How to decorate Christmas yule log
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| How To Decorate Christmas Yule Log: Classics And Alternative Ideas |
The Christmas yule log is a cheerful dessert belonging to the French tradition: the original name, in fact, is "Bûche de Noël". Just from the name one can immediately guess the main feature, namely the shape that resembles a small yule log of wood. This is not a random choice; on the contrary, it recalls a fascinating custom widespread especially in Northern Europe. I'll tell you about it: long ago, on Christmas Eve, the head of the family would put just such a yule log to burn in the fireplace. According to legend, this piece of wood even burned until Epiphany. We especially love it because it is delicious, easy to make and scenic. By the way: want to know how to decorate the Christmas yule log? Here are some clever ideas!
The classic decoration
The Christmas yule log is simply a roll of cookie dough filled with cocoa ganache, berry jam and then decorated. If we want to follow the original recipe, for decoration we need to prepare another ganache made of fresh liquid cream and dark chocolate and use it to cover the entire surface of the roll.
For a more realistic effect, we can reproduce the natural wood grain by pressing with the tines of the fork. The finishing touches? A sprig of pine, a few currants and a dusting of powdered sugar that makes you think of ... a light snowfall!
The snowy yule log
But what if the snow was more plentiful? We have the snowy Christmas yule log! A delicious flourless variant with a filling made with hazelnut cream, whipped cream and coconut flour. The latter two ingredients, mixed together, we also need for decoration; again, if we want, we can use a fork to recreate the wood grain. If we can get hold of some prickly pear leaves, that's really the best!
Pandoro yule log
When people ask me for advice on how to decorate the Christmas yule log, I can not avoid also suggesting a clever and easy-to-make variant: the lemon pandoro yule log. In this case, therefore, we do not have to prepare cookie dough but use sliced pandoro: yes, this is also a recovery recipe (delicious!)
After moistening the pandoro with a limoncello and water bath, we spread the cream made with cream, lemon yogurt and lemon flavoring all over the surface. We use three quarters of it, the remaining part we need just for the filling. After covering our yule log, we can finish with a nice snowfall of coconut flour.
More ideas for decorating the Christmas yule log.
But that's not the end of the story; on the contrary, the truth is that with Christmas yule log decorations we can really indulge ourselves. Coffee cream, for example, in turn goes great. Or mascarpone cream, which can also be used for the filling: a final sprinkling of cocoa powder and here is the tiramisu trunk.
Red velvet roll yule log
And again, why not use dark chocolate sheets or caramel sauce, which somewhat resembles resin and thus gives a more natural effect? I suggest another idea to surprise your guests with really special effects: the red velvet yule log. Just prepare the red velvet roll and use cream instead of royal icing to decorate it.
Savory Christmas yule log
If you don't like sweets or you like the idea of a trunk so much that you also want to serve it at appetizer time, why not prepare a savory Christmas yule log? The making of this scenic dish is even easier than dessert: we can use white sandwich bread for the structure. As for the filling, however, salmon and cream cheese are a winning pair, but we can replace the fish with cooked ham or mortadella.
So what do you say? Which decorations do you like best? Let me know in the comments!
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