Mandarin smells like holiday! This is the most sad and long-awaited citrus. It is tasty fresh, but tangerine desserts are even more interesting. What would be so interesting to pamper yourself?
Features of cooking desserts from mandarins
- For desserts, it is desirable to choose juicy tangerines of a small size.
- If there are bones in citrus, they should be removed. In some recipes, you need to clear the slices from the films. This is an easy process, but time consuming.
- Mandarins are not always sweet, there are sour varieties. In this case, the amount of sugar should be increased.
- No need to decorate desserts with fresh tangerines in advance. The pieces will wither, give out juice, the general appearance will suffer. It is wise to decorate sweets before serving.
Christmas tangerines in syrup
The dessert is very fragrant, perfect 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 mandarins;
- 160 g sugar (glass);
- 2 cloves;
- 1 sticks of cinnamon;
- 2 star anise;
- mint, ice cream if desired.
Method of preparation
- We take a wide saucepan, at the bottom of which all tangerines will fit in one layer. We pour out sugar, we add water, we put to heat up.
- While the syrup comes to a boil, remove the zest from the two mandarins and clean all the citrus fruits.
- We throw the zest into the boiling syrup, add the remaining spices, boil for three minutes. Cinnamon can be pre-broken into several pieces.
- Immerse peeled tangerines in boiling syrup, turn off the stove. We turn over citruses several times, we cover.
- Leave tangerines in syrup until it cools down. Then we put it in vases, we add ice cream, we decorate it with mint.
Is the syrup left? It can be used for other desserts and drinks, impregnation of cakes, but first you need to strain from spices and pieces of zest.
Quick cottage cheese dessert with tangerines
An option for those people who love delicious and healthy desserts. Cottage cheese choose according to your taste, you can use the product of any fat content.
Ingredients
- 200 g of cottage cheese;
- 4 mandarins;
- 2-3 spoons of yogurt;
- 2 spoons of sugar;
- 1 spoon of coconut chips;
- 1 pinch of vanilla.
Method of preparation
- Disassemble the peeled tangerines into slices. If they have bones, then pierce the film, carefully remove it.
- Beat cottage cheese with yogurt. Vanilla and sugar. Add half a spoonful of coconut chips, stir.
- Put in two vases on a full spoon of curd mass, spread out several tangerine slices. Cover with the remnants of cottage cheese, making small slides.
- Decorate the curd dessert with the remaining tangerines, sprinkle with coconut flakes on top. You can add a few mint leaves for brightness.
If there are no coconut chips, then instead of it you can use grated white chocolate, it will also fall beautifully on the fruit with a snow layer.
Tangerines in chocolate in 15 minutes
Quick, simple, but very showy dessert. You can use it to decorate cakes and pastries. Chocolate choose the one that melts.
Ingredients
- tangerines;
- 100 g chocolate;
- 2 tsp. honey;
- 20 g butter.
Method of preparation
- We send a bowl of chocolate, butter and honey to the water bath. Letting it melt, should make the icing.
- Meanwhile, we quickly clear the tangerines, divide into slices.
- Take each slice and dip half in chocolate icing. Shake off excess, send on silicone mat or parchment paper.
- Put the tangerines in chocolate in the fridge, in a few minutes they will harden.
If desired, chocolate can be sprinkled with colored dragees, nuts, coconut chips. But this is done immediately, until the frosting is not 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 the day of all lovers. At the heart of white chocolate and small fat cream. For the filing need ice cream panes.
Ingredients
- 200 g of white chocolate;
- 5-7 mandarins;
- 30 g dark or milk chocolate;
- 120 ml of cream of 20%;
- 250 ml of natural yogurt.
Method of preparation
- We break white chocolate into pieces, send it to a bowl. Add to it the prescription amount of cream. Put together in a water bath.
- Give the chocolate to melt, then remove from the heat and whisk for a couple of minutes. You can also use an electric mixer.
- Add natural yogurt, stir. Put the cream in the fridge. As it cools, it thickens.
- There is time to clear the tangerines. Remove the peel, disassemble into slices, gently release them from the films. A few pieces choose to decorate the dessert.
- The rest of the tangerine slices lay out in vases, we coat with thickened cream. He should complete the build.
- We spread the slices of mandarins, previously deposited, on the cream layer, decorate with cubes of dark chocolate. Give the dessert to stand for half an hour in the fridge.
It is possible to put kiwi, bananas or other soft fruits, tender berries, together with tangerines, and canned pineapple.
Delicate tangerine dessert with gelatin
A variant of jelly dessert. It is prepared quickly and easily, but it takes a little time for the gelatin to solidify and swell, this should be taken into account. Instead of yogurt, you can use a cream of small fat.
Ingredients
- 700 g of mandarins;
- 1 tbsp. l gelatin;
- 250 g of yogurt;
- 80 g sugar.
Method of preparation
- Add 70 ml of water to the gelatin, leave to complete swelling according to the instructions.
- We clean the tangerines from the peel, remove the bones and blend with a blender. Add to them yogurt and sugar to taste. It is not necessary to introduce all the sand, stir and try.
- Melt the gelatin, mix with the mandarin puree, whip a little and lay in a small vase.
- We send dessert for three hours in the fridge. Before serving, decorate with fresh mandarin or sprinkle with coke chips.
Here the option is not a dense jelly, but a light and tender dessert. If you want to get a stable mass, then the amount of gelatin should be increased by 1.5-2 times.
