French Vanilla Parfaits Recipes

FRENCH VANILLA PARFAITS

Steps:

• Dissolve flavored instant coffee in hot water in medium bowl. Add milk and pudding mix; beat with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP.
• Spoon half the pudding mixture into each of 6 dessert glasses; cover with layer of strawberries. Top with remaining pudding mixture.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.

CHOCOLATE-MOUSSE PARFAITS

Steps:

• Whisk together eggs and sugar in a heatproof bowl set over (but not in) a pot of simmering water until doubled in volume and a thermometer registers 160 degrees (6 to 8 minutes). Remove from heat. Add chocolate, cocoa, espresso powder, and salt. Stir in butter until melted. Let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, whip cream to stiff peaks. Stir one-third of whipped cream into chocolate mixture until lightened, then fold in remaining whipped cream. Divide half of mousse between two glasses; sprinkle with crushed cookies. Top with remaining mousse and refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour and up to 1 day. To serve, top with lightly whipped cream and more cookie crumbs.

VANILLA BERRY PARFAITS

Steps:

• Cover the bottoms of two small glasses with a layer of yogurt. Cover layer with berries. Repeat until both glasses are full, ending with a fruit layer. Sprinkle with graham crackers and nutmeg.

VANILLA PARFAIT (PARFAIT A LA VANILLE)

Steps:

• Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and add the vanilla. Let simmer briefly.
• Put the cream in a chilled bowl and beat until stiff. Chill until ready to use.
• Meanwhile, put the yolks in a heavy saucepan and start beating with a wire whisk. Continue beating vigorously while gradually adding the simmering syrup.
• Put the saucepan on a heatproof pad and continue beating until the volume increases four or five times the original. Do not let the mixture get too hot or it will scramble. It will resemble a light yellow, frothy but well-thickened custard or a sabayon. This should require four or five minutes of vigorous beating.
• Pour and scrape the mixture into the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on high speed until the custard is cooled to room temperature, seven minutes or longer.
• Scrape the whipped cream onto the yolk mixture. Carefully fold it in until well blended. Pour and scrape the mixture into a decorative crystal or other bowl or serving dish.
• Place the dish in the freezer and let stand several hours or, preferably, over night until frozen. Serve with raspberry sauce.

CREME DE MENTHE PARFAITS

Steps:

• In parfait cups or cocktail glasses, layer creme de menthe with French vanilla ice cream. Garnish parfaits with raspberries and fresh mint leaves.

VANILLA BERRY YOGURT PARFAITS

Steps:

• For the fruit: Combine the blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, honey and vanilla extract in a bowl and stir. Let sit for at least 10 minutes.
• For the yogurt: Mix up the yogurt, honey and vanilla in a bowl.
• Layer some of the syrupy fruit on the bottom of 4 small mason jars, then top with a layer of yogurt. Repeat the layers. Serve immediately or chill until ready to serve.

RASPBERRY VANILLA PUDDING PARFAITS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in 1 cup whipped topping. Spoon a third of the pudding into six parfait glasses. , Set aside six raspberries for garnish; divide half of the remaining berries over pudding. Repeat layers. Top with remaining pudding and garnish with the reserved berries.

VANILLA PARFAITS

Steps:

• Pour 2 cups of the milk into medium bowl. Add dry chocolate pudding mix and 1/4 cup of the flavored instant coffee. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended.
• Pour remaining 1-1/2 cups milk into another medium bowl. Add dry vanilla pudding mix and remaining 1/4 cup flavored instant coffee. Beat with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Gently stir in 1 cup of the whipped topping.
• Spoon chocolate pudding evenly into 6 dessert glasses; cover with vanilla pudding mixture. Top with remaining 3/4 cup whipped topping. Refrigerate several hours or until ready to serve.

VANILLA PARFAIT

Steps:

• Whip cream until soft peak, set aside and chill.
• Whisk eggyolk and sugar in a bowl. Set aside.
• In a saucepan, boil milk. Once boiling, pour some into egg mixture, while whisking constantly (pour gradually because you might cook the eggs) after all milk is poured,.
• Bring back the mixture into the saucepan, cook until the mixture slightly thickened (or until it coats the back of the spoon).
• Strain into another bowl, place over ice bath and stir.
• Once mixture is cooled, fold in the whipped cream, vanilla.
• Place in containers and freeze.
• NOTE: i added chopped nougatine to flavor it a bit during the folding.