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    Elegant Holiday Desserts: 50 Recipes to Dress Your Table and Impress Your Guests
    Elegant Holiday Desserts: 50 Recipes to Dress Your Table and Impress Your Guests
    Elegant Holiday Desserts: 50 Recipes to Dress Your Table and Impress Your Guests
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    Elegant Holiday Desserts: 50 Recipes to Dress Your Table and Impress Your Guests

    By Jillian Greer

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    A delicious collection of holiday recipes from around the world and ranging from super easy (simply throw it together) to a bit more advanced, these Christmas and Hanukkah recipes and New Year's Eve dessert choices will dazzle your guests and make everyone feel their holiday wishes came true. This beautiful cookbook includes the following holiday treats... 

    Mont Blanc Chestnut Tartlets 
    Gebäck or German Butter Cookies 
    German Marzipan Christstollen 
    Austrian Linzer Cookies 
    French Calvados Apple Cake 
    Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake 
    Cranberry Tart with Meringue Topping 
    Austrian Cherry and Almond Strudel 
    Cranberry Nut Bread 
    Hot Cocoa with Marshmallows 
    Sicilian Cannoli 
    Yule Log Cake 
    Czech Eggnog 
    Chocolate Loaf 
    Strawberry Pie 
    Turkish Delight 
    Swiss Chocolate Strawberry Holiday Roll 
    Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Browned Butter Frosting 
    Peppermint Whoopi Pies 
    Vanillekipferl - Austrian Pure Vanilla Crescents 
    Gingerbread Cake with Belgian Chocolate Ganache 
    Eggnog Pudding 
    British Christmas Pudding with Bourbon Flambé 
    English Christmas Mince Pies 
    Marzipan Kugeln - German Marzipan Balls 
    Gluhwein - German Mulled Wine 
    Kentucky Chocolate Bourbon Balls 
    Peppermint Bark 
    Sachertorte - Austrian Chocolate Cake 
    Pomegranate Mandarin Cups 
    Hot Buttered Rum 
    Christmas Tree Meringues 
    White Chocolate Snowball Truffles 
    Sufganiyot - Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts 
    Orehnjača - Croatian Walnut Roll 
    Cranberry Pumpkin Parfait 
    Orange Chocolate Bundt Cake 
    Vánočka - Czech Sweet Braided Bread 
    Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies 
    Poached Pears in Red Wine 
    Christmas Fruit Salad in Orange Shells 
    New Take on Traditional Fruit Cake 
    Almond Biscotti 
    Chocolate Red Currant Bundt Cake 
    Puerto Rican Arroz con Dulce 
    Fancy Baked Apples 
    Swedish Pepperkakor Cookies 
    Chestnut Chocolate Macarons 
    Italian Cherry Almond Star Cookies 
    Baby Strawberry Cheesecakes 

    Jillian Greer has been cooking since she was only four years old. Passionate about food from all cultures, she has a collection of over 7,500 cookbooks. She enjoys spending her time cooking for family and friends and trying new recipes. Jillian lives in rural Montana with her cowboy husband and two sons. She invites you to get on her VIP list. Learn more at www.JillianGreer.com 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDistinct Press
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781513085906
    Elegant Holiday Desserts: 50 Recipes to Dress Your Table and Impress Your Guests
    Author

    Jillian Greer

    Cooking since the age of four, Jillian feels most comfortable at home in her kitchen. She has been collecting recipes as long as she can remember and has traveled abroad to attend cooking workshops in Rome, Paris, Prague and London. While she loves trying dishes from every culture, she is still a meat and potatoes gal at heart and she loves cooking for her husband and two sons best. Jillian lives in Montana and her favorite activity is collecting little bottles of flavoured liquor and misting all of her sweet treats with them. For free recipes and new book notifications, visit www.JillianGreer.com/vip

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      Book preview

      Elegant Holiday Desserts - Jillian Greer

      Elegant Holiday Desserts

      50 Recipes to Dress Your Table

      & Impress Your Guests

      Jillian Greer

      All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, photocopying, or otherwise without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Copyright © 2014 Jillian Greer.

      Published in the USA by Distinct Press

      FREE Cook Books!

      I want to share my passion for cooking, so I am offering you unlimited access to all of my future cookbooks for free. This means that whenever I release a new book, my publisher runs what is called a "Free Promo" for a very limited time. Occasionally, I also offer free giveaways and send out paperback review copies. I do this because I appreciate my readers so much and I love sharing my awesome recipes that are easy to make, look fantastic at the table and taste simply divine!

