Prunes with walnuts and sour cream - very tasty recipes for various dishes
Prunes are a dried fruit with unique beneficial properties and an abundance of vitamins and minerals. To obtain it, they use Hungarian plum, as it has a small pit. Among other things, prunes are useful for high blood pressure, constipation, and act as an antiseptic. There are many recipes for its preparation and each of them is special and tasty. For example, prunes with walnuts in sour cream have extraordinary benefits and taste, and another plus is that they are easy to prepare.
Prunes stuffed with walnuts in sour cream
Dessert from childhood - prunes with walnuts and sour cream. This dish will surprise your family, help fight vitamin deficiency, improve memory and strengthen the immune system. A sour cream dessert for breakfast will give you a boost of vivacity and energy; besides, the composition is simple and the ingredients can be found in almost every refrigerator.
For preparation you will need:
- large prunes without pits – 250 g;
- walnut – 150 g;
- sour cream – 500 g;
- sugar – 60 g.
Preparation:
- If the purchased prunes turn out to be hard, they must be filled with hot, but not boiling, water and allowed to soften for 15 minutes.
- Peel and rinse the walnuts well, paying special attention to the presence of hard parts.
- Drain and dry the prunes, then stuff them with nuts. The more of them, the tastier and more satisfying the dessert will be.
- Place prunes stuffed with walnuts in a bowl or other dessert container.
- Now you need to prepare the cream: grind the sugar in a blender, turning it into powdered sugar, add 20% fat sour cream to it and beat everything well with a whisk or mixer until completely thickened.
- Pour sour cream into bowls with fruit and place the delicacy in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Description of preparation:
Dried fruits are no less beneficial for the body than fresh fruits or vegetables.
In addition, you can get them at any time of the year or take care of them in advance and make the preparations yourself. Prunes, like other dried fruits, can be used to prepare pilaf, porridge, first courses and meat (as a filling or side dish), as well as to prepare sauce and all kinds of desserts. Before cooking, be sure to soak it for a few minutes and then use it. Purpose: For children / For a festive table / Buffet Main ingredient: Fruits / Dried fruits / Prunes / Dairy products / Nuts / Sour cream / Walnuts Dish: Desserts
Delicious salad “Lady's whim”
There are a lot of options for preparing the Ladies' Caprice salad; it surprises with its elegance and at the same time simplicity. Its taste is unusual and this salad is suitable both for every day and for a festive table.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast – 200 g;
- cucumber – 1 pc.;
- prunes – 100-120 g;
- chicken eggs – 3 pcs.;
- onion – 1 pc.;
- nuts – 100 g;
- mayonnaise;
- salt - to taste;
- parsley - for decoration.
Preparation:
- Peel the chicken breast from skin, film, etc., rinse and cook in salted water.
- Remove the finished chicken breast from the water and let it cool.
- Boil the eggs and add cold water to help them cool faster.
- Prepare a dish on which the salad will be laid out in layers.
- Place the first layer of diced chicken breast, grease it with a little mayonnaise. To simplify the process, put the sauce in a pastry syringe and make a mesh on each layer.
- The second layer will be finely chopped onion, scalded with boiling water to get rid of bitterness, also coated with mayonnaise.
- Next place the grated cucumber and coat with mayonnaise.
- Cut the prunes and place after the cucumber.
- Grate the eggs and sprinkle the prunes with them, coat with mayonnaise.
- The final layer will be walnuts, place them on top of the eggs, and decorate with parsley sprigs on top.
- Place the finished salad in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
With marshmallows and bananas
- Time: 40 minutes.
- Number of servings: 3 persons.
- Calorie content of the dish: 187 kcal.
- Purpose: for dessert.
- Kitchen: author's.
- Difficulty: easy.
Looking for the perfect dessert for a children's holiday table or want to indulge your favorite sweet tooth on a weekday? Try an unusual combination of roasted nuts, soft vanilla marshmallows, sweet banana and fluffy whipped cream. Gastronomic pleasure guaranteed! The dessert will become even more attractive if you replace the marshmallows with small marshmallows, which are marked “for coffee”: they are not cut. Be sure to serve the delicacy in tall, narrow glass bowls: due to the layered structure, there is no need to further decorate the dessert.
Ingredients:
- prunes – 120 g;
- dried apricots – 70 g;
- banana – 100 g;
- marshmallows – 120 g;
- walnuts – 60 g;
- powdered sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
- cream 33% – 180 g.
Cooking method:
- Pour boiling water over the dried fruits a couple of times, then pour in a new portion and leave for half an hour to soften.
- Then transfer to a colander or paper napkins to remove moisture.
- Cut the marshmallows into small cubes using a paring knife (with a serrated edge) or a soft cheese knife (with holes in the blade).
- Do the same with a banana.
- Crush the nut kernels into large pieces and fill the dried fruits with them.
- Start making the dessert: place banana slices on the bottom, then marshmallows, then stuffed prunes.
