Best Ginger Parfait Recipes

YOGURT PARFAIT WITH GRANOLA, RASPBERRIES, AND CANDIED GINGER

Steps:

• Mix together granola, cherries, and candied ginger. Place yogurt in a large resealable bag, and snip off end. Pipe a 1-inch-thick layer of yogurt into the bottom of a 4-quart trifle dish (7 1/2 inches in diameter, 5 inches deep). Scatter 1 1/2 cups raspberries over yogurt, and drizzle with honey. Sprinkle with 3 cups granola mixture. Repeat layering once, and top with a layer of yogurt. Mound 1 cup raspberries in center. Garnish with thinly sliced candied ginger (optional), and drizzle with honey. Serve immediately.

GREEK YOGURT PARFAIT WITH GINGER CANDIED PUMPKIN, BERRIES AND PUMPKIN SEED PECAN GRANOLA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F.
• Toss the oats, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, vegetable oil, maple syrup and 1 teaspoon brown sugar together in a mixing bowl. Season with salt and cracked black pepper. Spread evenly on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour. Let cool, then crumble.
• Add the squash, ginger, remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup water to a small saucepot. Boil until the squash is tender, then let cool. Mix the squash with the berries and dress in the ginger syrup.
• Spoon the yogurt into 4 bowls. Top each with some berry and squash mixture, then top with granola. Garnish the parfait with lime zest.

PEAR-GINGER PARFAIT

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine pears, lemon juice, cinnamon stick, cloves, ginger, and apple juice. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 4 minutes until pears are crisp-tender. Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature.
• Remove cinnamon stick and cloves before assembling the parfait.
• In a large bowl, whip cream to soft peaks. In a separate bowl, mix mascarpone with vanilla and maple syrup and fold into cream.
• Divide half the pears between 4 glasses and top with half the mascarpone mixture. Repeat layers with remaining pears and cream, and garnish with candied ginger and ginger cookies.

LEMON GINGER CRUNCH PARFAIT

Steps:

• 1. Crust: Place ginger cookies in a food processor and pulse until fine. Place in a bowl and add sugar and ground ginger. Mix. Add melted butter and press on the bottom of Parfait glasses (12 med size)
• 2. Lemon Filling: In a bowl beat eggs and egg yolks together and set aside. In a sauce pan, stir lemon juice and sugar together and place on Med heat and bring to a boil while stirring. Remove the hot lemon from the heat and slowly add it the eggs whisking quickly to prevent eggs from scrambling. Place the mixture back on med. heat stirring till the mixture thickens. Remove from heat and add lemon zest and butter a bit at a time mixing till all the butter in incorporated. Add lemon Extract. Cover and cool.
• 3. Topping: Beat cream cheese on low speed add half of the sugar and increase the speed for a minute. Add extract and scrape down the side of the bowl. Beat for another minute and set aside. Whip Cream to thick and add the rest of the powdered sugar. Whip till thick. Add 1/3 of the whipped cream to the cheese mix folding it in.. Keep adding the whipped cream into the cream cheese till its all incorporated.
• 4. Put the lemon on top of your crust layer then pipe on the cheese mixture. Garnish with a but of ginger cookie or candied ginger.

TROPICAL FRUIT PARFAIT WITH HONEY-GINGER DRIZZLE AND GINGERSNAP GRANOLA

Steps:

• For the parfait: Add the honey, ginger and 1/2 cup water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the honey. Remove from the heat and let cool a bit.
• Remove the ginger and mix half of the syrup into the Greek yogurt; reserve the rest for drizzling on the fruit.
• Divide the kiwis, mangoes and papayas among 6 small wide-mouthed glasses or parfait glasses. Drizzle with the reserved syrup. Top each serving with a dollop of yogurt.
• For the granola: Toast the oats in a nonstick skillet over medium heat until light brown, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a baking sheet.
• In the same skillet, melt the butter with the maple syrup, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and salt. Add the oats back to the skillet along with the almonds and coconut; toss to coat. Serve the granola over the parfaits.

GINGER YOGURT PARFAIT WITH CINNAMON PEARS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl mix together the yogurt, ginger root, and maple syrup. In another bowl mix together the pears, cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice immediately.) Pour 1/2 cup of yogurt into each cup or bowl and top with 1/2 cup pear mixture. If desired, sprinkle each serving with optional toppings (granola, flaxseed, chopped nuts, etc.)

DOUBLE GINGER RICOTTA PARFAIT WITH RASPBERRIES

Steps:

• 1. In a food processor, blend ricotta, yogurt, honey and ground ginger. Blend in more honey if you wish. 2. Stir in the chopped crystallized ginger. 3. Spoon a layer of the ricotta mixture into four glasses, then top with some raspberries. 4. Continue to layer ingredients once or twice more, ending with raspberries. 5. Garnish each portion with a mint sprig. Nutrition per serving: Calories 275, fat 11g, protein 18g, carbohydrate 28g, dietary fiber 7g.

GINGER PARFAIT

Steps:

• Whiz the biscuits in a food processor for 10 secs or bash in a plastic bag until the biscuits are crumbed. Grease a 2lb loaf tin or 2 1lb tins with half of the melted butter or until its coated.
• Line the tin(s) with cling film and brush in the remaining butter on the cling. Spoon 3 tbsp of the biscuit crumbs into the tin and tip the tin around to coat. Put the tin(s) in the freezer whilst preparing the next steps.
• Place the eggs, sugar and ginger in a large bowl and whisk until the mixture is thick and moussy. Whisk the double cream in a seperate bowl until thick but don't overwhip. Fold the cream into the egg mixture until its completly folded in.
• Put 3 tbsp of the biscuit crumbs aside then fold in the remainder into the mixture. Pour the mixture into the tin(s) and sprinkle the remaining crumbs on top and even out. Cover the tin(s) with cling film and freezer for a minimum of 6 hrs.