Make-at-home yummy and delicious Christmas recipes for you

Team L&M

With Christmas just round the corner, you must be very excitedly making all the sweets and savouries to celebrate the day with your loved ones. We bring you some Christmas special recipes that Swapnadeep Mukherjee, Executive Chef at The Metropolitan Hotel & Spa (New Delhi) has specially curated for you. Go ahead, and impress your guests with your skills.

Christmas Chocolate Fudge Cookies

Ingredients                                         Quantity

Unsalted butter                                   360gm

Brown sugar                                        620gm

Chocolate melted                                400gm

Chocolate chopped/ chips                   1300gm

Eggs                                                    6nos

Flour                                                    450gm

Cocoa powder                                     100gm

Baking powder                                      5gm

Method:

• Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa powder
• Whisk eggs and sugar until pale yellow and ribbon consistency is achieved
• Melt butter and chocolate in a bowl and set aside
• Mix egg mixture into melted chocolate into even consistency
• Fold in the sieved flour and chopped chocolate or chocolate chips, refrigerate for 20 mins.
• Preheat oven to 350 degree C. Line the baking trays with parchment paper
• Drop the batter into prepared cooking trays with moist fingers press the batter to an even and desired shape
• Bake for 12-15 min or until the tops of the cookies become cracked
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on cooling rack

Ginger Rich Pudding topped with chocolate mousse and fresh berries

Ingredients                                        Quantity

 Ginger Pudding

Fresh bread crumb                              250 gm

Eggs                                                     9 no

Butter unsalted                                    150 gm

Sugar                                                    150 gm

Dark chocolate                                    250 gm

Ginger fresh chopped                         10 gm

Ginger powder                                    10 gm

Chocolate mousse

Whipping cream                                 25 gm

Dark chocolate                                  100 gm

Butter unsalted                                  30 gm

Castor sugar                                       25 gm

Eggs                                                    3 no

Espresso shot                                     1 no

Method:

For Ginger pudding

• Cream butter and sugar in a mixer till light and fluffy
• Add eggs one by one till consumed in the mix.
• Add ginger powder and fresh ginger.
• Add melted dark chocolate.(Use double boiler method to melt chocolate)
• Finally add fresh bread crumb and mix.
• Pour the batter in pre greased mould.
• Bake in oven at 180*Celsius for 12-15 minutes (on water bath)

For Chocolate Mousse

• For the chocolate mousse, bring a little water to the boil in a pan, and then reduce the heat until the water is simmering.
• Suspend a heatproof bowl over the water (do not allow the base of the bowl to touch the water). Add the butter and dark chocolate and stir until melted, smooth and well combined. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool slightly.
• Whisk the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl until nearly white and thick in consistency.
• Gently stir the whisked yolks into the butter and chocolate, and then add coffee.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff peaks form when the whisk is removed, then gently fold them into the chocolate mixture, until just combined. Add whipped cream and chill

For Assembly

• Demould ginger pudding when still hot
• Serve chilled chocolate mousse on the top and fresh berries by side

Gourmet Salami Burger

Ingredients

• 2 slices of your favorite bread (here used a crusty loaf)
• Avocado
• 2 slices of salami
• Brie Cheese
• 3-4 slices of tomato
• Baby spinach and/or baby rocket shopping list
• Mayonnaise
• White pepper

Method

• Toast slices of bread in the toaster or grill them.
• When done, spread the avocado onto 1 slice.
• Add all ingredients to the burger and finish it off with the mayonnaise and pepper.

Gingerbread Eggnog Hot Chocolate

Ingredients                                                     Quantity

• Milk                                                     6 cups
• Heavy whipping cream                       1 cup
• Sugar                                                   2/3 cup
• Egg yolks                                            4 large
• Chocolate chips                                   1-1/2 cups
• Ground ginger                                     1 teaspoon
• Ground cinnamon                               1 teaspoon
• Ground nutmeg                                   1/2 teaspoon
• Salt                                                      1/2 teaspoon
• Vanilla extract                                     2 teaspoons
• Whipped cream for serving

Method:

• In a large saucepan, whisk milk, cream, sugar and egg yolks until smooth.
• Stir in chocolate chips, spices, and salt.
• Cook over medium-high heat, whisking occasionally until hot chocolate is steaming and chocolate has melted.
• Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla.
• Ladle hot chocolate into serving cups and top with whipped cream and mini chocolate chips, cinnamon. Serve warm.