How to usefully occupy the child? Cook together a mountain of your favorite treats and arrange a fun tea party with a friendly company. Children always perceive the first culinary experiments with interest and willingly take up any tasks. Agree, it’s always nice to create something delicious with your own hands. It is better to start with simple, but win-win recipes that even the fastidious will approve. And “Semushka”, a real connoisseur of natural healthy products for the whole family, will help to fulfill them.
Chocolate-nut metamorphoses
It is difficult to find a child who is indifferent to chocolate. It will become even tastier if you turn it into an exquisite paste and add hazelnuts “Semushka”. These nuts are rich in B vitamins, calcium, magnesium, zinc, sodium, iron — all those elements that the child’s body needs for growth and development. In addition, the hazelnut kernels are already fried and peeled, and this greatly simplifies cooking.
Instruct the child to break 200 g of dark chocolate into pieces. Put it in a small saucepan and melt it in a water bath. In a separate container, rub 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil with 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. For flavor, you can add a pinch of vanilla and nutmeg. We grind 100 g of hazelnuts into fine crumbs. Now the child can mix the melted cooled chocolate with the crushed sugar mass and nuts to make a thick paste.
It is best to serve it slightly chilled, supplemented with fresh fruit. Smear the banana halves with paste and combine them together — here is an unusual dessert sandwich for you. And you can also beat 200 ml of milk with 3-4 tablespoons of nut paste and slightly heat it over the fire — you will get an unusual hot chocolate.
Candy rain
Chocolate with nuts can be used to make another win-win treat — homemade sweets. Cashews “Semushka” will suit him optimally. The delicate velvety taste with sweet notes perfectly harmonizes with white chocolate. And the unique subtle aroma of nuts will make the dessert even more appetizing.
Heat 100 ml of cream with a fat content of at least 33% over low heat. Make sure that they do not boil. We break 100 g of white chocolate into pieces and melt it in hot cream. Add 2 tablespoons of butter, beat with a whisk and cool the mass properly. Grind 100 g of cashews into fine crumbs and mix with 1 tbsp. l. maple syrup — the nut filling is ready.
The child can be entrusted with the most important part — the preparation of sweets. Let him take the candy molds and use a brush to lubricate the walls of the cells with a thick layer of chocolate. Put them in the freezer for literally 10 minutes. Now fill the frozen bases with nut filling, tamp them tightly and pour the remaining chocolate. The tops can be sprinkled with coke chips or milk chocolate crumbs. Then send the sweets to “ripen” in the refrigerator.
Pears with gems
Do you want to combine delicious and healthy? There is nothing easier — prepare stuffed pears. Nuts and dried fruits “Semushka”will be an excellent filling for them. Thanks to the traditional processing technology, they have preserved their natural aroma, original taste and the whole storehouse of valuable nutritional elements. This is exactly what the child’s body needs during the off-season.
Take 2-3 of the densest large pears. Cut them lengthwise, carefully remove the core and sprinkle with lemon juice. Soak 50 g of dried black plums, apricots and golden Uzbek raisins in boiling water. After 10-15 minutes, we thoroughly dry the softened fruits, cut apricots and plums with thin strips. Instruct the child to mix the fruits and raisins in a bowl, seasoning 1 tbsp.l. liquid honey with a pinch of cinnamon. Add to them 50 g of walnuts, previously crushed with a rolling pin. Other nuts are also suitable.
Let the child fill the pear boats with fruit and nut filling with a slide and put them on a baking sheet with parchment paper. Then carefully put them in the oven at 180°C for about 15-20 minutes. Serve this delicacy warm, with whipped chilled cream, ice cream or vanilla yogurt.
Kernels in sweet amber
Home-made grill will delight lovers of exquisite desserts. Its main ingredient will be pine nuts “Semushka”. They will give the delicacy a refined aroma and an expressive delicate taste. Unlike other nuts, cedar nuts do not even need to be crushed. Smooth small kernels in frozen caramel look spectacular and appetizing.
Pour 200 g of sugar into a saucepan, add 2 tablespoons of water, 40 g of softened butter and 1 tsp of lemon juice. Bring the mixture to a boil and simmer on low heat for 10-15 minutes, until its color becomes golden, and the consistency is quite thick. Give the child a greased wooden spatula, let the caramel stir occasionally. At this time, you will dry 200 g of pine nuts in a frying pan without oil. Just don’t overcook them too much.
Cool the finished caramel, stir in 1 tbsp. l. honey and immediately pour out the dried nuts. Without wasting a second, together with the child, spread the resulting mass on silicone ice molds and put it to harden at room temperature — the caramel will seize very quickly. To make the grill easily move away from the mold, dip it in hot water for a few seconds.
Almond crescents
Fresh pastries with nuts are something. Try to bake shortbread bagels with children and see for yourself. Almonds “Semushka” will be the highlight of the dessert. The kernels of the nuts are already fried — you just need to carefully chop them. They feel comfortable in the dough and when baking, they reveal a rich aroma well. The filling itself turns out to be tender, velvety and literally dissolves in the mouth.
First, we rub 100 g of softened butter, 100 g of sugar, one egg and 50 g of sour cream into a light mass. Add a little 400 g of wheat flour with 1 tsp of baking powder and knead the soft dough. Now you need to bend it a little with your hands and roll 3-4 identical lumps — a child will perfectly cope with this task. Then let the dough rest for half an hour.
Grind 100 g of almonds into a crumb, leaving a few small pieces. Mix the nuts with sugar to taste. Next, we roll out round layers of dough with a thickness of 4-6 mm and cut them from the center into triangles. Let the child spread 1-2 tsp of filling at the base of each triangle and roll up the rolls, bending the edges up. We lubricate them with beaten egg yolk and send them to bake in the oven at 200°C for 20 minutes. Before serving, do not forget to sprinkle the bagels with powdered sugar.
Cooking with four hands is always more interesting. Especially when a child acts as a companion. You yourself will not notice how a completely ordinary activity will turn into a small entertainment. The collection “Semushki” contains only natural and healthy treats that children like so much. That is why they will cook dishes with their participation with special pleasure. Together, you will be able to pamper your relatives more often with delicious and useful fruits of joint culinary creativity.