Christmas candy recipe. Sweets for the New Year: bake, decorate, treat

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Every country has its own traditional Christmas sweets. For example, in Canada, cinnamon-flavored chicken bones are popular, and in France, callisons with almonds and candied fruits are popular.

Take a look at what Christmas looks like in 22 countries around the world.

AUSTRALIA: Many Australians prefer a light pavlova cake - or berry dessert - after Christmas dinner. Pavlova cake is essentially a large meringue topped with fresh cream and berries.

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AUSTRIA: Vanillekipferl, a small crescent-shaped vanilla cookie, decorates the windows of Austrian bakeries and kitchens throughout the Christmas and New Year celebrations. It is similar to shortbread cookies and contains vanilla and almonds.

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BELGIUM: Speculaas are thin, crispy biscuits commonly baked for Saint Nicholas Day in Belgium and the Netherlands. The cookies are made using complex wooden molds and taste similar to gingerbread.

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BRAZIL: Rabanada is the Brazilian version of French toast and is served during Christmas celebrations. Instead of maple syrup Rabanada is served with a syrup made from spiced port wine.

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CANADA: Chicken Bones is often eaten at Christmas in Canada, a cinnamon-flavored caramel filled with bittersweet chocolate. Chicken Bones polarize Canadian society - many people either love them or hate them.

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COLOMBIA: Many Colombians serve Arroz con Leche rice pudding for dessert during Christmas celebrations. Each family has its own recipe for this dish, but it usually includes milk, spices, raisins and rice.

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CROATIA: During the Christmas and New Year holidays, you can find a bowl of Fritule in every Croatian home. Fritule are small donuts filled with rum, citrus zest and raisins, topped with powdered sugar.

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CZECH REPUBLIC: Walk through any Christmas market in Prague and you will definitely see a place where they sell Trdelnik (Trdelnik). Traditional Czech delicacy made from strips yeast dough, baked wrapped around a long cylinder, then rolled in sugar, honey, poppy seeds, cinnamon and grated almonds, if desired.

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ENGLAND: Figgy pudding, also known as plum pudding and Christmas pudding, is a classic English dessert around Christmas. It is a dark-colored steamed pudding with the addition of dried fruits, nuts and beef kidney fat. Before serving on the festive table, the pudding is heated and soaked in brandy or other alcoholic drink, and at the table it is flambéed - set on fire, while the alcohol burns out, and the dish has a peculiar taste and aroma.

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FRANCE: Calissons (Callisons) are smooth chewy sweets made from almond mass with candied melon, laid on the thinnest dough cake and topped with sugar-protein glaze.

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GREECE: Greek Christmas is not complete without a fresh helping of Melomakarona (Melomakarona) - honey cookies with walnuts. These shortbreads are made using ingredients common to Mediterranean cuisine - honey, olive oil and nuts.

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GERMANY: Lebkuchen are soft ginger and honey biscuits dating back to the 1300s. The cookies are intensely spicy, but sweet thanks to the honey and the top layer of glaze.

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HUNGARY: Beigli is a baked roll stuffed with walnut or poppy seeds.

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ICELAND: Icelandic Christmas bread Laufabrauð is thin as a leaf. During the winter holidays, families come together to bake these crunchy, thin cakes decorated with patterns.

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IRELAND: Fruit, syrup or alcohol, custard and biscuit are all part of Trifle, a favorite during the winter holidays in Ireland. Trifle is often served as a lighter alternative to Christmas pudding.

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ITALY: Panettone in Italian means "big bread" and Christmas in Italy is unthinkable without it. Panettone can come in many different flavors, but is traditionally a sweet bread sprinkled with candied oranges, lemon zest, and raisins.

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JAMAICA: Christmas on the island is incomplete without a slice of heady Jamaican Christmas cake. It has a lot of rum and a mixture of dried fruits.

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MEXICO: Buñuelos donuts can be found all over Mexico and, like other dishes, they vary in taste depending on the region. In Oaxaca, where bunuelos are especially popular around Christmas, they look like discs of fried dough sprinkled with sugar. And after the locals finish their bunuelos, they traditionally break a plate and make a wish.

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NORWAY: Almond pyramid cake Kransekake is popular in Norway during all major holidays, including Christmas. The traditional Kransekake cake consists of 18 wreaths that gradually decrease in diameter as they approach the top, adorned with miniature Norwegian flags.