- Beat the cream with powdered sugar with a mixer or whisk. Make a nice balloon cap on each serving.
Dessert with gelatin
An original and delicious dessert with prunes and gelatin will surprise guests.
To prepare it you will need:
- prunes – 250 g;
- walnut – 150 g;
- sour cream 20% – 500 g;
- chocolate or sprinkles for decoration;
- gelatin – 15-20 g.
Preparation:
- Pour hot water over the prunes and place under the lid to soften them properly.
- Peel the walnuts and stuff them into the prepared dry prunes.
- Pour gelatin into a glass and pour boiling water over it, leave for a couple of minutes, then stir and leave to cool.
- At this time, beat sour cream and sugar in a separate bowl.
- Place the stuffed prunes into dessert glasses.
- Add the cooled gelatin to the sour cream and beat everything well.
- Sprinkle grated chocolate or powder on top of the cream.
- Pour the resulting cream over the dried fruits and place in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
The dessert made from nuts, sour cream, and gelatin is tender, very light and tasty.
How to select and prepare products
The dessert requires only two main ingredients - nuts and prunes. But it is important to choose them correctly, then the dish will turn out really tasty and healthy.
Prunes have been used in cooking for quite some time. It is added to a wide variety of dishes, from salads to cakes. It goes well with meat, giving it a special aroma and taste. And drinks made from it are useful even for pregnant women. To prepare dessert, it is better to choose prunes:
- pitted;
- medium size;
- not too dry.
The meatier it is, the tastier the end result is. If you only have fruits with seeds, you will need to carefully remove them. To make the task easier, just soak the product in a small amount of water for 10 minutes. In the future, a quarter of a walnut will take the place of the pit.
Before cooking, be sure to thoroughly rinse the prunes in warm water. Sometimes it is coated on top with a special wax composition and such fruits become noticeably shiny. This helps maintain a presentable appearance and prevents drying out.
Walnut is considered one of the best options for use in dessert. But sometimes other types can be used. For example, cashews, hazelnuts, pistachios and even chestnuts. When choosing, you should pay attention to the smell of nuts. The fruits must be free of signs of worms and spoilage. Otherwise, they will have an unpleasant bitter taste, which will ruin the whole dish.
Unusual appetizer with garlic
In addition to sweet desserts, prunes can also be used to prepare delicious snacks as an aperitif.
Ingredients:
- prunes – 200 g;
- bacon – 200 g;
- cheese – 150 g;
- garlic.
Preparation:
- Soak prunes in hot water.
- Fill the prepared dried fruit with grated cheese and finely chopped garlic.
- Wrap stuffed prunes in strips of bacon and place on a toothpick.
- Next, all this is sent to the oven at a temperature of 200°C for 30 minutes.
Option with hard cheese
The appetizer prepared according to this recipe has a spicy, slightly sour taste and a pleasant lemon aroma. It consists of easily accessible and inexpensive products that can be bought in any modern supermarket. Before heading to the kitchen table, be sure to double-check that you have everything you need on hand. In this case you will need:
- 250 grams of pitted prunes;
- a teaspoon of mayonnaise;
- 50 grams of any hard cheese;
- a clove of garlic;
- 50 grams of peeled walnuts;
- natural lemon juice.
Place the prunes in a deep bowl, pour boiling water over them and leave for fifteen minutes. The steamed dried fruits are wiped dry with disposable kitchen towels and put aside. In a separate bowl combine grated cheese, fried chopped nuts, crushed garlic and mayonnaise. Mix all this well until smooth. The prunes are stuffed with the resulting mass and placed on a beautiful flat dish. The finished appetizer is decorated with fresh herbs and sprinkled with natural lemon juice.
Cooking with condensed milk
“Pancho” cake with prunes and condensed milk will serve as a wonderful dessert for tea when guests are on the doorstep.
So, you will need:
- kefir – 250 g;
- chicken egg – 1 pc.;
- soda – ½ tsp;
- sugar – 200 g;
- flour, sifted 250 g;
- vanillin – 1 sachet;
- prunes – 200 g;
- walnut – 150 g;
- cocoa powder – 5-7 tbsp;
- condensed milk - 1 can.
Preparation:
- Turn on the oven to preheat.
- Break the egg into a bowl and mix with sugar and vanilla, beat everything well.
- Quench the soda with a glass of kefir and leave to rise.
- Pour kefir into the eggs, beat and add flour little by little, stirring.
- Pour the prepared dough into the prepared baking sheet and place in the oven. Readiness to check with a match in several places of the cake.
- While the cake is baking, you need to soften the prunes and chop the nuts.
- To prepare chocolate cream, you need to mix condensed milk with cocoa and mix well.
- Take out the finished cake and let it cool.
- Cut the cooled pie into two parts and begin to coat with cream; place prunes and nuts between the cakes.
- Also grease the cake with cream on top and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
- Place the cake in the refrigerator overnight so that it soaks and has time to harden.