German Spekulatius Mandarine Dessert

A perfect German Christmas menu ends with a dessert that is including holiday spices, and which will end the menu perfectly. One of such desserts is the German Spekulatius Mandarine Dessert. The spiced cookies are available at Aldi, Lidl, German specialty stores or at the World Market. You also need quark for making the cream. If you have a shop nearby that sells quark, you are lucky. If not you can make it from scratch (see link below) or substitute it. Happy Cooking!

Ingredients German Spekulatius Mandarine Dessert

(3 servings in small glasses or 2 for bigger glasses)
250 g quark
– How to Make Quark –
– How to Substitute Quark –
200 ml heavy cream
some milk
2 packages vanilla sugar- 0.6oz
50 g sugar (or to taste)
1 small can mandarine oranges, unsweetened – keep some for decoration
8 Spekulatius cookies
cinnamon to taste

Cooking Instructions

– Beat heavy cream until firm.
– Combine quark with milk, vanilla sugar, cinnamon and regular sugar, mix well.
– Add the heavy cream, mix.
– Crumble the Spekulatius cookies: Use a freezing plastic bag, place cookies inside and crumble with a rolling pin.
– Layer the cream alternating with crumbles and mandarines into dessert glasses.
– Place one mandarine orange on top of each glass.

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