In honour of Steve we will all eat trifle next Wednesday - please come and share your recipes!

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OJ has suggested that we all raise a spoon of trifle next Wednesday (Steve's funeral) - seems a fitting thing to do

I have never made trifle and am only vaguely aware of what goes in it (cake, jelly and custard?) but thought I would like to have a go at making it.

Anyone got any good recipes/recommendations to share?

Will definately make one for wednesday.

Very boring ours swiss roll, fruit syrup?alcohol
Custard and cream.

I can't stand Jelly in Trifle

white chocolate and raspberry trifle

250g marscapone
2 egg yolks & 1 egg white
2oz castor sugar
6tbsp kirsch brandy or amaretto (optional - can replace with orange juice)
284ml pot reduced fat double cream
4fl oz semi skimmed milk
24 sponge fingers
500g raspberries 200g white chocolate
1tbsp icing sugar

beat marscapone/egg yolks & suger together until smooth and sugar dissolved
add cream and fold till thick

seperate bowl
beat egg white till stiff Then fold gently into marscapone mix

warm milk & kirsch (if using)dip in sponge fingers until just soft then place 12 in bottom of large trifle dish

cover with 1/3 of raspberries and half marscapone mix

sprinkle over 1/2 white chocolate and place rest of sponge fingers on top

add another 1/3 raspberries, remaining marscapone mix and white chocolate then decorate with remaining raspberries and dust with icing surgar

chill till ready to eat

shall make this on Wed especially for Steve

This is a monster of a trifle and you need a huge bowl for it too. Takes a couple days to set all the layers

Put raspberries/strawberries and sponge fingers in the bottom of a bowl

Pour on red jelly (flavour of your choice) into fridge to set

Then make a strawberry blancmange and leave to set in fridge

Then a medium tin of mandarins on top with an orange jelly, return to fridge

Then make custard and pour on top, return to fridge to cool and set

Finish with whipped cream and crushed flakes.

Can add sherry with the fruit at any point or I suppose a drop of rum for Jo !!!

This is Jamie Olivers Mums recipe. It is huge and will last a couple of days depending on how many little piggies children you have with you !!!

Nigella did a fantastic Chocolate Trifle once. Will try and find it and post recipe. Will definately make one and raise a spoon (and bowl) on Wednesday.

What a brilliant tribute, the GumsAndRoses household will be raising a spoon on wednesday, I shall make a special one in honour of a special man.

I've also got a recipe somewhere for a coffee and walnut one with whisky and oodles of cream.

Oodles is a measurement,right ?

I don't like custard. Does anyone know a custard-free recipe? Then we'll gladly lift a spoon to Steve.

mars mine has no custard or jelly in it

in fact have realised tis probably not even classed as a proper trifle but its made in a trifle bowl so we think on it as such

just seen dizzy's custard free, calorie-filled trifle and will make that!

X-posted with you there dizzy!

I am doing my shop online later and will be buying a trifle in honour of Steve.

lol mars we're white chocolate fiends in this house - you may have noticed!

I have not made one in years, but I will on tuesday, ready for wednesday, always found it better the next day

I Love Delia's Cheat's Chocolate Trifle:

"This one's either for people who don't like to cook or for devoted cooks who nonetheless need something really speedy. First you need to zip round the supermarket to collect the ingredients, then, after the cherries have soaked, this is all made in moments."

Recipe here

First thing my DD learned to "cook"

mine is dead simple

ingredients

bought madeira cake
orange juice

alcohol like grand marnier or sherry or brandy

tinned fruit cocktail in its own juice or other tinned fruit you like in its own juice

jeely tablet

bought chilled custard
whipping cream

cherries and chocolates

break up some cake and put in large pretty see through bowl

pour on ornage juice and alcohol and juice from can

to saok cake thoroughly

chuckover tinned fruit

pour over custard

spoonm over whipped cream

and decorate to taste with cherries sparklies and chocolates

put in sparklers and light

my choc trifle is easy and v popular:

cut up choc swiss rolls (or choc chip muffins) as first layer
splash a bit of sherry on top of the cake
put a couple of tins of pears (drained) in next
pour on a tub of chocolate custard
whip some cream and out that on as next layer
crumble a Flake and spinkle on top

