Ras Malai

Ingredients:
2 lbs ricotta cheese1/2 cup sugar32 oz half & half milk
A pinch of saffron1/4 tsp crushed cardamom seeds1/2 cup blanched almonds2 tbsp crushed green pistachios

Preparation of ras malai:
Mix the cheese with sugar and little cardamom powder and spread out on a baking tray.
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until it sets. It should not get brown.
Remove from oven, cool at room temperature and cut into 2" squares.
Place them in a dessert bowl.

Mix the other ingredients, except the pistachios well in a separate dish and pour over the squares.
Decorate the rasmalai with pistachios, chill for 2-3 hours and then serve.

THE HOUSE IN THE ROSES PRESENTS ITS“Dessert Carnival”

Dear friends, it's been said that happiness is contagious, and when you reflect happiness then all others around you catch the happy bug and are happy too... so it has occurred to me to have a "Dessert Carnival Day", here, at the House in the Roses, and show our happiness while baking and displaying our most wonderful dessert creations. This is how it works: Send via email a photograph of one of your homemade dessert of your choice. You can post more photographs along with the recipe on your blog, the day of the carnival. I'll post your pictures and put some fun music on my blog, inviting you to join in the fun. Leave me a comment telling me the name of your dessert and make sure you have a link for me to get back to your blog.

The carnival will be held at the House in the Roses at 8:00am on Wednesday, April 30, just in time for spring. Limit one entry per entrant. Please advertise this party on your blog beforehand by adding this graphic, visitors will come find you and join in! It promises to be FANTASTIC!!!PLEASE ADVERTISE THE CARNIVAL ON YOUR BLOG. Here's a smaller version of my graphic, right click and save to your hard drive. Then use it freely. You may use the larger one if you prefer.
Posted by CIELO at 8:08 AM 41 comments
Tuesday, April 15, 2008