New Year Dish
I made a trifle for Christmas, and it was a great hit. Definitely good for make-ahead - all that is needed at serving time is whipping the cream (or sabayon if you use that instead)
The trifle I made had dried out poundcake for the cake layer -
it was spread with rasp jam mixed with some grated (meyer) lemon rind and muscat wine and soaked in a mixture of the moscato, good sweet sherry and brandy. it was sprinkled with ground up amaretti and layered with pastry cream and fresh fruits (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and bananas - the latter tossed with some sugar, and lemon juice and rind. The strawbs were not sweet, they could have done with some maceration too. Oh, and some mandarin oranges, but they got panned by my foodie kid. We put some of the meyer lemon rind in the whipped cream too, which was a nice touch. Lots of fun to make and eat if you want to step back from you day job stuff a bit.
The trifle I made had dried out poundcake for the cake layer -
it was spread with rasp jam mixed with some grated (meyer) lemon rind and muscat wine and soaked in a mixture of the moscato, good sweet sherry and brandy. it was sprinkled with ground up amaretti and layered with pastry cream and fresh fruits (raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and bananas - the latter tossed with some sugar, and lemon juice and rind. The strawbs were not sweet, they could have done with some maceration too. Oh, and some mandarin oranges, but they got panned by my foodie kid. We put some of the meyer lemon rind in the whipped cream too, which was a nice touch. Lots of fun to make and eat if you want to step back from you day job stuff a bit.
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