French Vanilla Parfaits Recipes

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.