Classic dessert
Prunes with walnuts in sour cream, the recipe for which is given below, will be a tasty and healthy dessert for both family tea and a festive table. Preparing the delicacy will take 4-5 hours, but most of this time will be spent soaking dried fruits and cooling the dessert itself.
Composition of ingredients
To make a fragrant dessert, you will need to prepare the following set of products:
- prunes – 200 g;
- walnut kernels – 100 g;
- sour cream – 200 g;
- powdered sugar – 50 g.
Prunes with walnuts in sour cream
To prepare the dessert, you should choose only whole dried fruits without pits. As for the nuts, it is better to shell them yourself, since the recipe will require intact halves. And in addition, it is necessary to remove all partitions from them, otherwise the delicacy can damage tooth enamel. It is advisable to use thick and fatty sour cream, as otherwise the sauce will turn out too thin.
Step-by-step cooking process
To make the dessert tender and aromatic, you should follow these instructions during the preparation process:
- Dry prunes must be poured with cold boiled water and left for 2 hours. If the dried fruits are soft, then you need to skip this step. After the allotted time, the prunes should be placed in a colander, and when the excess liquid has drained from them, gently wipe with a paper towel.
- The peeled kernels need to be poured into a clean frying pan and placed over medium heat. It will take about 3-5 minutes to fry the mixture. During the process, you need to occasionally stir the kernels so that they do not burn, but this should be done as carefully as possible.
- Prune fruits must be cut on one side. Half a walnut kernel should be inserted into this hole so that it sticks out a little.
- Stuffed dried fruits should be placed in a deep serving plate. And you can also immediately distribute them in portions among the bowls.
- Beat the cooled sour cream with a mixer at maximum speed for about 2 minutes. After this treatment, the mass should thicken and increase in volume. Without turning off the mixer, you need to gradually introduce powdered sugar into the sour cream, adding it 1 tbsp. l. Then you will need to beat the mixture for another 4-5 minutes.
- The resulting cream should be evenly distributed over the stuffed dried fruits.
The treat should be refrigerated for 2-3 hours.
What can I add?
Vanillin will help add additional flavor to the dessert. This ingredient must be combined with powdered sugar and then added to sour cream. For the indicated volume of products, 1 g of vanillin is sufficient.
How to serve a dish
Serve dessert only after it has cooled completely. Moreover, it does not need to be transferred to another dish, but it is better to leave it in the bowls or serving plates in which it was prepared. You can decorate the delicacy with myta leaves and nut kernels.
Method for preparing classic mousse
The recipe for prunes with walnuts in sour cream is not at all complicated - even a novice housewife can handle it. Start cooking by processing all the products: rinse the prunes thoroughly and place in a deep plate, pour boiling water over them for 5-10 minutes. At this time, place the walnuts in a dry frying pan and fry them for 10-15 minutes. This will give them a pleasant aroma and make them crispier.
Place the sour cream in a deep bowl or mug and beat with a whisk or mixer for several minutes until you get a thick cream. And yes, if you decide to make a dessert with powdered sugar, do not forget to add it to the sour cream while whipping.
When the cream is ready, cut the prunes into small squares and crack the nuts. Almost done! All that remains is to serve our dessert beautifully. Mix whipped sour cream with prunes and nuts and carefully place in a bowl. For beauty, you can decorate our healthy dessert with a mint leaf. Ready!
Prunes with walnuts and gelatin
Thanks to the light mousse prepared on the basis of sour cream and gelatin, the dessert turns out to be as tender as possible. And at the same time, it is moderately sweet, aromatic, and you can make it in a hurry, because in this case you can steam dried fruits in faster and more radical ways.
Composition of ingredients
You can make a fragrant delicacy from the following set of products:
- instant gelatin – 12 g;
- warm water – 100 ml;
- fresh prunes – 250 g;
- walnut kernels – 150 g;
- sour cream – 350 g;
- sugar – 50 g;
- vanillin – 2 g.
You can also use low-fat sour cream for the recipe, since gelatin will give the mousse stability. In this case, the delicacy will be less caloric.
Step-by-step cooking process
Even an inexperienced housewife can prepare the sweet mass, because the process consists of simple steps:
- Prunes should be thoroughly washed, filled with hot water and left to steam for 5-10 minutes. Soaked dried fruits should be placed on a sieve to drain excess moisture, then wiped with a napkin and cut into thin strips.