Voila

Mine's Nigella-esque and thus somewhat poncetastic:

trifle sponges sliced in half and sandwiched back together with jam, soaked in brandy or sherry
fresh cherries (here's the tedious bit, but worth it, oh so worth it) stoned and all over the sponges.
fresh (bought) custard on top
whipped cream on top
a little bit of sieved jam, mixed with a bit of lemon juice and warmed through then drizzled on top
toasted almonds on top of that.

My totally cheating milk and white chocolate trifle:

Buy a chocolate marble cake (if you can't buy this, buy a chocolate swiss roll instead)
Slice up and put in the bottom of a large trifle bowl/dish
Splash over some Baileys and/or some chocolate liqueur
Take two cartons or pots of ready made custard - melt a large bar of white chocolate and stir into one pot, melt a large bar of milk chocolate and stir into the the other
Pour white chocolate custard onto the sponge, then on top of that pour the milk chocolate custard
Whip some cream and smooth over the top of the custard.
Sprinkle crushed Flake/Snowflake on top.

becauseimworthit - I think I may have to try that one.

And there are no calories, no carbs and absolutely fat in it. At all.

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They all look yum yum yum

I will raise a spoon to Steve on Wednesday.

Wonderful. We will be eating trifle on Wednesday; and Thursday; and Fri....

My favourite is Nigella Lawson's Chocolate Cherry Trifle

2 (approximately 12 ounces each) chocolate pound cakes (I use chocolate muffins)
1/2 cup black cherry jam
1/2 cup cherry brandy
2 cups drained bottled sour cherries (recommended: Morello)

Custard:
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, minimum 70 percent cocoa solids, chopped
1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon milk
1 1/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon heavy cream
8 egg yolks
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup cocoa

Topping:
3 cups heavy cream
1-ounce bittersweet chocolate

Special Equipment: Large wide trifle bowl

Slice the chocolate pound cake and make jam sandwiches with the cherry jam, and layer the bottom of a large wide trifle bowl. Pour over the cherry brandy so that the cake soaks it up, and then top with the drained cherries. Cover with cling wrap and leave to macerate while you make the custard.

Melt the chocolate on low to medium heat in the microwave, checking after 2 minutes, though it will probably need 4 minutes. Or you can place it in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once the chocolate is melted, ser aside while you get on with the custard.

In a saucepan warm the milk and cream. Whisk the egg yolks, sugar, and cocoa in a large bowl. Pour the warm milk and cream into the bowl whisking it into the yolks and sugar mixture. Stir in the melted chocolate, scraping the sides well with a rubber spatula to get all of it in, and pour the custard back into the rinsed saucepan. Cook over a medium heat until the custard thickens, stirring all the time. Make sure it doesn't boil, as it will split and curdle. Keep a sink full of cold water so that if you get scared you can plunge the bottom of the custard pan into the cold water and
whisk like mad, which will avert possible crisis.

The custard will get darker as it cooks and the flecks of chocolate will melt once the custard has thickened. And you do need this thick, so don't panic so much that you stop cooking while it is still runny. Admittedly, it continues to thicken as it cools and also when it's chilling in the refrigerator. Once it is ready, pour into a bowl to cool and cover the top of the custard with cling wrap to prevent a skin from forming.
When the custard is cold, pour and spread it over the chocolate cake layer in the trifle bowl, and leave in the refrigerator to set, covered in cling wrap overnight.

When you are ready to decorate, softly whip the cream for the topping and spread it gently over the layer of custard. Grate the chocolate over the top.

I think, in honour of OJ, that the alcohol in all our trifles should be replaced with rum.

A marriage of trifle and rum to reflect Jo and Steve. Seems fair enough to me.