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POLAND: Kolaczki are festive jam cookies, especially popular after a family dinner on the night before Christmas, which in Poland is called "Vigilia".

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SPAIN: Spanish supermarkets are crowded in the weeks leading up to Christmas various types Turrón, a Spanish nougat especially popular during the winter holidays. There are two types of Turrón: Turrón de Alicante (hard nougat) and Turrón di jijona (soft variety).

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SWEDEN: In Sweden, Christmas begins with Saint Lucy's Day, which is celebrated with Lussekatt S-shaped pastries. It has an unusually beautiful golden yellow color due to the saffron added to the dough.

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Christmas and New Year holidays are a time of miracles, in general, all over the world. Gifts, lights, fun, a time of hope and, of course, a special, festive feast. And what's a feast without sweets? I propose to look at the sweet Christmas and New Year's table in different countries.

France, Provence
The Christmas table of Provence will delight even the most sophisticated sweet tooth. In his classic version the festive sweet table consists of, no more, no less, 13 desserts. Such an "unlucky" number is not accidental - it symbolizes the participants in the Last Supper, i.e. Christ and 12 apostles. Dishes may vary slightly in each particular family, but their total number remains the same. All of them are served at the same time, and each guest is obliged to taste at least a little bit of each of them.

Most of the traditional Provence Christmas desserts are simply gifts of nature: white and blue grapes, walnuts, hazelnuts, dried figs, dates, orange and Apple, as well as candied fruits, quince marmalade, black and white nougat and, of course, the famous cookie called calissons (calisson). And, of course, not without the famous "Log" ( Bûche de Noël) - a festive roll in the form, in fact, of a log. The dish gained popularity in the late 19th century thanks to Parisian bakers. Why the log? This is an echo of the tradition according to which the Gauls (and Celts) burned a log decorated with holly and cones to pass the winter and let in the spring. Almost like our carnival scarecrow, right? 🙂

UPD: Look for quince marmalade recipe here .

Quince marmalade

India, Goa

In India, there is a cookie similar to calissons and it is called kuswar(in Goa and Mangalore), but this word means all Christmas sweets and desserts, and there are 22 recipes. One of the most impressive dishes of kuswar is the traditional, very time-consuming multi-layered (in the original recipe 16 layers) pancake cake, actually an Indian pudding.

Pastries are very popular among Catholics. For example, Baath- actually coconut mannik, special cookies called kulkuls and local "varenichki" with sweet coconut filling ( neuries), stuffed pancakes called alle belle and perad- "cheese" from guava, reminiscent of its Provencal counterpart from quince.

Netherlands
The most famous Christmas sweet in the Netherlands is, of course, the Flanders Spice Biscuit. speculoos). However, today you can try it at any time of the year. The secret of the special taste (verified!) and aroma of speculus is a set of spices that make up the composition, namely cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom and white pepper.

Popular in Holland stollen (Kerststol), apple "doughnuts" Appelbeignets, Jan Hagel cookies. And, of course, Eggnog's cousin - advocate, a cream liqueur made from egg yolks, sugar, brandy and vanilla.

Scandinavia
In general, the desserts of Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway are similar in many ways. This is, first of all, rice pudding with cherry sauce) , and the lucky person can find an almond nut in his portion of the delicacy, for which he will receive an additional gift.

UPD: Recipe can be found .

Ris a l'amande med kirsebærsauce

Love Scandinavians and Lussekatter saffron rolls. According to legend, on December 13, 1764, a certain Swedish gentleman was awakened in the middle of the night by a beautiful voice, the owner of which was a girl in white, with angel wings and a candle in her hands. It was Saint Lucy. By the way, according to the Swedes, her name comes from the Latin lux - "light".

UPD: An excellent Lussekatter recipe can be found .

Saint Lucia buns

Italy
In Italy they eat at Christmas panettone (panettone)- classic Milanese fruit bread, aged for a certain number of days and hung upside down after baking. The origin of panettone is still debated. According to one version, the world owes his invention to Tony, the cook of the Sforza family. Legend has it that on Christmas Eve the chef didn't keep track of the holiday cake and it burned down. The situation was saved by Tony - he offered his yeast, which he saved for Christmas for himself. Having kneaded the dough from yeast, flour, milk and butter, adding raisins, candied fruits, he baked fruit bread, which made a splash among the hosts. The pleased duke named the pastry after its inventor.

