10 amazing dishes for those who love desserts

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By Thais Regina

On 19.06.21

Want to prepare super tasty sweet pies? Then, check out the recipes below. There are options for all tastes, from sweet pies with fruit, to those that use and abuse of chocolate. Grab a pen and paper, write down the recipes below and test your favorite!

Contenus

1. lemon sweet tarts

Base ingredients

140 g biscuits without filling of your choice
70 g melted unsalted butter

Cream ingredients

1 can of condensed milk
Juice of 3 lemons
Zest of 1 lemon
3 tablespoons of cream
1 pinch of salt

Decoration ingredients

200 g chantilly
zest of 1 lemon

Directions

Place the cracker in a food processor, and process it until it becomes a fluffy mixture;
Add the melted butter and pulse again to blend;
With the help of a glass, squeeze the mixture into a removable-bottomed baking pan and refrigerate while making the custard;
Mix with a fouet the condensed milk, the juice of the lemons, the zest, the cream and salt until creamy;
Pour the cream on the base, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour;
Before serving, beat the whipped cream, and, with the help of a piping bag, decorate the pie;
Finish with the zest, and serve afterwards.

2.sweet tarts truffled lemon

Base ingredients

1 packet cornflour biscuit
5 tablespoons margarine or butter

Ingredients for the truffled filling

400 g white chocolate, chopped
200 g heavy cream
zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 or 2 lemons

Topping ingredients

300 ml whipping cream
Lemon zest to garnish

Directions

To prepare the base, in a blender or food processor, place the crackers and beat until it forms a fluffy mixture. Then add the butter and beat again;
In a baking pan, place this farofa and, with the help of some small pot, press the mixture into the bottom and sides;
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.
For the filling, in a dish, place the chopped white chocolate, the cream and mix a little;
Microwave for 30 seconds. Remove the dish, mix a little more and take it to the microwave again for 30 seconds. Repeat the process until the cream is very smooth;
Then add the zest and juice of the lemon. Mix all together and pour into the base of the pie which was in the oven previously;
Refrigerate for at least three hours;
After that time, for the topping, beat the whipping cream with a mixer until creamy and firm. Next, pour the whipping cream over the top of the pie;
Using the back of a spoon, touch and pull the whipped cream to simulate a professional frosting effect on the pie;
To finish, garnish with the lemon zest.

3. Sweet pies with caramel milk

Ingredients

200 g Maizena (cornstarch) biscuit
4 tablespoons melted butter
1 can condensed milk
2 cartons heavy cream
1 cup of milk « leite ninho
24 g of colorless, unflavored gelatin, dissolved
200 g Nutella
Leite Ninho to taste

Directions

In a blender, crush the crackers until they form a fluffy mixture;
Transfer to a bowl, add the melted butter and mix well with your hands until it becomes a moist fluffy mixture;
In a round removable bottom pan (20 cm), line the whole bottom and sides of it with the dough and press with a glass, taking care not to leave it too thin and not too thick;
Bake in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 10 minutes and set aside;
In a blender, beat for five minutes the condensed milk, heavy cream, Nest Milk, and the dissolved gelatin;
Take the form with the pre-cooked dough and add generous spoonfuls of Nutella over it;
Pour in the mousse de leite Ninho;
Refrigerate for about three hours;
Sprinkle milk ninho on top, discard and serve.

4. Sweet pies with caramel milk and Negresco

Ingredients

2 packets of negresco biscuits
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1 and 1/2 cartons heavy cream
1 and 1/2 cartons condensed milk
200 ml powdered milk
1 packet of colourless gelatine (12 g)
5 tablespoons of water

Directions

For the base, in a blender, crush the crackers until they form a fluffy mixture;
Pour the fluff into a dish and add the butter, stirring well with a spoon. If necessary, add a little water to set the point;
In a removable bottom pan, pour the mixture and, with the aid of a spoon, line the bottom and sides well;
For the cream, in a blender, add the cream, condensed milk, and powdered milk, and beat;
Meanwhile, in a vessel, place the gelatine and add five spoonfuls of water. Mix;
In the microwave, place the hydrated gelatine and heat for 15 seconds. Then add the gelatine to the cream in the blender and blend again;
Pour the cream over the base of the pie and refrigerate for at least three hours;
After this time, with the aid of a sieve, sprinkle powdered milk over the pie.

5. Sweet pies of paçoca

Ingredients

200 g peanut butter crackers
10 units of paçoca
120 g melted butter
2 cans of condensed milk
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup heavy cream
Pecocas to decorate

Directions

In a food processor, crush the crackers until they become a fluffy mixture;
Add the crackers and butter and process for another minute;
Transfer dough to a round, removable-bottomed baking pan;
Arrange the dough all over the pan, pressing to make it very even;
Bake in preheated oven at 200 degrees for about five minutes, then set aside;
In a saucepan, place the condensed milk, the peanut paste and cook until it begins to unstick from the pan;
Add the cream, mix well and let cool;
With the dough cool, pour in the peanut brigadeiro, spreading it well over the entire dough;
Finish decorating with paçoca.

6. Sweet pies of creamy moça

Base ingredients

300 g crushed cornstarch biscuits
1 tablespoon margarine
2 tablespoons milk

Ingredients of the white cream

1 box heavy cream
1 can of condensed milk
4 tablespoons powdered milk
1 sifted egg yolk
1 tablespoon unsalted margarine

Chocolate cream ingredients

300 g semi dark chocolate
1 box heavy cream

Directions

For the base, in a bowl, add the crushed cornstarch cookie, the margarine and the milk. Mix together and press the dough with your hands until firm;
Put the farofa in a form, spread and line the bottom and sides. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for eight minutes;
For the white cream, in a pan, add the cream, condensed milk, powdered milk, egg yolk and unsalted margarine. Mix together;
Take to fire until thickened and unglued from the bottom of the pan;
Place the cream on a platter, cover with plastic wrap and set aside;
For the chocolate cream, in a saucepan, place the dark chocolate and the heavy cream. Turn on the fire and mix until the chocolate melts;
To assemble the pie, spread the white cream on top of its base, and on top spread the ganache;
Refrigerate for three hours;
Unmold with the aid of a glass, remove removable bottom and serve.

