Pudding

The pudding, original of England is a very famous dessert so much there like in many other countries. It is simple to prepare and it is a very light dessert and with a tender texture.

Ingredients

Basically, it is done with milk, egg whites on the verge of snow, yolks , butter and little more. In diverse places, it is prepared with different ingredients, but it only changes slightly the flavour. It is eaten once it is cold.

Apple Pie

It is elaborated with a mass covered with compote of apple. There are many variants and forms.
Generally the mass covers the whole fruit. "Tarte Tatin " is a French variant in which the top part is "opened".

Ingredients:

Apple the slightly acid varieties are in the habit of being chosen, in order that they contrast with the sweet tones of the sugar.
It is more known with Granny Smith and Bramley.
They can use so many natural apples, since stiff (these only are in the habit of using when the fresh airs are not available) or dried. The choice concerns the aspect, aroma and final texture.

Mass:

It is a very simple mass elaborated with flour of wheat, water and butter. It must have good consistency.

Spices:

Sulen cinnamon, nail of smell and raisins. Some Australian variants take cream in the top part.

History:

It was born along the English colonies. In the 17th century it was a very popular dessert in The United States.
In the Middle Ages they were not taking sugar since it was a luxury.

Trifle

A trifle is a dessert elaborated with a cream custard , fruits, mass of sponge cake, juice of fruits or, more recently: gelatine, and mounted scum. These ingredients are distributed in coats by the sponge cake as separation between them and the fruit ultimately, the cream custard covers the last caps ultimately. It is one of the typical desserts of the English cuisine.

Characteristics:

Some trifles contain instead of juice of fruits, a small quantity of liquor to aromatize the mass of the sponge cake. They are in the habit of using port, Madeira wine or sherry.

Variants:

Chocolate trifle: sold in any supermarkets but it isn't considered to be an authentic trifle since all his coats are of chocolate.
Creole trifle: also named Russian cake, a different dessert composed by pieces of several desserts.
Zuppa inglese: similar to the Italian dessert.

Crumble

It is a cake elaborated with diverse fruits to which is covered with a mass of flour, butter and sugar. Later it is cooked in the oven and is in the habit of being served warmly, accompanied with custard, ice cream or compote of fruit.



History:

It is believed that it was born during the Second World war.



Characteristics:

The most used fruits are: grapes , rhubarb, apples, dried apples if not fresh, pears.... More acid fruits are preferred to give flavor to the mass.
In occasions cookies are used instead of butter to do the mass.

Hi!!

We are three girls, students of fourth degree of the E.S.O. of the Institute Antonio Lopez García (Getafe, Madrid).
We are called Julia, Eva and María.
In this blog we are going to treat diverse topics on the United Kingdom along the whole course.
This subject (English workshop) is a project of the English department of our institute.