"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
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> Since the main course is traditional (prime rib and Yorkshire
> pudding), Christmas dinner choices are everything else. For some
> reason, I nearly always plan a dinner backwards once the main course
> is settled: dessert to hors d'oeuvres. Maybe choosing a dessert is
> just more fun :-) Although I have a long list of desserts in my recipe
> database, I'm tired of the same old same old Christmas stuff (Yule
> Log, gingerbread house, a trifle that doesn't need to see another
> Christmas, etc.).
>
> Anyhoo, I've shortlisted two new desserts, both from Bon Appetit.
> Well, tweaked from Bon Appetit, anyway. One is a new trifle that is
> twistier than the trifles I'm used to - less fruity, more dessert-y.
> The other is a cheesecake that has "Christmas" in the title, but other
> than the decorations on the top, I can't see Tiny Tim having visions
> of it along with the sugarplums, but it reads kinda cool. For your
> review and comment:

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Squeaks

The first recipe calls for White chocolate.

I have never been a fan of white chocolate I usually has neither the taste
nor the texture I like.

Ergo I vote for the Christmas Cheesecake With English Toffee Filling

But that's just me.


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Old Scoundrel

(AKA Dimitri)