7. Sweet frozen pies of passion fruit

Dough ingredients

350 g negresco biscuits
80 g butter

Ingredients for passion fruit mousse

10 g unflavored gelatin + 60 ml water to hydrate
300 g heavy cream
1 can of condensed milk
200 ml passion fruit juice concentrate

Topping ingredients

80 g unsalted butter or margarine
300 g heavy cream
200 g semi-sweet chocolate 70% cocoa

Directions

For the base, crush the crackers in a food processor or blender;
Put the biscuit flour in a dish, add the melted butter and mix until it becomes a fluffy mixture;
In a pan lined with plastic wrap, pour the mixture and squeeze lining the bottom and sides;
To prepare the passion fruit mousse, hydrate the gelatin and set aside;
In a blender, add the heavy cream, condensed milk, and passion fruit juice;
Microwave the gelatin for 20 seconds and then add it to the blender. Blend for two minutes;
Pour the mousse into the base of the pie and place plastic wrap over it. Leave in refrigerator for two hours;
For topping, mix butter with heavy cream and microwave to melt butter. Mix together;
In a dish, place the chocolate and add the freshly prepared cream. Stir;
Pour the ganache over the pie and, if you prefer, decorate with sweetmeats of your choice;
Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Unmold and serve.

8. Dutch sweet pies

Dough ingredients

1 box condensed milk
3 tablespoons cornstarch
500 ml milk
4 eggs (yolks only)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
400 g unsalted butter (at room temperature)
½ cup sugar
2 packages of Calypso crackers (or similar of your choice)

Topping ingredients

300 g semi dark chocolate
1 carton heavy cream

Directions

For the dough, in a saucepan over low heat, place the condensed milk and cornstarch and mix well so that the starch dissolves;
Add the milk, the sifted yolks, the vanilla essence, and mix well;
Turn on the fire and stir well for about nine minutes or until thickened;
Transfer the cream to a container, cover with film paper (touching the top of the cream) and refrigerate for about an hour;
After chilled, transfer the cream to a large bowl;
With a mixer, beat until it is of a very creamy consistency and set aside;
In another bowl, place the butter, sugar, and beat, with the mixer, for about five minutes;
Return to the cream and gradually add the butter and sugar, mixing with the mixer until all is incorporated. Set aside;
In a baking pan, with a removable bottom (with waxed paper lining the bottom), arrange the Calipso wafers on the side of the pan (with the chocolate part facing the pan);
Carefully spread the cream filling the whole baking pan. Leave a little space to finish with the topping (leave the cream a little below the level of the cookies);
Take to the refrigerator for about an hour.
For the topping, microwave the chocolate and heavy cream every 30 seconds until all is incorporated;
Remove the pie from the refrigerator and spread the topping over the entire surface of the pie;
Take once more to the refrigerator, for about 2 hours;
Remove from refrigerator and carefully unmold.

9. Sweet tarts of chocolate mousse with strawberries

Base ingredients

3 packets of chocolate cornstarch cookies
4 tablespoons melted unsalted butter

Mousse ingredients

2 boxes heavy cream
500 g semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
150 ml whipping cream mix

Decorating ingredients

Chocolate shavings to taste
Strawberries to taste

Directions

For the base, place the biscuits in a blender and beat until they become a fluffy mixture (taking care not to put all at once and damage the blender);
Put it in a dish and add the melted butter. Stir well until it becomes a firm dough;
In a removable bottom pan, pour the farofa and line the bottom and sides with it. If necessary, use a spoon to line the sides, tapping lightly;
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees for 15 minutes;
For the filling, in a saucepan over low heat, place the cream, the chopped chocolate and stir until it melts, forming a ganache;
In another bowl, add the whipping mixture and, with the aid of a whisk, beat until consistent;
Add the whipping cream to the cold chocolate filling and mix gently;
With the base of the pie already cold, pour in the filling and smooth with the help of a spoon;
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for four hours;
When it is firm to the touch, unmold and remove the removable bottom;
To decorate, add chocolate shavings and strawberries on top.

10. Sweet American apple pies

Dough ingredients

2 cups wheat flour
4 tablespoons of caster sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon powder
⅔ cup chilled butter
6 tablespoons ice water
1 egg yolk (to brush)
2 tablespoons crystal sugar (for sprinkling)

Filling ingredients

8 gala or fuji apples (peeled)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons wheat flour
1 pinch nutmeg
1 cup caster sugar
½ teaspoon powdered cinnamon

Directions

For the dough, in a bowl, place the flour, sugar, cinnamon, butter and, with your fingertips, knead the ingredients until they form a thick flour;
Add the cold water, gradually, and knead the dough until it loosens from the fingers;
Form into a ball, place in a plastic film (or plastic bag) and refrigerate for about 30 minutes;
For the filling, with the apples peeled, slice them, remove the core and place in a container with water and the juice of one lemon;
After soaking a short time, drain the apples and mix thoroughly with the flour, nutmeg, sugar and cinnamon powder;
Take a tin 20 to 22 cms in diameter and line the whole bottom and sides with a good part of the dough;
Add the filling and spread well over the whole surface;
With what is left of the dough, make strips and place on top of the filling making lattices (an old-fashioned game);
Brush with egg yolk and sprinkle with crystal sugar;
Bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 45 minutes.

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