      You Can Join My Advance Copy Cookbooks VIP List for FREE!

      www.JillianGreer.com/VIP

      ––––––––

      I'm always doing my very best making sure the recipes are delicious and the recipes are easy to follow and understand (and so do my editors). But sometimes nasty little ghosts get into the machine and a hiccup occurs, or we simply miss something in formatting, and so on. If you come across anything you feel is lacking, incorrect or could be improved, please do let me know immediately at jillian@jilliangreer.com and I promise I will do my best to get it fixed ASAP. Your input is so appreciated.

      Finally, thank you again for purchasing my book. There is only one other thing besides cooking that I love, and that is reading your reviews and hearing how some of my recipes turned out for you. Please remember to leave a review at Amazon.

      www.JillianGreer.com/VIP

      This special collection of elegant holiday desserts consists of recipes I have picked up during my travels as well as very dear ones I have received from my visiting guests. Fortunately, I have friends from all over the world and sharing in the delicacies from their country is always an extra special treat for me and my family. In this book, I share them with you...

      Table of Contents

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      Mont Blanc Chestnut Tartlets

      Gebäck or German Butter Cookies

      German Marzipan Christstollen

      Austrian Linzer Cookies

      French Calvados Apple Cake

      Cranberry Orange Bundt Cake

      Cranberry Tart with Meringue Topping

      Austrian Cherry and Almond Strudel

      Cranberry Nut Bread

      Hot Cocoa with Marshmallows

      Sicilian Cannoli

      Yule Log Cake

      Czech Eggnog

      Chocolate Loaf

      Strawberry Pie

      Turkish Delight

      Swiss Chocolate Strawberry Holiday Roll

      Chocolate Pumpkin Cake with Browned Butter Frosting

      Peppermint Whoopi Pies

      Vanillekipferl - Austrian Pure Vanilla Crescents

      Gingerbread Cake with Belgian Chocolate Ganache

      Eggnog Pudding

      British Christmas Pudding with Bourbon Flambé

      English Christmas Mince Pies

      Marzipan Kugeln - German Marzipan Balls

      Gluhwein - German Mulled Wine

      Kentucky Chocolate Bourbon Balls

      Peppermint Bark

      Sachertorte - Austrian Chocolate Cake

      Pomegranate Mandarin Cups

      Hot Buttered Rum

      Christmas Tree Meringues

      White Chocolate Snowball Truffles

      Sufganiyot - Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts

      Orehnjača - Croatian Walnut Roll

      Cranberry Pumpkin Parfait

      Orange Chocolate Bundt Cake

      Vánočka - Czech Sweet Braided Bread

      Oatmeal White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

      Poached Pears in Red Wine

      Christmas Fruit Salad in Orange Shells

      New Take on Traditional Fruit Cake

      Almond Biscotti

      Chocolate Red Currant Bundt Cake

      Puerto Rican Arroz con Dulce

      Fancy Baked Apples

      Swedish Pepperkakor Cookies

      Chestnut Chocolate Macarons

      Italian Cherry Almond Star Cookies

      Baby Strawberry Cheesecakes

      Mont Blanc Chestnut Tartlets

      Ingredients...

      For the tart shells...

      3.75 ounces of sugar

      1.25 ounces of brown sugar

      pure vanilla bean seeds

      1/2 tsp. of instant coffee

      1/4 tsp. sea salt

      4.5 ounces of unsalted butter, softened

      2 egg yolks

      9 ounces of flour, sifted

      1.75 ounces of cocoa, sifted

      10 ounces of dark chocolate, melted

      For the cream...

      32 ounces of milk

      1 Tbsp. of pure vanilla

      5 whole eggs

      2 egg yolks

      10 ounces of sugar

      3 ounces of cornstarch

      1/4 tsp. of sea salt

      6 ounces of chestnut puree

      For the caramel whipped cream...

      5 ounces of caramel

      5 ounces of heavy whipping cream

      For the hard caramel...

      12 ounces of cream

      1 Tbsp. of pure vanilla

      1 1/2 ounces of butter

      7 ounces of sugar

      1/4 tsp. of sea salt

      For the assembly...

      18 whole chestnuts, roasted and peeled

      Instructions...

      Combine 2 ounces sifted cocoa plus 2 ounces sifted powdered sugar. Set aside.

      In a bowl, sift together the flour and the cocoa for the tart shells.

      In another bowl, combine the sugar, brown sugar, pure vanilla bean seeds, instant coffee, salt, and butter using an electric mixer on medium speed. Mix only until the ingredients are thoroughly incorporated. The mixture should be well combined but not fluffy. One at a time, add the egg yolks, then reduce the speed to

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