Mandarin smells like a holiday! This is the most bitter and long-awaited citrus. It is delicious fresh, but even more interesting are tangerine desserts. What would be so interesting to treat yourself to?
Features of the preparation of tangerine desserts
- For desserts, it is advisable to choose juicy small tangerines.
- If there are seeds in citruses, then they need to be removed. In some recipes, it is required to clean the slices from the films. This is a simple process, but it takes a lot of time.
- Tangerines are not always sweet, there are acidic varieties. In this case, the amount of sugar needs to be increased.
- No need to decorate desserts with fresh tangerines in advance. The pieces will fade, give out juice, the general appearance will suffer. It is wiser to decorate sweets before serving.
Christmas tangerines in syrup
The dessert is very fragrant, ideal for winter holidays. Such tangerines can be served simply in a vase or supplemented with ice cream balls. It is advisable to choose citruses of the same size.
Ingredients
- 0.3 liters of water;
- 8-10 tangerines;
- 160 g of sugar (glass);
- 2 cloves;
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 anise stars
- mint, ice cream at will.
Cooking method
- We take a wide saucepan, on the bottom of which all tangerines fit in one layer. Pour sugar, add water, set to heat.
- While the syrup reaches a boil, remove the zest from two tangerines and peel all the citruses.
- We throw the zest in the boiling syrup, introduce the remaining spices, boil for three minutes. Cinnamon can be previously broken into several parts.
- Immerse the peeled tangerines in boiling syrup, turn off the stove. Turn citruses several times, cover.
- Leave the tangerines in syrup until completely cooled. Then put in vases, complement with ice cream, decorate with mint.
Is the syrup left? It can be used for other desserts and drinks, impregnation of cakes, but first you need to strain it from spices and slices of zest.
Quick curd dessert with tangerines
An option for those people who like delicious and healthy desserts. We choose cottage cheese according to your taste, you can use a product of any fat content.
Ingredients
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- 4 tangerines;
- 2-3 tablespoons of yogurt;
- 2 tablespoons of sugar;
- 1 tablespoon of coconut flakes;
- 1 pinch of vanilla.
Cooking method
- Disassemble peeled tangerines into slices. If they have seeds, then puncture the film, carefully remove.
- Beat cottage cheese with yogurt. Vanilla and granulated sugar. Add half a spoonful of coconut flakes, stir.
- Put in two vases on a full spoon of cottage cheese, spread out a few tangerine slices. Cover with the rest of the cottage cheese, making small slides.
- Garnish the curd dessert with the remaining tangerines, sprinkle with coconut flakes on top. You can add a few mint leaves for brightness.
If there is no coconut, then grated white chocolate can be used instead, it will also lie beautifully on the fruit with a snow layer.
Chocolate tangerines in 15 minutes
A quick, simple, but very effective dessert. You can use it to decorate cakes and pastries. Choose chocolate that melts.
Ingredients
- tangerines;
- 100 g of chocolate;
- 2 tsp honey;
- 20 g butter.
Cooking method
- We send a bowl of chocolate, butter and honey to a water bath. Let's melt, it should turn out the icing.
- Meanwhile, quickly peel the tangerines, divide into slices.
- Take each slice and dip the half in chocolate icing. Shake off excess, send to a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- We put the tangerines in chocolate in the refrigerator, in a few minutes they will freeze.
If desired, chocolate can be sprinkled with colored dragees, nuts, coconut. But this is done immediately, until the icing is frozen.
Tangerine dessert with white chocolate and cream
A chic version of a delicious dessert. It can be prepared for the New Year holidays or for the day of all lovers. At the heart of white chocolate and cream of low fat content. To serve you need a bowl.
Ingredients
- 200 g of white chocolate;
- 5-7 tangerines;
- 30 g of dark or milk chocolate;
- 120 ml cream 20%;
- 250 ml of natural yogurt.
Cooking method
- We break white chocolate into pieces, send it to a bowl. Add the prescription amount of cream to it. We put everything together in a water bath.
- Let the chocolate melt, then remove from heat and whisk for a couple of minutes with a whisk. You can use an electric mixer.
- Add natural yogurt, stir. Put the cream in the refrigerator. As it cools, it thickens.
- There is time to peel tangerines. Remove the peel, disassemble into slices, gently release them from the films. We select several pieces to decorate the dessert.
- Put the remaining tangerine slices in vases, coat with thickened cream. He must complete the assembly.
- Spread on the cream layer previously sliced mandarin oranges, decorate with dark chocolate cubes. Let the dessert stand for half an hour in the refrigerator.
You can put kiwi, bananas or other soft fruits, delicate berries along with tangerines inside the dessert, canned pineapple is also suitable.
Delicate tangerine gelatin dessert
Option jelly dessert. It is prepared quickly and simply, but it takes a little time to solidify and swell gelatin, this must be taken into account. Instead of yogurt, you can use cream of low fat content.
Ingredients
- 700 g of tangerines;
- 1 tbsp. l gelatin;
- 250 g of yogurt;
- 80 g of sugar.
Cooking method
- Add 70 ml of water to gelatin, leave to completely swell according to the instructions.
- Peel the tangerines, remove the seeds and puree with a blender. Add yogurt and sugar to taste. It is not necessary to introduce all the sand, stir and try.
- Melt gelatin, mix with tangerine puree, whisk a little and put into vases.
- We send dessert for three hours in the refrigerator. Before serving, decorate with fresh tangerine or sprinkle with coke chips.
Here, the option is not a dense jelly, but a light and delicate dessert. If you want to get a stable mass, then the amount of gelatin needs to be increased by 1.5-2 times.