- Pour the nut kernels into a clean frying pan and place it over medium heat. The mass needs to be fried, stirring occasionally, for 5-7 minutes. Then the kernels need to be finely chopped with a knife.
- Gelatin should be poured with warm water, stirred, and left to swell for 5-10 minutes. The resulting mass must be placed in the microwave for 30 seconds, or heated in a water bath until the crystals are completely dissolved.
- Beat the sour cream with a mixer at maximum speed for about 2 minutes. Without turning off the device, you first need to add powdered sugar into the thickened mass, and then the gelatin solution, adding the ingredients in small portions.
- Dried fruits should be mixed with nuts and poured into a deep bowl or distributed among bowls. The mixture must be filled with sour cream mousse and placed in the refrigerator to harden.
How to serve a dish
The dessert will harden within 2 hours, but it is better to leave it in the cold overnight. Then the mousse will become more stable. It is better to serve the delicacy in the container in which it was prepared. But you can decorate it with chocolate or coconut shavings.
Prunes with walnuts, sugar and cocoa
Prunes with walnuts in sour cream, the recipe for which is given below, turns out juicy and tender, with a pleasant chocolate aroma. This delicacy can also be served at a holiday table, and even an inexperienced cook can handle its preparation.
Composition of ingredients
To make a fragrant dessert, you will need to prepare the following set of products:
- dried prunes – 300 g;
- cocoa powder – 25 g;
- sour cream – 300 ml;
- walnut kernels – 100 g;
- fine crystalline sugar – 125 g.
For this recipe, it is advisable to use sour cream with a fat content of 25%. Otherwise, the cream will turn out too liquid and will not hold its shape.
Step-by-step cooking process
To make the delicacy juicy and aromatic, you should follow these instructions during the process:
- The prunes need to be washed, filled with cold water and left to soak for 120 minutes. Then the dried fruits should be placed in a colander, and when excess moisture has drained from them, wipe with a paper napkin. Next, the fruits must be cut on one side.
- The nut kernels need to be peeled, divided into halves, and lightly fried in a clean frying pan. On medium flame it will take about 4-5 minutes.
- You need to insert half a nut kernel into each prune and place the stuffed dried fruits in bowls or bowls.
- Beat the sour cream with a mixer until thick. At maximum power it takes about 2 minutes. Continuing to beat, add sugar mixed with cocoa powder into the mixture. You need to add ingredients in small portions, and only after the previous dose has completely dissolved. On average, such processing takes about 8 minutes.
- Dried fruits need to be poured with sour cream sauce and put in the refrigerator to harden.
How to serve a dish
The treat will need to be refrigerated for 2-3 hours. Before serving, it can be decorated with coconut or chocolate shavings, mint leaves and pieces of dried fruit.
How to cook stuffed prunes
For this recipe for prunes with walnuts in sour cream, you need to chop the nuts again, but not too finely. Then fill each prune with crushed nuts. To do this, make a small cut on the side of each dried fruit and carefully place the crushed nuts there using a fork or your fingers. For one prune, depending on its size, 1-2 nuts will be enough.
Whip the sour cream with powdered sugar, as in the previous recipe, and then put half of the mousse into the bowls. Place a few prunes stuffed with walnuts on top of each bowl and cover with a second layer of sour cream. Before serving, the dessert can also be garnished with mint leaves or remaining crushed nuts.
You can also serve prunes with walnuts in sour cream in another, more original way. It is especially suitable for the holiday table, because its unsweetened version can also be used as an independent snack. Place large prunes stuffed with nuts on a plate. Make a pastry bag from a regular plastic bag by cutting a small hole in one of the corners. Place sour cream in the resulting bag and gently squeeze it through the hole onto each prune, like whipped cream. If you offer prunes as a dessert rather than an appetizer, then the dish can be decorated with drops of chocolate, coconut flakes or the same mint leaves. Bon appetit!
Prunes with walnuts, powdered sugar and condensed milk
Prunes with walnuts and condensed milk are especially sweet, and their preparation takes no more than 40 minutes. But in this recipe you need to use cream instead of sour cream. Moreover, it is important to cool them well beforehand.
Composition of ingredients
To make an unusual delicacy, you will need to prepare the following set of products:
- prunes – 500 g;
- condensed milk – 200 g;
- cream – 200 g;
- vanillin – 2 g;
- chocolate – 50 g;
- walnuts – 100 g.
