Quick and Easy

5 Last-Minute Desserts from Alice Medrich

by:
December 15, 2014
1 Comment

Throughout the holiday season, you're bound to have a few Home Alone "Kevin!" moments—and while you may not have forgotten your child in the airport, it's possible that you neglected to prepare a dessert for the guests arriving in a couple short hours.

No need to panic. Alice Medrich is the queen of show-stopping, simple desserts. You'll pull these recipes together well before any early birds show up at your door—you'll even have time to have a drink first.

Shop the Story

Lemon Curd in a simple Brown Butter Tart Crust

 

Ice Cream + Honey Balsamic Sauce

 

Pumpkin Pudding (a.k.a No-Pie Pumpkin Pie)

 

Grilled Chocolate Sandwiches

 

Chilled Oranges in Rum-Caramel Syrup

 

What's your go-to last-minute dessert? Tell us in the comments!

Food52's Automagic Holiday Menu Maker
View Maker
Food52's Automagic Holiday Menu Maker

Choose your holiday adventure! Our Automagic Menu Maker is here to help.

View Maker
Tags:

See what other Food52 readers are saying.

Julie Myers

Written by: Julie Myers

Perpetually hungry. Will travel for food.

Popular on Food52

1 Comment

kamileon
kamileon December 19, 2014
These are great, assuming that you are on the ball enough to have gone shopping before dinner. However, I for one don't keep condensed milk and pumpkin puree on hand at all times. (I'm also not good at keeping ice cream in the house, although maybe I should be.) What I _can_ be guaranteed to have at all times, in large amounts, is chocolate. The chocolate sandwiches are a good idea, but my go-to recipe, which consistently knocks their socks off and requires zero effort or planning, is Hervé This's one ingredient chocolate mousse recipe.

https://food52.com/recipes/16044-herve-this-chocolate-mousse