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- From: arielle@taronga.com (Stephanie da Silva)
- Subject: Trifle
- Message-ID: <0BTSTE7@taronga.com>
- Followup-To: rec.food.cooking
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- References: <1993Jul19.134257.3343@altair.selu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1993 16:22:59 GMT
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- Trifle
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- This is a wonderful recipe. It calls for frozen fruit, but I don't
- see why you couldn't substitute fresh fruit if available.
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- 9-inch sponge cake layer
- 3/4 cup dry sherry
- 2 packages frozen raspberries
- 2 packages frozen peaches
- Chilled custard sauce
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds
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- Thaw and drain fruit. Slice sponge cake into three thin layers. Place
- one layer in the bottom of a serving bowl. It should be flat-bottomed
- and about 10 inches across and five inches deep. If you have one of
- glass, use it because the layers of the trifle look very pretty. Sprinkle
- the cake layer with one-quarter cup sherry. Spread about 1 third of the
- raspberries and peach slices on top. Pour one-third of the custard over
- the fruit. Repeat cake, sherry, fruit and custard layers, saving a dozen
- or so raspberries for garnish. To make the topping, beat egg white until
- stiff and in a separate bowl, whip cream. Stir sugar into cream and
- gently fold in beaten egg white. Mound cream and egg white mixture over
- the top of the trifle. Garnish with raspberries and toasted almonds.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
-
- Custard Sauce
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- 2 cups milk
- 6 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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- Scald milk in a double boiler. Meanwhile, beat egg yolks and add sugar
- and salt. Pour a little hot milk into the egg yolk mixture, beating
- with a fork, and then stir into the rest of the milk. Place over
- simmering, not boiling, water and cook -- stirring until the mixture
- coats a metal spoon. Pour the cutard into a bowl and stir in the vanilla.
- Cover and refrigerate for one hour or until thickened before adding to
- trifle.
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- Sherry Trifle
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- 3 egg yolks
- 1 pint double cream
- 1 oz sugar
- 1 level tsp cornflour
- 5 trifle sponge cakes
- 2 oz flaked almonds, lightly toasted
- Raspberry jam, use a very good quality one
- 2 fl oz of sherry ( or more!)
- 8 oz frozen raspberries ( or fresh in season)
- 2 small bananas
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- Break the sponge cakes into medium size pieces and spread each piece
- with jam. Place in a large glass bowl and sprinkle over the raspberries.
- Add the sherry until the cakes are saturated.
-
- Make the custard: Heat half the cream in a small saucepan. Blend the
- egg yolks, sugar and cornflour together in a basin and when the cream is
- hot pour over the mixture , stirring constantly. Return to the pan and
- reheat gently until thick, then allow to cool.
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- Slice the bananas, mix in with the raspberries, and pour the custard over.
- Whip up the remaining cream and spread over the custard. Decorate with the
- flaked almonds. Cover and chill for 3 - 4 hours before serving.
-
- This is nice served with a good dessert wine, one of the Australian or
- Californian Muscats would be great.
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-
- FITZPATRICK TIPSY CAKE
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- 2 sponge cake layers
- 2 c. sweetened strawberries
- 1 c. juice from fruit
- 1 c. creme sherry
- hot custard
- 1 c. cream, whipped
- candied fruit or maraschino cherries
- slivered almonds, toasted
-
- Split cake layers horizontally. Press 1 layer in bottom of serving
- bowl. (I make one 8" layer and one 10" layer since my bowl tapers
- in at the bottom.) Cover with fruit, juice, and sherry. Repeat
- layers ending with cake, juice, and sherry - no fruit on top layer.
- Cover with hot custard. Chill. (Place plastic wrap in contact
- with surface of custard to prevent skin formation.) When cold
- cover with whipped cream (made with 1 cup heavy cream, 1 T. sugar,
- and 1/4 t. vanilla). Decorate with candied fruit or maraschino
- cherries and the toasted almonds. Or decorate with extra fresh
- strawberries or other fruit. Refrigerate 4-6 hours before serving.
- Serves 8.
-
- Custard:
-
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/3 c. sugar
- 1/8 t. salt
- 2 c. scalded milk
- 1/4 t. vanilla or sherry to taste
-
- Beat yolks until pale yellow. Add sugar, salt, and milk. Cook in
- double boiler, stirring constantly, until mixture coats back of
- spoon and doesn't drip. Remove from heat and and flavoring. Cool
- slightly.
-
- Sponge cake:
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- 4 eggs
- 1 c. flour
- 1/4 c. orange juice
- 1 c. flour
- 1 1/2 t. baking powder
-
- Heat oven to 325 F. Grease pans (bottom only). Separate eggs and
- beat yolks until pale and thick. Add orange juice and sugar. Mix
- flour and salt and add to egg mixture. Beat egg whites until
- stiff. Fold into batter. Pour batter into pans and bake 25-30
- minutes.
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