UPD: There is a classic pannetone recipe .

Another common holiday sweet in Italy is a gooey, egg-white-based nougat called (it has sisters in Spain, turrón, and France, nougat). Now no one can say for sure how it appeared. The most common version says that for the first time nougat was prepared for the wedding of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza as a wedding cake. The dish was shaped like Torrazzo, the cathedral of the city of Cremona, which gave the name to the dessert. However, food historians argue that the roots of nougat go much deeper into antiquity.

Germany
In Germany, you can try gingerbread at Christmas (Lebkuchen) and stollen (Christstollen)- sweet yeast loaves, shaped like a baby wrapped in diapers. The small homeland of stollen (and the place where the best of them are baked) is Dresden. Stollen is baked during Advent, 4 weeks before Christmas. However, the "original" stollen in the Middle Ages was far from the sweet masterpiece that we know today - according to the rules, it is made from flour, water, yeast and vegetable oil, after all, Advent, from the point of view of the church, is the time of fasting. And only in the 15th century, Pope Nicholas V ordered to be allowed to use in the recipe butter.

And what desserts usually complete your Christmas or New Year's feast?

Many consider baking aerobatics, which only experienced chefs can do. This is not true. Anyone can bake. If he wants! ;)

"What do you! I’m sure something will burn or crumble!” Indeed, it is a shame to show guests a burnt cake or a pie with an escaped filling. But don't panic! To surprise loved ones New Year sweets, it is not necessary to be a hereditary confectioner.

You only need:

1. Simple recipes. Without multi-way combinations, water baths, caramelization and other terrible words.
2. Convenient kitchen utensils. The more assistants you have, the less hassle and the more enjoyable the process.
3. Positive attitude. Can't be done sweet pie with bitter thoughts in my head. If you have already decided to bake, and not buy, then approach the process creatively. Turn on pleasant music, call a friend for help, or better, bake with the children - it's fun and sincere.

We took on the first two points - read on and act! But component number 3 depends only on you.

Cottage cheese cupcakes with chocolate

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Dessert in the form of portioned cupcakes is a great solution for a New Year's party. To save space on the festive table, they can be placed on a special separate table along with drinks and fruits. Guests will come up and, like at a buffet table, take treats.

You will need:

• 250 g flour;
• 200 g of cottage cheese;
• 100 g of sugar;
• 100 g sour cream;
• 100 g butter;
• 2 eggs;
• 1 orange;
• milk chocolate bar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• vanillin to taste;
• form for muffins;
• reliable whisk.

Cottage cheese must be ground to a homogeneous mass. This will require a comfortable, lightweight and not slipping out of the hands. Ideal - with a handle made of soft-touch plastic.

Add softened butter and sour cream to the cottage cheese, beat again with a whisk. Then, without ceasing to mix, add eggs, sugar and vanillin to the mixture. Peel the orange, and grate its zest on a fine grater and add to the dough. Mix thoroughly again.

In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Then pour them into the batter and mix with a whisk. The dough for cupcakes does not need to be kneaded for a long time. Even if there are small lumps - it's not scary.

For baking cupcakes, it is best to use a silicone mold. It is much easier to extract products from it. There will be no incident when the top comes out, and the bottom part of the cake falls off, sticking to the bottom.

Spread the dough into the cells of the form. Fill each one about two-thirds full as the cupcakes will rise during baking. If you fill the form to the brim, they will run away. In each cell, slightly drowning in the dough, put a slice of your favorite chocolate.

Preheat oven to 190°C and bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes.

sponge cake

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Cake is the king of the family New Year's feast. If you've never baked a cake before, try the biscuit version first. In this case, you will not need to bake a lot of cakes. One biscuit, cut in half, is enough.

You will need:

• 160 g flour;
• 60 g of powdered sugar;
• 6 eggs;
• 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• cherry liqueur;
• detachable round shape;
• yolk-white separator.

The trickiest part of this recipe is separating the egg yolks from the whites. Breaking an egg and carefully draining the white, trying not to let the yolk slip out, takes a long time and nervously. It's easier to break the eggs into a bowl and transfer the yolks to another bowl with a special one.

