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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother's Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a rather nostalgic dessert as it reminds me a little of an orange push-up ice cream treat from my childhood. Plus, it is a molded gelatin dessert, which always reminds me of the past. As with other gelatin and fruit dishes, someone might call this a "Jello salad" in the United States. However, this recipe uses an entire quart of orange sherbert in addition to gelatin, so I can not bring myself … Continue Reading about Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert

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Cream Puff Fillings

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I have told how to make the cream puffs, but you need to put a filling inside of them to make them tasty.

The filling possibilities fall into two categories, savory or sweet.

Savory fillings in small cream puffs make very good appetizers or light snacks.

Here are a several ideas:

  • Flavored cream cheese
  • Cream cheese and olives
  • Cucumber Salad
  • Chicken Salad
  • Crab Salad
  • Shrimp Salad
  • Pimento Cheese Salad
  • Ham Salad

Here is how I make ham salad (a quasi recipe):

Recipe: Ham Salad

Ingredients

  • Cooked ham in cubes or chunks
  • Cubed or diced sweet pickles
  • Diced pimentos Mayo or Salad Dressing
  • Sweet ickle juice or cider and sugar blended

Instructions

  1. Using a manual/electric grinder or food processor, grind ham.
  2. Add pickles and pimentos to taste in ground ham.
  3. Add mayo/salad dressing and sweetened vinegar to ham mixture until a creamy consistency is achieved.
  4. The amounts will vary with amount of ham and individual preferences.

Sweet filling ideas are just as plentiful:

  • Chocolate Mousse
  • Whipped Cream
  • Vanilla Pudding
  • Fruit Preserves
  • Custard
  • Bavarian Cream
  • Pastry Cream

Here is the cream filling I used and really liked.  I came up with the idea on my own to try and replicate Schmidt’s real cream filling.  I found some similar versions on the Internet after the fact. 

Even though it came close, it was not the same as Schmidt’s but was extremely good any way.

Recipe: Cream Filling for Cream Puff

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. Heavy Cream
  • 1/8 c. extra fine sugar
  • 1/2 sm. pkg. instant pudding
  • 2 – 4 oz. cream, half/half or whole milk

Instructions

  1. Whip heavy cream adding sugar during the process until cream is stiff.
  2. Add 1/2 small package of instant pudding.
  3. Slowly stir in additional cream until pudding is melded into mixture. (Taste to make sure it is no longer gritty with pudding mix.)
  4. Pipe or spoon into prepared puffs.

Quick Notes

Vanilla and French Vanilla pudding make work well.

Recipe may be doubled for more puffs.

Use larger (Tablespoon + ) puffs for the sweet fillings.

You can also make a similar pastry cream from scratch. I will include that recipe at a later date. If you would like it now just contact me or leave a comment.

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