{"title":"Christmas Desserts","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"paolos-pavlova-cheesecake-with-mango-and-passionfruit-coulis","title":"Paolo's Christmas Pavlova Cheesecake with Mango \u0026 Passionfruit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA soft marshmallowy pavlova base under a smooth set cheesecake, with mango and passionfruit poured over the top\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThere are two desserts that turn up at an Australian Christmas, and they are pavlova and cheesecake. So this is both of them, one on top of the other. A pavlova base underneath, soft and marshmallowy the way the inside of a good pavlova is, with a passionfruit cheesecake set over it, and mango and passionfruit coulis poured across the top.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe cheesecake is the cold, smooth part. Cream cheese and thick cream whipped together with passionfruit pulp through it, set rather than baked, so it stays light and cuts cleanly instead of sitting heavily after a long lunch. Passionfruit is what keeps it from being too sweet, the sourness runs right through the layer rather than appearing only at the top.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen the coulis, which is simply fruit poured over, mango and more passionfruit, and it is where the colour comes from. Bright yellow against the white, with the seeds through it, which is what a pavlova looks like at Christmas and why it has been the dessert on that table for as long as anyone can remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe good part is what happens when you cut down through it. Soft meringue underneath, cold set cheesecake in the middle, sharp fruit on top, all three in one spoonful, sweet and sour and cold at once. It serves ten to twelve, it's designed to be served chilled, straight from the fridge, with fresh fruit or berries alongside if you want to round out the Christmas table further. No baking, no assembly, no pavlova anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade with ❤️ by Paolo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo","offers":[{"title":"Serves 10-12 (1.2kg)","offer_id":41634263695418,"sku":"PROS055-F1000","price":130.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"paolos-sticky-fig-and-date-pudding-with-butterscotch-sauce","title":"Paolo's Sticky Date and Fig Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA dark, sticky date pudding with figs through it, and a butterscotch sauce of brown sugar, cream and butter to pour over it while it is still hot.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSticky date pudding is the dessert everybody says yes to. Put it on the table and people who said they could not eat another thing find that they can. It is the safest thing you can serve at the end of a long meal, and that is not a small compliment, it means nobody is disappointed and nobody is being polite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis one has figs in it as well as dates, which is the Christmas version. Dates give a sticky date pudding its dark sweetness and its texture. Dried figs bring something slightly different, a little more perfume and those tiny seeds that give the crumb a bit of grain, and together they make a pudding that is deeper and less one-note than dates alone. The dates are soaked and softened first, which is what makes the pudding dark and moist rather than cakey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen the sauce, and this is the part worth being fussy about. Brown sugar, thickened cream and butter, warmed together until it thickens into butterscotch. That is all of it. A real butterscotch sauce made from those three things is a completely different substance from the caramel topping that comes in a bottle, it is smoother, it tastes of butter rather than of sugar, and it soaks into a hot pudding instead of sitting on it. It comes with the pudding, in its own container, to warm through and pour at the table.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWarm the pudding, warm the sauce, pour it over while everything is hot, and put a scoop of vanilla ice cream beside it. That is the whole thing, and it is worth doing in that order, because the moment the sauce goes onto the hot pudding is the moment people stop talking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMade with ❤️ by Paolo\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paolo","offers":[{"title":"Serves 6-8 (800g)","offer_id":41634264383546,"sku":"PROS056-F1000","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1628\/0025\/files\/Stickydate_SQ.png?v=1791848546"}],"url":"https:\/\/foodst.com.au\/collections\/christmas-desserts-1.oembed","provider":"FoodSt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}