For baking a biscuit, it is best to use a detachable Lekue. It will allow you to remove the cake intact and easily move it to the serving tray. Do not be afraid that the dough will leak. This is out of the question.

Pour the dough into a mold and send it to the oven, preheated to 180 ° C, for 30 minutes. The readiness of the biscuit can be checked by making a small puncture with a toothpick. If it stays dry and clean, the cake is ready. When it cools down a bit, cut it long and soak each half with cherry liqueur.

Gingerbread Cookie

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What could be better than having played enough snowballs, come home, brew fragrant tea and drink it with spicy cookies? Perhaps just eat gingerbread before bedtime with cocoa or hot chocolate.

Gingerbread cookies can be baked on New Year's Eve. Immediately a lot to feast on throughout the holidays. It will not dry out or deteriorate.

You will need:

• 350 g wheat flour;
• 150 g butter;
• 150 g of powdered sugar;
• 2 eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of honey;
• 2 teaspoons ground ginger;
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon;
• 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar;
• a bag of baking powder;
• form for cookies;
• good rock.

We start kneading the dough with dry ingredients. In a deep bowl, pour flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, vanilla sugar, ginger and cinnamon. Mix everything well. Stir butter into dry mixture. To make it pliable, take it out of the refrigerator in advance and let it stand for half an hour at room temperature.

Break the eggs into a separate bowl, separating the whites from the yolk. So far, only the yolks are needed, but the whites should not be poured. Lightly beat the yolks with a fork and add them to the bowl with the dry mixture and oil. Send two tablespoons of honey there, preferably liquid.

Then knead the dough with your hands until smooth. Put it in the refrigerator for an hour. After 60 minutes, remove and roll out the dough into a layer no more than a centimeter thick. The task is not easy. Requires a lot of physical strength - you may have to involve a man in the process. The original will help to lure him into the kitchen.

From an even layer of dough you need to cut out cookies. You can use any molds, but it is better if they correspond to the New Year theme. For example, one of Santa's teams makes square cookies with an asterisk in the center.

Santa's reindeer shape
With a spatula it is convenient to distribute the cream

Treat

So the desserts are ready. It remains only to beautifully serve them on the festive table. There are several secrets here.

Do not put sweet treats on the table at the beginning of the evening. Adults are unlikely to want them, and for children they will only kill their appetite. In addition, if the room is hot, the cream and icing can melt - the treats will lose their festive look. Better keep them in the fridge until it's their turn.

The cake is served on It is effective if it is transparent: all attention will be to the decor and your efforts.

Round cake stand

At the same time, treats should be cut in advance. This is not a wedding, which means there is no point in a cake-cutting ceremony at the table. It is more convenient if the guest can immediately come up and take the piece they like.

Muffins, cupcakes and any other cupcakes with cream on top are framed with paper “cups” and served on a special multi-level “bookcase”.

Eat muffins and cupcakes as shown in the picture below. So you and your guests will not get dirty with cream.

Learning to eat cupcakes correctly

Cookies should be poured into a basket lined with paper napkins.

Do not forget about the table setting where sweets will stand. Decorate it: put candles in, make a spruce composition, put a couple of Christmas decorations. Prepare dishes: saucers, teaspoons, dessert knives. Think about drinks that will accompany sweets.Enjoyme.ru. By promo code lifehackerNY You'll get 10% discount for the entire range (not cumulative with the current offers of the store). We hope this little nice bonus will help put you in the holiday spirit! ;)

Sweet New Year!

Christmas is one of the oldest and most long-awaited holidays in the whole world. This day is especially celebrated by Christians. Preparations for the holiday begin long before Christmas itself. Christmas dishes are one of the important components of the traditions. We already talked about how to decorate the table for Christmas in our article Holiday Decor Ideas: How to Decorate the Table for Christmas 2016, and today we'll talk about the most delicious moment of this magical evening - sweets.

Each country has its own traditional desserts that are usually prepared and served at Christmas. For example, in France - this is the famous "La Bouche de Noel", in Germany - a cake called "gallery", in Italy - a panettone pie, among Americans - a pudding prepared according to a special recipe. For traditional Christmas dishes, including desserts, certain spices and spices are widely used. Among others, cinnamon, cloves, star anise or star anise, ginger, nutmeg should be distinguished.

