Portioned desserts in cups are the perfect way to serve up buffets and parties. A multi-layered treat looks very beautiful; the dessert can be very simple or multi-component. Thus, you can serve fruit salads, soufflés, jellies, puddings, tiramisu - there are no limits for imagination.
Berry dessert with cookies: step-by-step preparation
A very simple yet sophisticated treat that does not require baking and contains very few calories. For cooking, you can use any seasonal sweet berries: strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, the proportions depend on personal taste. If there are no fresh fruits, frozen ones will do. The dessert will turn out to be more liquid, but absolutely will not lose its taste. In order for the beauty of the layers to be fully manifested, the delicacy is laid out in transparent thin-walled glasses without a pattern.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 150 g mascarpone cheese;
- 2 tsp vanilla sugar;
- 1 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
- 16 ready-made sugar cookies;
- 400 g of any berry (preferably assorted);
- fresh mint for decoration.
Wash and dry the berries, remove the stalks. Cut large klabnichina into pieces. Frozen berries are pre-thawed at room temperature. Beat the mascarpone with a mixer along with vanilla and regular sugar. Beat the cream into a strong foam, mix with the cheese mass.
Put some berries in wide transparent glasses with a flat bottom, place the cream-cheese mixture on top. Crush the cookies in a mortar and pour a layer over the cream. Repeat layers until cups are full. Put the dessert in the refrigerator before serving. Serve garnished with fresh mint leaves.
Curd dessert with fruits: a step by step recipe
A healthy and tasty treat, perfect for children's parties, looks very beautiful in photos. You can make multi-colored stripes by alternately laying out fruits of different shades: red, green, yellow. Low-fat sour cream will help reduce calories. From the specified number of products, 6 servings of dessert will be obtained.
Ingredients:
- 150 g low-fat sour cream;
- 200 g soft cottage cheese without grains;
- 50 g sugar;
- 1 bag of vanilla sugar;
- 2 egg whites;
- 100 g milk chocolate;
- 400 g of fresh fruits (mango, pears, grapes, kiwi, oranges);
- freshly squeezed lemon juice;
- vegetable cream in a spray can;
- coconut flakes.
Prepare fruits: wash, dry, peel, remove seeds. Cut the fruits into small equal pieces, sprinkle with lemon juice.
In a deep bowl, grind soft cottage cheese with sour cream, vanilla and regular sugar. Beat the whites into a foam, grate the chocolate. Add chocolate chips to the curd-sour cream mixture, gently stir in the whipped whites. Fill the glass with the curd mass by a quarter, then put half the fruit, another layer of the curd and the remaining fruit. Put dessert in the refrigerator overnight. Before serving, garnish each portion with canned vegetable cream and sprinkle with coconut.
Chocolate cream: a classic recipe
A dessert that is always a success at any party. You can use traditional dark or milk chocolate as well as white chocolate. From the specified number of products, you will get 8 servings of a treat.
Ingredients:
- 400 g of high quality milk chocolate;
- 60 ml brandy or cognac;
- 75 g sugar syrup;
- 600 ml heavy heavy cream;
- 15 g icing sugar;
- ready-made chocolate chips for decoration.
Break the chocolate into pieces, put in a bowl, add brandy and sugar syrup. Place the container in a water bath and, stirring, heat until the chocolate pieces melt. Remove bowl from heat and cool.
Whip 450 ml of cream into a strong foam and gently combine with the chocolate mass. Stir the mousse from bottom to top so that the lush foam does not fall off. Pour the mixture into transparent glasses and refrigerate.
Whisk the remaining cream with the powdered sugar before serving. Put a cap of cream in each cup, sprinkle with ready-made chocolate chips. Serve with dry biscuits and fresh fruit.
Tiramisu in cups
A classic dessert with an unusual and very convenient serving. It is not necessary to lay it out in neat layers - tiramisu will look very appetizing in any case. The dessert should be kept in the refrigerator before serving.
Ingredients:
- 500 g mascarpone;
- 4 medium sized eggs;
- 75 g icing sugar;
- 30-40 pieces of "Savoyardi" cookies or airy ready-made biscuit;
- 0.5 cups of strong cold coffee;
- 75 g of high quality dark chocolate;
- 4 tbsp. l. brandy or coffee liqueur.
Mash the mascarpone cheese with a fork until soft. In a separate container, beat the yolks with sugar, add them in portions to the cheese mass, without stopping whipping. The mixture should be fluffy and smooth.
Beat the proteins with a mixer until stable peaks, gradually add them to the total mass. Stir gently so that the cheese and egg cream does not fall off. Break the cookies into large pieces, pour brandy or liqueur into cold coffee. Moisten the pieces of cookies in liquid and place on the bottom of wide glasses. Place the cheese cream on top, cover it with another layer of cookies. Top layer - mascarpone cream. Put the cups in the refrigerator for several hours, or better all night.
Finely grate dark chocolate and sprinkle over each portion before serving. Dessert can be garnished with mint leaves, fresh raspberries or strawberries. Another serving option is to sprinkle with a mixture of cocoa powder and grated walnuts.
