 at 11:19

1) Chocolate covered struffoli

INGREDIENTS
for the struffoli
500g flour
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
salt
100g sugar
60g butter
baking powder (optional)
lemon zest

METHOD
1. To make the struffoli, mix together flour, eggs, sugar, and butter. If you like harder struffoli then do not add the baking powder. If you like them bigger and crunchier add two teaspoons of baking powder.
2. Roll the dough out into ropes and slice the ropes into little balls (like you would do when making gnocchi).
3. Deep fry a few at a time. Let them fry for a few minutes, then place them on some paper towels.
4. Cover in a chocolate cream made by combining hazelnut cream with melted dark chocolate and cover with sprinkles.

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2) Chocolate Pandoro log cake

INGREDIENTS
Pandoro, as needed
cocoa powder
hazelnut cream, as needed
coffee, as needed
For the filling:
250g mascarpone cheese
2 pasteurized egg yolks
2 egg whites beaten to soft peaks

METHOD
1. Cover a bread pan with a sheet of plastic wrap. Place some pieces of pandoro in the pan and soak them with coffee.
2. Alternating, add the mascarpone cream, then the hazelnut cream and more pandoro soaked on coffee.
3. Refrigerate it for about 3 hours. Dust with cocoa powder and decorate with hazelnut cream.

HERE’S HOW TO PASTEURIZE THE EGG YOLKS:
Place the yolks in a bowl and beat them. In a small pan, prepare a syrup by using 50g of sugar and 25g of water. Let the syrup cook over a low flame. When the syrup is ready, pour it over the yolks as you continue beating them. This makes the egg yolks totally safe to eat!

If you don’t want to pasteurize the eggs, you can simply beat them together with 50g of sugar until mixture becomes nice and frothy.

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3) Red velvet roll

INGREDIENTS
4 eggs
100g sugar
50g yogurt
50ml milk
1 tsp cocoa powder
150g flour
red food dye
1 tsp baking powder
for the filling:
strawberry jam, as needed
300g cream cheese
90g powdered sugar

METHOD
1. Beat together the eggs sugar, cocoa powder, yogurt, and milk. Add the food coloring (about one teaspoon of powder) and the baking powder. The original recipe asks for one tsp vinegar and one of baking soda, you can use this as an alternative to the baking powder.
2. Pour the cake batter into a baking sheet and bake at 180°C for 13/15 minutes. Let it cool.
3. Spread jam and cream cheese over the sheet cake and then carefully roll it up.
4. Refrigerate for a few hours and then dust with powdered sugar before serving.

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