So, TOP 10 Christmas desserts from around the world:

Gingerbread house

Making gingerbread houses is a real art. Some masters make multi-storey masterpieces that are hand painted with glaze or mastic. In some countries, there are even competitions among masters for the best gingerbread house. But we will start small and make a simple, but very tasty and fragrant dough house.

How to make dough

You will need:

• 200 g of sugar;
• 250 g of liquid honey;
• 200 g butter;
• 3 chicken eggs;
• 0.5 teaspoon of soda;
• 1 cup wheat flour;
• a quarter of a spoon of ground cinnamon;
• a quarter of a spoon of ground ginger;
• a quarter of a spoon of ground cloves;
• a quarter of a spoon of ground cardamom;
• a quarter of a spoon of allspice ground pepper;
• 50 ml cognac (optional)

What should be done:

1. In a mortar, mix all the spices thoroughly.
2. Sift the flour through a sieve and mix it with soda and spices.
3. Melt the butter and honey (if yours is not liquid) over low heat.
4. Beat eggs and sugar thoroughly with a mixer.
5. In a separate bowl, mix all liquid foods: oil, honey, eggs.
6. Add flour to this mixture in small portions and knead well for 15-20 minutes. The dough should be elastic and elastic.
7. Roll the dough into a ball, wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for 3 hours.

While the dough is cooling, cut out templates for the future house from paper. The dimensions depend on your desire and the amount of dough prepared. And we suggest you make a house, which consists of the following parts:

• front wall with openings for a door, three main windows (two on the sides and one on the second floor) and one small window in the attic - 1 pc.;
• side wall with two windows on the sides - 2 pcs.;
• rear wall with two windows on the sides and one on the second floor - 1 pc.;
• roof slope - 2 pcs.;
• shutters (optional)
• door - 1 piece;
• small rectangles for tiles;
• round supply for the house - 1 pc.

On parchment paper, roll out the dough to a thickness of 5-7 mm, attach a template to it and cut out the details with a very sharp knife. If desired, beautiful colored glass can be made for the windows. To do this, you need to finely crush caramel and fill in the holes in the windows. This is done just before baking. The dough is baked at a temperature of 200º for 10-12 minutes.

Freshly baked parts of the house should be left to cool for a while in an untouched position. Otherwise, you may break the form. After that, carefully remove the paper and let the parts stand a little more.

To make roof shingles, roll out a very thin dough (2-3 mm) and cut it into small rectangles. If desired, you can use a curly knife or a mold. You can also sprinkle the dough with sugar before baking.

How to make frosting

Now it's time for assemblies and decorations gingerbread house. Of the several options, we will choose protein glaze, as it does not contain any harmful ingredients and is very easy to prepare.

You will need:

• 1 egg white;
• 1 glass of powdered sugar;
• 0.5 tsp potato starch (for plasticity);
• salt on the tip of a knife.

What should be done:

1. Place the protein in a container and beat with a mixer, gradually adding powdered sugar.
2. In the process, also add starch and salt. Starch will give the glaze plasticity, and salt will make it denser.
3. Beat until you get a fluffy thick mass (10-15 minutes).

To make the details of the house better fit together, you can “file” them a little on the sides, using the usual one for this. An angle of 45º will be optimal.

Using a pastry bag, paint the facades of the house, as well as the supply for it. Only after the glaze has hardened, proceed with the assembly. Glue all the details of the house, including the roof. Let the structure take hold. For insurance, you can support the walls with books, jars, etc. Stick the tiles, decorate the house with snow-white snow. Our work of art is ready 🙂

gingerbread men

Gingerbread cookies are a "classic" of New Year and Christmas cuisine. We offer you to bake delicious and crispy little men.

You will need:

• butter - 100 g;
• sugar - 100 g;
• liquid honey - 100 g;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• flour - 400 g;
• ground ginger - 2 teaspoons;
• ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon;
• baking powder - 1.5 tsp.

Rub butter and sugar thoroughly. Add honey to this mixture. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs until foamy, then pour them into a common container. Mix the spices thoroughly in a mortar. Sift the flour through a sieve and add the baking powder and spices to it. Start kneading the dough by adding the dry mixture in small portions to the common container. Make a ball, wrap cling film and refrigerate for 15 minutes.

