Unlike the usual cold ones, hot desserts are meant to be served warm. For that it's best to make them right before that very serving. For many home cooks this can be a grueling task, because precious time gets used up. Especially if the guests are already at the table. What do you do in such cases?
The five most commonly used ingredients in hot dessert recipes:
First, you can prepare a semi-finished product in advance. And when everyone's already at the table, put the dessert in the oven (or somewhere else) and wait for the process to finish in passive mode. You can do this with any baked goods like baked apples, crumbles, puddings, muffins with a molten center and so on.
Second, already-made desserts can be reheated in the simplest microwave.
Third, desserts that are ready and have been sitting in the kitchen at room temperature can be warmed up with hot caramel, sweet sauce or syrup — just by serving them together.
It's trickier with recipes for hot desserts that call for frying in batter. If you make them ahead and then reheat them, the taste will be completely different. Especially when a crispy batter is involved. Unfortunately, such dishes will have to be made, as they say, on the spot. On the other hand, if you do it in front of the eaters, over a pleasant conversation and a glass of good wine, then you can be patient))
The five fastest hot dessert recipes:
| Name of the dish | Cooking time | Calories per 100g | User rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mug cake without milk in the microwave | 7 min | 298 | +98 |
| Chocolate mug cake in the microwave | 10 min | 273 | +191 |
| Baked pumpkin with apples and cinnamon in the microwave | 10 min | 63 | +137 |
| Baked banana with chocolate in the microwave | 10 min | 213 | +89 |
| Deep-fried banana balls in 5 minutes | 10 min | 123 | +12 |
By the way, an old dish of Russian cuisine, porridge, is also considered a hot dessert. To make it so, you need to jazz it up by filling it with fresh or dried fruit, berries, candied fruit, nuts, or chocolate. And if you come up with an original presentation (in dessert glasses, for example) with edible decorations, it'll be fit for a festive table too.
Interesting: Did you know that semolina porridge, boring (to some), can become an amazing airy cream? How do you do it? First, cook it by the usual recipe. Then cool it to warm and whip it with a mixer at high speed until the mass becomes fluffy and airy. You won't feel the semolina grains in it at all. This cream is suitable for serving as a hot dessert with different fillings. And you can also use it to layer any cake.