To prepare dessert, it is better to use cream with a fat content of 36%.
Step-by-step cooking process
To make a fragrant dessert, you will need to adhere to the following algorithm of actions:
- Dried fruits need to be poured with slightly warm water and left to swell for 20 minutes. After the allotted time, you need to drain the fruits in a colander, and when excess moisture has drained from them, wipe with a paper towel. Make a small cut on the side of each prune.
- Whole nut kernels should be divided into halves and cleared of any partitions. It is advisable to fry this mass in a clean frying pan for about 5-6 minutes.
- The prunes need to be stuffed with halves of nuts, placed in a deep serving plate and poured with condensed milk.
- The chocolate must be grated into fine chips.
- Combine the chilled cream with vanilla sugar and beat at medium speed for about 2 minutes. Having increased the power of the device to the maximum, you should process the mass until it becomes dense and thick. This may take up to 5 minutes.
- Dried fruits drenched in condensed milk must be topped with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
How to serve a dish
It is better to serve the delicacy immediately after preparation, as the whipped cream may fall off over time. This dessert looks delicious on its own, so there is no need to decorate it.
Prunes with nuts and custard
This delicacy turns out to be more tender than the classic version of dessert. And the filling here is not whipped sour cream, but custard made with milk, starch and egg yolks.
Composition of ingredients
You can make a fragrant dessert from the following set of products:
- prunes – 250 g;
- walnut kernels – 150 g;
- milk – 300 ml;
- powdered sugar – 100 g;
- egg yolks – 2 pcs.;
- butter – 30 g;
- corn starch – 60 g;
- vanillin – 2 g.
Step-by-step cooking process
To make a delicate delicacy, you will need to follow these instructions:
- Prunes should be washed, filled with hot water and left to swell for 15 minutes. Then the fruits must be placed in a colander, and when excess moisture has drained from them, wipe with a paper towel.
- You need to combine the milk with sugar and vanillin and heat it in a water bath. When the liquid boils, you need to immediately remove it from the stove and wait until it cools down a little.
- The yolks should be thoroughly ground with starch. The resulting mass must be mixed with cooled milk and placed in a water bath again. Stir the mixture until it thickens. Then the mass must be removed from the stove and combined with butter.
- The nut kernels should be lightly fried in a clean frying pan and divided into halves. They need to stuff the prunes, and then put the fruits in a deep plate and cover with warm cream.
- The dessert should be refrigerated for 30 minutes.
How to serve a dish
You can serve the treat after it has cooled completely. It is better to decorate the dessert with coconut or chocolate chips, as well as candied fruits.
How to make sour cream jelly
First, prepare the gelatin: pour 5 grams of milk and leave for 15 minutes until it swells. Meanwhile, with prunes and walnuts, we do everything as usual: pour boiling water over the prunes and cut into pieces, fry and chop the nuts. Mix sour cream with sugar or powder and beat for several minutes.
After the gelatin swells, place it on low heat and heat until it is completely dissolved. Please note that you do not need to bring it to a boil! Then remove the gelatin from the heat, mix with the sour cream and mix well. Place pieces of prunes and walnuts in layers on the bottom of the bowls and fill everything with the gelatin mixture. Place in the refrigerator until completely frozen.
Take the dessert out right before serving and don’t forget to decorate it beautifully: with mint leaves, pieces of nuts or even chocolate syrup. Then all your guests will definitely want to know the recipe for prunes with sour cream and walnuts, because, as we have already seen, such desserts are not only healthy, but also very tasty.
Prunes with walnuts, cream and rum
Prunes with walnuts in sour cream, the recipe for which is described below, will be an excellent option for a romantic date. This dessert turns out to be tender and light, and Cuban rum gives it a refined aroma and unusual taste.
Composition of ingredients
To make a delicate delicacy, you will need to stock up on the following set of products:
- prunes – 200 g;
- sour cream – 100 ml;
- walnut kernels – 50 g;
- Cuban rum – 30 ml;
- cream – 50 ml;
- powdered sugar – 50 g;
- mint leaves – 2-3 pcs.
Cuban rum in this recipe can be replaced with another aromatic drink, such as cognac or liqueur.