Roll out the dough on parchment paper. If you want the gingerbread cookies to turn out crispy, then it should be thin, if soft, then roll thicker. Using a cookie cutter or a pre-prepared cardboard template, cut out the figures of men. Preheat the oven to 180º. Bake cookies until golden brown (about 12-15 minutes).

After the little men have cooled, decorate them with protein glaze or mastic.

English pudding

Christmas pudding has a very ancient tradition in the UK. The British turn its preparation into a real ritual. As a rule, the pudding is prepared a few weeks before Christmas and kept in a cool place. Then it becomes especially tasty. Let's bring a piece of English Christmas to our festive table.

You will need:

• 250 g bread crumbs;
• 250 g sugar;
• 125 g butter;
• 1 st. a spoonful of flour;
• 3 eggs;
• 150 ml cognac or brandy;
• vegetables and fruits:
  • 250 g of blackcurrant;
  • 1 small carrot;
  • 100 g cherries;
  • 1 medium apple;
  • lemon peel;
  • orange peel;
• dried fruits and nuts:
  • 500 g raisins;
  • 125 g candied fruits (mixture);
  • 250 g prunes;
  • 200 g almonds;
  • 100 g walnuts;
• spices:
  • 1 teaspoon of cardamom;
  • ½ teaspoon of nutmeg;
  • a pinch of vanillin;
  • a pinch of salt.

First, prepare the fruits and nuts. Rinse dried fruits thoroughly and let the water drain. Grate lemon and orange zest, apple and carrot on a fine grater. Break up the nuts. Place all fruits, nuts and dried fruits in a bowl and mix thoroughly.

Add all other ingredients to this mixture: crumbs, sugar, softened butter, flour, eggs, cognac or brandy, spices. Mix well with your hands.

Lubricate a heat-resistant form (you can take a regular metal bowl) with butter and put the prepared mixture into it.

Leave the dough for another five hours in a room that is not drafty. It should rise slightly above the top of the mold.

Preheat the oven to 190º. Cut a hole in the top of the panettone and put a spoonful of cold butter into it. Bake the cake until slightly damp match.

Panettone is very fragrant and does not get stale for a long time due to the fact that it contains rum. This cake will add a touch of Italian Christmas to your festive table.

French pie "La Bouche de Noel"

La Bouche de Noel is a French Christmas delicacy made in the form of a log. This tradition is very ancient and interesting. For a long time in France, before Christmas, a large log was brought into the house, with which it would be possible to heat the house for as long as 12 days. However, they did not set it on fire, but decorated it right in the fireplace and kept it as a symbol of the holiday. Later, they began to prepare a Christmas delicacy based on this idea. The bark is imitated with chocolate, and mushrooms, dwarf figurines, etc. serve as decorations.

Today, a Christmas log in France symbolizes happiness. Therefore, we suggest you decorate your holiday table with such a beautiful dessert.

How to make dough

You will need:

• eggs - 4 pcs.;
• powdered sugar - 150 g;
• flour - 150 g;
• salt - on the tip of a knife;
• vanilla extract.

From these ingredients you need to bake a magnificent biscuit. To do this, separate the yolks and whites. Beat the yolks with powdered sugar and vanilla extract until fluffy and homogeneous foam. Beat the whites with a pinch of salt until thick, stable peaks, then carefully pour them into a container with yolks. Add flour in small portions, while kneading the mass well.

Cover the form with parchment, grease with oil and sprinkle with flour. Pour the batter into the mold and spread evenly. Place the mold in an oven preheated to 180-190º. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

While the cake is baking, make the syrup.

How to make syrup

You will need:

• sugar - 100 g;
• water - 70 ml;
• amaretto liqueur or rum - 1 tbsp. a spoon.

In a small saucepan or saucepan, combine all the ingredients and simmer until the syrup thickens and drips slowly from a spoon. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

Turn the cake inside out onto a clean, lined towel. Soak the cake in syrup and roll up the roll. This must be done quickly, before the biscuit is dry, otherwise the roll will not work.

Wrap so that the towel curls up with the text - this is necessary for further smearing the cake with cream. Leave the biscuit for 5 hours. In the meantime, you can prepare the cream.

