RECIPE: Dan Boyle’s Yummy Hat Trick
When players are on the road away from family, they miss the togetherness and camaraderie of mealtimes. Desserts add a sense of celebration when a player is home, and this one guarantees sweet memories with not one or two creamy fillings but three — a hat trick.
Ottawa-born Dan Boyle plays for the New York Rangers. His grandmother created this recipe, which is a family favourite at holiday gatherings.
Crust
• 125 ml (1/2 cup) butter
• 500 ml (2 cups) graham cracker crumbs
Filling
• 250 g (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
• 250 ml (1 cup) icing sugar
• 250 ml (1 cup) 35 per cent whipping cream
• 1 pkg (110 g/3.9 oz) instant chocolate pudding
• 1 pkg (110 g/3.9 oz) instant vanilla pudding
• 750 ml (3 cups) milk, divided
• Heat oven to 180 C (350 F).
In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Remove from heat and stir in cracker crumbs. Press crumbs into a 33-by-23-cm (13by-9-inch) metal baking pan. Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool completely.
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, using an electric mixer on mediumhigh speed, beat cream cheese and sugar together until smooth. Spread over cooled base in baking pan.
In a separate medium bowl, using an electric mixer on mediumhigh speed, whip cream until stiff peaks form. Spread half the beaten cream over cream cheese layer.
In a separate medium bowl, using an electric mixer on mediumhigh speed, beat together chocolate pudding mix and 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) of the milk for 2 minutes or until pudding has thickened. Pour over whipped cream layer.
In a separate medium bowl, using an electric mixer on mediumhigh speed, beat together vanilla pudding mix with remaining 375 ml (1 1/2 cups) milk for 2 minutes or until pudding had thickened. Pour over chocolate pudding layer.
Top with remaining whipped cream. Chill for at least 12 hours or overnight.
Nutrition stats per 1/15 recipe: 310 calories; 19 g fat; 400 mg sodium; 32 g carbs; 1 g fibre; 4 g protein.
Source: “The Ultimate Cookbook for Hockey Families.”