Desserts Flashcards
A course that completes the meal
Dessert
Also called as “sweets”
Dessert
Recommended after eating lunch or dinner, because?
Breakfast is already heavy to eat dessert
Importance of desserts
• provides essential nutrients
• lower the LDL and improves the HDL
• set the mood
• helps in digestive process
• helps in losing weight
Classification/types of dessert
• Fruits
• Frozen desserts
• Pudding
• Custard
• Cheese
• Gelatin
• Fruit cobblers
CLASSIFICATION
- simplest dessert
Fruits
CLASSIFICATION
- easy to find at the market
Fruits
CLASSIFICATION
- characteristics of good fruit dessert
• Clean washed appearance
• Appetizing aroma
• Simple
• Slightly chilled, refreshing
CLASSIFICATION
- types of frozen desserts
• Ice cream
• Sherbet and Ices
• Soufflés and Mousses
CLASSIFICATION
(TYPE OF FROZEN DESSERT)
- made from milk, cream, sugar, falvorings, sometimes egg
Ice cream
CLASSFICATION
(TYPE OF FD)
- smooth frozen mixture
Ice cream
CLASSIFICATION
(TYPE OF FD)
- made from fruit juices, sugar, water
Sherbet
CLASSIFICATION
(TYPE OF FD)
- kind of sherbet
- made from fruit juice, sugar, water, cream, milk, sometimes egg whites
American sherbet
CLASSIFICATION
(TYPE OF FD)
- egg whites are added, because?
It increases the smoothness and volume
CLASSIFICATION
TYPE OF FD
- made from fruit juice, sugar, water, and sometimes egg whites
Ices
CLASSIFICATION
TYPE OF FD
- made like chilled mousses and bavarians
- whipped cream and beaten egg whites
Frozen soufflés and mousses
CLASSIFICATION
TYPE OF FD
- these are thick and smooth
Frozen soufflés and mousses
CLASSIFICATION
- simple to prepare
- vary in sauces
Puddings
CLASSIFICATION
- types of puddings
• cornstarch/blancmange
• rice
• bread
CLASSIFICATION
- baked and soft
Custard