How to make cream

You will need:

• 33% cooking cream - 200 g;
• dark chocolate - 200 g;
• butter - 50 g.

Heat the cream a little in a small saucepan over low heat, then add the butter. Bring the mass to a boil, remove from heat and add the chocolate pieces. Beat until fluffy and fluffy - this will take about 20 minutes.

Lubricate the roll with cream both outside and inside. Do not level the surface too much - it should resemble the bark of a tree. Decorate as desired. Send the cake for 4 hours in the refrigerator.

Our French Christmas treat is ready!

German cake "Shtolen"

The shape of the adit symbolizes Jesus wrapped in swaddling clothes. Prepare it 2-3 weeks before Christmas so that the cake has time to stand and acquire an incredible taste and aroma.

Stolen is a pastry that is made with a lot of nuts, fruits and butter. It can be stored in the refrigerator for a very long time (sometimes up to several months), becoming tastier and tastier every day.

This recipe is designed for a large batch of stollen.

You will need:

• dry yeast - 30 g;
• sugar - 0.5 cups;
• milk - 380 ml;
• wheat flour - 1200 g;
• butter - 600 g;
• eggs - 2 pcs.
• salt - 1 teaspoon;
• powdered sugar - 200 g;
• cognac (rum) or water - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• nuts and dried fruits:
  • raisins - 300 g;
  • candied fruits - 200 g;
  • dried cranberries or cranberries - 200 g;
  • almonds - 300 g;
  • hazelnuts - 300 g;
• spices:
  • vanilla essence - a couple of drops;
  • cardamom - 0.5 tsp;
  • carnation - 2 crushed inflorescences;
  • cinnamon - 0.5 tsp;
  • nutmeg - 0.25 tsp.

First you need to prepare dried fruits and nuts. To do this, chop the nuts and soak them together with candied fruits and dried fruits in cognac (rum) or water for 6 hours.

While the filling is soaking, prepare the dough. To do this, in a medium bowl, combine warm milk, yeast and a spoonful of sugar. Stir until the yeast dissolves, then add 200 g of flour. Put the dough in a warm place for 20-30 minutes.

Contrary to popular belief, desserts are an important part of healthy eating. The most important thing to remember is that desserts should not be part of your daily diet. This is for the most part a festive dish that can and should be consumed only under certain circumstances. Since Christmas is coming, now is the time to remind you of the 25 most interesting and unusual desserts for the holiday table. Just be careful and do not abuse sweets!

25. Christmas Pudding (UK)

No British Christmas is complete without Christmas pudding, and despite the fact that this popular dessert is not as tasty as many people imagine, this has not stopped it from becoming almost the main symbol of Christmas in all of Britain.

24. Dulce de Leche, Argentina


Dulce de Leche is the pride of Argentina. This dessert is a combination of milk and sugar that is heated over low heat until the sugar turns into a thick caramel and acquires a rich creamy taste. Literally, the name of this sweet means “sweet milk sweets”.

23. Bolo Rey, Portugal


Bolo Rei, also known as King's Cake, is a traditional Portuguese sweet bread filled with nuts and candied fruits, served at Christmas and also on January 6, when the country celebrates Kings Day.

22. Mazariner, Sweden


The recipe for these delicious Swedish almond tarts originated in Italy. They were named after the Italo-French cardinal and politician Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino, also known as Jules Mazari (1602-1661). Such a solid age of the recipe indicates only one thing: since the dessert has survived to this day, then it is worth it.

21. Cherry Pie, Netherlands


Cherry and chocolate lovers will love this easy Dutch version of the Black Forest cake.

20. Gulabjamun, India


Gulabjamun is one of the most popular desserts in India. It is a sweet balls cooked in skim milk and soaked in sugar syrup with rose scent.

19. Vinarterta, Iceland


In Iceland, this prune layer cake is usually served around winter holidays such as Christmas and, thanks to its long shelf life, can last until early spring. The most interesting thing is that you will not find the same recipes for this cake.

18. Banophy Pie, England


Chances are you won't find a sweeter dessert in all of England than banofi pie. Made with bananas, cream, boiled condensed milk and crumbly biscuits, it will make you fat and happy man.