Step-by-step cooking process
To prepare dessert for a romantic date, you will need to adhere to the following algorithm of actions:
- Dried fruits should be poured with hot water and steamed for 5-10 minutes. Then the fruits need to be thrown into a colander, and when the excess liquid has drained from them, wipe with a paper napkin. Next, you need to cut the prunes into pieces, add rum and leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
- Walnut kernels must be lightly fried in a clean frying pan and then chopped into small pieces. When the time comes, they should be mixed with pickled prunes. The resulting mass should be placed in a deep serving plate.
- Beat the sour cream with a mixer at low speed for about 2 minutes. Then you need to gradually introduce powdered sugar into the compacted mass, and then cream. By increasing the speed of the mixer to maximum, you should process the mixture for 5-6 minutes.
- All that remains is to pour the resulting sauce over the dried fruits.
How to serve a dish
You can serve the dessert immediately after preparation, garnishing it with mint leaves.
Sour cream mousse
The easiest and fastest way to prepare a healthy dessert is to make mousse! And based on this basic, classic recipe for prunes with walnuts in sour cream, you can create more complex and unusual desserts, which we will discuss below.
To prepare a classic mousse, we will need the following ingredients: 150 grams of prunes (about 12-15 pieces without pits), 30-40 grams of peeled walnuts and 100 grams of low-fat sour cream. The amount of ingredients in the recipe is for one serving. If you have a sweet tooth, try adding two tablespoons of powdered sugar for an especially rich taste.
Prunes stuffed with nuts, marshmallows and bananas
This dessert is best served in glass bowls, because thanks to its layered structure it will look very appetizing and will not need additional decoration.
Composition of ingredients
You can make an unusual dessert from the following set of products:
- prunes – 120 g;
- dried apricots – 70 g;
- banana – 100 g;
- marshmallows – 120 g;
- walnut kernels – 60 g;
- fat sour cream – 200 g;
- powdered sugar – 25 g.
Step-by-step cooking process
Even an inexperienced housewife can create a culinary masterpiece, because to do this you need to follow simple instructions:
- Dried fruits should be washed, filled with flammable water and left to swell for 25 minutes.
- While the prunes are steaming, you need to chop the marshmallows into cubes. It is more convenient to do this with a paring knife with a serrated blade.
- The banana must be peeled and cut into slices.
- It is advisable to fry the nuts in a clean frying pan and then crush them into small pieces. You need to stuff the soaked prunes with the resulting mass, making a small cut in each of them.
- You need to place the prepared products in a glass bowl in the following order: banana, marshmallows, prunes with filling.
- Beat the cooled sour cream with a mixer at medium speed for about 2 minutes. Then, without turning off the device, add powdered sugar into the thickened mass.
- The resulting cream should be poured over the dessert, spreading it evenly over the surface.
How to serve a dish
You can serve the delicacy immediately after preparation, but it is better to keep it in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes, then the sour cream mixture will harden and will not spread.
Prunes with nuts, sour cream and cottage cheese
Prunes with walnuts in sour cream, the recipe for which is described below, will become an original appetizer for any feast. It will take no more than 40 minutes to prepare, although it is advisable to keep the dish in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours before serving.
Composition of ingredients
To make a savory snack, you will need to stock up on the following set of products:
- large prunes – 40 pcs.;
- soft cottage cheese – 200 g;
- garlic cloves – 2 pcs.;
- walnut kernels – 100 g;
- sour cream – 25 g.
Step-by-step cooking process
Preparing a savory snack will not cause much trouble, because the process is simple, and it consists of the following algorithm of actions:
- The prunes need to be washed, filled with warm water and left to swell for 30 minutes.
- During this time, you should peel the garlic and crush it with a press. The resulting mass must be mixed with cottage cheese, sour cream and chopped nuts. If desired, you can beat the mixture with a blender, then it will become as homogeneous and tender as possible.
- After the allotted time, the dried fruits should be thrown into a sieve, and when excess moisture has drained from them, wipe with a paper towel. You need to make a cut in each fruit and stuff it with curd mass.
- The fruits with the filling must be placed on a serving plate and placed in the refrigerator to harden for 4 hours.
How to serve a dish
Serve the appetizer only after it has cooled well. And to decorate the dish, you can sprinkle it with chopped herbs.
