DESSERTS Flashcards
soft bread variety made of bread softened in milk with egg and sugar added, flavored with pineapple, raisins, and nuts
Pudding
pastries with high proportions of fat, with more flour and water for a flaky crust
Pies
small pies with a single crest and open top, filled with cooked custard, macapuno preserves, fruits and nuts topped with meringue
Tarts
Rich muffins with a high proportion of fat, sugar, and eggs. Specialties are custard rolls, macapuno rolls, mango rhum, chocolate marble, etc.
Variety of cake and cake specialties
A tender and thickened mixture of milk, eggs, and sugar molded in flan molders and steamed or baked, then topped with caramelized sugar for a rich and brown color.
Custard
A milk product with more fat than milk itself
Cream
The 3 types of cream and its best use
- light cream- fluid, for coffee
- Medium cream- for whipping cream
- Heavy cream- thick and viscous, for fruit salad and cream cakes
Egg whites beaten to stiff stage with sugr added gradually, dropped on greased cookie sheets using a pastry bag and vaked until light gold in color.
Meringue
Very thin pancakes filled with cooked or fresh fruit with whipped cream, custard, or chocolate cream
Crepe
Snack favorites but also served for breakfast and buffet desserts. A 1:1 ratio of flour and liquid
Pancakes and waffles (pancakes come with more eggs and fat for a richer and more tender product.)
Pastries that have hollow shells that are crispy and brown outside, but are moist and soggy inside. They contain rich sweet and creamy filling made of milk, eggs, and butter.
Cream puffs
There are creampuffs, but richer, usually topped with caramelized syrup
Popovers
Frozen milk products with cream, milk, sugar, stabilizer like gelatin, pectin, and seaweed gum. Flavoring inclused fruits, nuts, chocolate, coffee, etc. This variety has 8 percent milk fat content
Ice cream
Frozen milk products with cream, milk, sugar, stabilizer like gelatin, pectin, and seaweed gum. Flavoring inclused fruits, nuts, chocolate, coffee, etc. This variety has 3 percent milk fat content
Sherbet
healthy food made from whole, low fat, or skim milk. A mix with bacterial culture is added and the product is incubated at 45C until desired acidity and flavor is achieved
Yogurt