17. Knafeh, Middle East


Several countries in the Middle East, such as Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Syria, and northern Egypt, claim to have originated the recipe for this delicious dessert, but no one can say for sure where it originated. A similar dessert exists in Greece - the only difference is that the Greeks do not put soft cheese in it.

16. Tiramisu, Italy


is a famous coffee dessert originally from Italy. It consists of espresso, beaten eggs, sugar and mascrapon cheese. Thanks to its amazing taste, the recipe quickly spread around the world, and today tiramisu can be found anywhere in the world.

15. Cranahan, Scotland


This traditional and elegant Scottish dessert includes oats, cream, whiskey and raspberries. Serving it on the table, you will easily impress your guests. Even the presence of whiskey in it should not surprise you - after all, this is Scotland.

14. Dessert Rocky Road, Australia


The Australian dessert Rocky Road is usually made with milk chocolate and marshmallows and served in individual portions like a brownie. This type of dessert has become very popular in the United States, where it is usually served with ice cream.

13. Guinness Chocolate Cake, Ireland


The Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day and Christmas in their own way, so don't be surprised if you're haunted by alcohol during an Irish party. Even in desserts. Chocolate and beer will never taste as good together as they do in this cake.

12. Three Milk Cake, Mexico


As you might have guessed, the Three Milk Cake is made from three types of milk. Despite the fact that Mexico is known for its heavy but delicious cuisine, this dessert is considered one of the easiest and least harmful desserts in terms of calories. It is ideal even for those who are on a diet.

11. Devil's Biscuit, USA


The Devil's Biscuit cake is usually made with dark chocolate. It got its name due to the fact that its taste was so pleasant and rich that many considered it a sin. Once you taste it, you will want to eat it again and again.

10. Cake Dobos, Hungary


Cake Dobos is an excellent Hungarian biscuit, consisting of seven layers, covered with chocolate cream, and filled with caramel on top. It was invented by the Hungarian confectioner Jozsef Dobos in 1884.

9 Brazo de Gitano, Spain


Literally, the name of this dessert is translated as "Hand of a gypsy". Oddly enough, the recipe did not come to us from Spain or Switzerland at all, but from somewhere in Central Europe. Over time, this roll became one of the main dishes of Spanish cuisine, dominating the holiday tables.

8. Christmas log, Belgium/France


Christmas log - the name of a Christmas cake that resembles a log in its shape. This is a fluffy chocolate cake topped with whipped chocolate cream. It is usually decorated with sugar to make it even more like a snow-covered "Christmas log".

7. Melomakarona, Greece


These are small honey cookies, from which it is impossible to break away. They are usually the most popular Christmas sweets in Greece. Unfortunately, they can only be tasted at Christmas, because only at this time the bakeries bake them. Melomacaroni covered with milk chocolate are usually considered the most delicious.

6. Profiteroles, France


Profiteroles have won the love of millions of people around the world. This French dessert consists of balls of choux pastry filled with whipped cream and sprinkled with hot chocolate. Unfortunately, they cannot be abused, since this is a very high-calorie dish.

5. Sacher Torte, Austria


The Sachertorte was once one of the most famous chocolate cakes in the world. It was created in 1832 by the Austrian confectioner Franz Sacher. This is a regular chocolate cake topped with a thin layer of apricot jam and chocolate icing.

4. Pavlova Cake, New Zealand


Despite the name, this cake has nothing to do with Russia. It was first made in New Zealand. Meringue and kiwi are taken as the basis here. It got its name thanks to the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, for whom it was originally prepared.

3. Panettone, Italy


Over the past few decades, panettone has become known throughout Europe. These are Christmas sweet breads, first made in Milan and soon becoming the symbol of this city. Currently, you can find this dessert in most European countries, South America, Japan and USA.

2. Cheesecake, Ancient Greece/USA


This creamy dessert brings an authentic New York flavor to any Christmas dinner, no matter where you are. Despite popular belief about the recent origin of this dessert, its history is much older than we can imagine. The first mention of cheesecake dates back to the fifth century BC, when the ancient Greek physician Aegimus wrote an entire book dedicated to the art of making cheesecakes.

1. Cake Schwarzwald, Germany


The Black Forest cake usually consists of four layers of chocolate sponge cake, cherries and whipped cream and is topped with whipped cream frosting as well as chocolate chips. This is the kind of cake that will impress all your guests, regardless of their taste preferences.