Recipe for prunes stuffed with walnuts in sour cream
Now that we have learned how to prepare a simple version of a healthy dessert, we invite you to try a more unusual method. Prunes stuffed with walnuts in sour cream - a recipe that will definitely suit your taste. Preparing the dessert will take a little more time, but this dish can be used to decorate even a holiday table and offer it to guests.
We will need the same ingredients as in the previous recipe. It is advisable to choose large prunes so that enough filling can fit into them. For two or three servings, it will be enough to take 7-8 large prunes, the same number of walnuts and 200 grams of sour cream. And although we use the same products, the cooking method will be slightly different.
Prunes with nuts, sour cream and cheese
This dish has a slightly sour taste and a rich, piquant aroma. And it will be an ideal appetizer for any feast. In addition, the delicacy contains only affordable products, so it turns out to be budget-friendly.
Composition of ingredients
You can make a savory dish from the following set of products:
- fresh prunes – 250 g;
- sour cream – 15 g;
- hard cheese – 50 g;
- garlic cloves – 1-2 pcs.;
- walnut kernels – 50 g;
- lemon juice – 20 ml.
Step-by-step cooking process
To prepare a savory snack, you will need to follow these instructions:
- Prunes should be poured with warm water and left to soak for 15-20 minutes. Steamed dried fruits should be placed in a sieve and then wiped with a paper towel.
- The cheese must be grated with a grater. You need to chop the nuts and fry them in a frying pan for about 4-5 minutes, remembering to stir constantly, otherwise they will burn. The garlic cloves need to be peeled and crushed with a press.
- Cheese shavings should be combined with chopped nuts and garlic. After filling the mixture with sour cream, you need to mix it thoroughly.
- Having cut the prune fruits on one side, you need to stuff them with cheese filling.
How to serve a dish
The stuffed delicacy should be placed on a serving plate, sprinkled with lemon juice, and served immediately after preparation. You can decorate the appetizer with chopped herbs.
Despite the benefits, you should not get carried away with such delicacies, because they are quite high in calories and can harm your figure. A few examples for comparison:
Squirrels | Fats | Carbohydrates | Calorie content per 100 g | |
Classic dessert | 4 | 23 | 32 | 346 |
Option with cocoa | 4 | 19 | 38 | 332 |
Snack with cottage cheese | 8 | 13 | 32 | 266 |
If a recipe requires whole prunes, then they should be soaked in cold water for 2-3 hours. But in those delicacies in which dried fruit is cut into pieces, you can process it in a more radical, but quicker way. To do this, add boiling water to the prunes and leave for 4-5 minutes. After this time, the dried fruits will become soft.
It is better to peel the nuts for the dish yourself, especially for those recipes that use whole halves. The easiest way to do this is with a champagne bottle.
To do this, you need to place the nut in the neck with the sharp edge facing up. Then you need to hit the fruit with a hammer, and the shell will split along the seam, but the kernel will remain intact. And it is also important to clean them of any partitions and shell fragments. Otherwise, they can damage tooth enamel.
For desserts made with prunes and nuts, it is better to choose full-fat sour cream. This is especially true for those recipes that do not use thickeners such as gelatin. It is also advisable to first strain off excess whey from the sour cream. To do this, you need to pour the dairy product into gauze, folded in 2-3 layers, and hang it over the sink for 4-5 hours.
Prunes in sour cream - general principles and methods of preparation
Prunes are dried plum fruits. Particularly high-quality dried fruits are obtained from Hungarian or Stanley plums that have reached full ripeness or are slightly overripe. To impart a specific smoky aroma, the plums are lightly smoked over a fire before drying. The result is a natural and tasty delicacy containing useful substances - pectin, fructose, vitamins, potassium, iron, phosphorus. It is recommended to be used for vitamin deficiencies. Prunes, in addition to their beneficial properties, have a pleasant taste; many consider them a favorite treat, which is much healthier than sweets. If consumed regularly, it protects teeth from caries, because... contains antibacterial substances. It has a laxative effect, so eating no more than five to six berries per day is enough.
Prunes are eaten raw, candies and snacks are made from them, and poultry, vegetables and meat are stewed with them. But the most delicious delicacy is considered to be prunes in sour cream with added sugar. Usually the center of the fruit is stuffed with a piece of nut - walnut or hazelnut. You can make a savory snack from prunes by stuffing them with nut mixture and garlic and topping them with sour cream mixed with sugar and salt.