Well, Carnaval is over, but the celebrations continue! The same week we offered a typical Brazilian Feijoada for a group of friends and their kids, our family celebrated the 5th Birthday of our Valentine’s Girl, with special ‘mommy-made’ cupcakes… and to top it all off, why not take part at a 16-couple Progressive Dinner? 😮
A bit of background: This type of moving feast offers hours of entertainment with a limited amount of prep work. It’s a great way to entertain a group of friends or neighbors without shouldering the whole responsibility (or cost) of a multi-course dinner party — all because a progressive dinner party was held at 16 different homes in succession, with a single course served at each one. In our case, we hosted Dessert.
What was prepared for our special guests?
Considering I’m a mom of 3 very active little kids, with not a lot of ‘free time‘ on any given Saturday, cooking time had to be carefully planned, and all three desserts needed to be simple, easy and tasty. That said, had all kids in the kitchen during prep time, and before I knew it, Voilá – we’re done! ♥
A first-timer Trio of Desserts, each one including a different type of liqueur... [totally made that up… instead of going with one type of dessert for all guests, decided to try something different, and offer a light variety of flavors: dark chocolate, light caramel/’dulce de leche’ and a fruity option, with not-so-sweet elements, for a fresher taste. What’s the deal with the different kinds of liquor – Rum, Kahlua [coffee liqueur] and Brandy? It’s part of the fun… something unusual, something to talk home about!]
Besides the ‘sampler desserts’, guests had an opportunity to enjoy some freshly brewed Brazilian coffee!
Results?
Liquorish mix of fruits:
Peaches, raisins in rum, Maraschino cherries [as wished], and caramelized peanuts, as the ‘crunchy element‘…
Dark chocolate and Kahlua mousse
Pudim de Dulce de Leche (Caramel Pudding) with Brandy
From our “Paceña Kitchen”, to yours… 😮 Curious about the simple & easy recipes? Send me a comment with your email and I’ll be happy to share the tips to all “busy bees” out there!
3rdculturechildren 
wow! what a delicious presentation!
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Thank you very much! Just a simple and beautiful way to offer all of us a good start for this Monday! Mondays are always known for not being so easy… 😮 Thanks for stopping by and sharing your impressions!
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yep, cheered me up on a Monday morning 😦
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Glad to know! 😮
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Looks delicious! Beautiful presentation.
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I’m really glad people are ‘enjoying it’ 😮
Thank you!
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yummy! 🙂
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It really was! Glad it worked well! Thanks for stopping by! 😮
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wow, you did an amazing job! thanks so much for the time it took to photograph all of this and then tell the story!!! thanks!
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It’s a pleasure to share! 😮
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I would have gone straight to your house…can you do that at a progressive dinner 🙂
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Funny… unforrtunately, one has to follow the order of appetizers… then dinner, then dessert! But thanks, though!
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Get thee behind me, Satans!
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You got me laughing very hard, right now! not much of a ‘spiked’ dessert, are you? 😮
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One needs to treat certain things with due caution!
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Why not…? just samplers!!! 😮 Did you see how small they all were? Just a tiny little sinful taste of… chocolate… caramel… liqueur… Everything pretty much on the right path of forgiveness! 😮
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I’m hungry and craving sweetness now!
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It’s the best of the two worlds… chocolate… and liqueur… almost sinful… 😮
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Sounds like you had lots of fun and it was a huge success. Now you can drive down to Huajchilla and show my sister how to make those yummy desserts and she can show you how to make some Haitian dishes.
Take Care.
Jose
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Thanks, Jose! I’d love the exchange of recipes!!! 😮 Haitian dishes sound delicious!!!! I’d love learning how to cook those fantastic savory dishes covered in banana leaves… oh, my! Thanks for stopping by and sharing this! 😮
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Sounds fabulous! 🙂
We used to live somewhere where we held these Safari Dinners with friends. Now we’re in Cornwall, we all live too far apart to do it any more. 😦
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But aren’t them so very fun?! We loved being part of the progressive dinner… and I’m sure, everyone involved had a blast… even moving from house to house was fun! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
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Enormous fun! 🙂
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Some work, a bit of TLC… but the result is always great! 😮
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