Delia Smith's knockout Boxing Day recipes: Traditional English trifle
This one’s the real deal. Though we love making trifles all the year round, we only ever make this one at Christmas – which keeps it in the very special occasion bracket. We have discovered that frozen English raspberries are better than imported fresh ones at Christmas time, and that bog-standard trifle sponges absorb Madeira better than home-made.
Christmas must-have: Traditional English trifle
Serves 6-8
INGREDIENTS
For the custard:
- 4 egg yolks
- 25g (1oz) golden caster sugar
- 1 dessertspoon cornflour
- 425ml (15fl oz) whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
For the filling:
- 6 trifle sponges
- 2 tablespoons seedless
- raspberry jam
- 150ml (5fl oz) Sercial Madeira (or dry sherry)
- 275g (9¾oz) frozen raspberries
- 1 dessertspoon golden
- caster sugar
- 2 medium-sized bananas
For the topping:
- 275ml (9¼fl oz) whipping cream
- 50g (1¾oz) toasted flaked almonds
- You will need a 1.75 litre (3 pint)glass bowl.
METHOD
It's best to start this with the filling, so slice the sponges in half
lengthways, spread one half with jam and place the original half back
on top.
Cut each one into three mini sandwiches and place these
sideways up in the bowl (they should all fit into a single layer). Now
stab them with a small knife and carefully and slowly pour the Madeira
over all of them. Then leave on one side so the sponges absorb the
liquid – tip the bowl from time to time to make sure there are no pools
of liquid in the bowl.
Now make the custard. First whisk the cornflour,
egg yolks and sugar together in a bowl. Then heat the cream in a small
saucepan and, when it comes up to simmering point, pour it on to the
egg mixture, whisking as you pour. Now quickly pour the whole lot back
into the saucepan, add the vanilla and whisk over a medium heat until
it just begins to bubble and thicken (don't worry, it won't curdle – if
it does look at all grainy, it will become smooth again when whisked
off the heat). Pour it back into the bowl and leave to cool.
The raspberries should be placed in a saucepan straight from the freezer, together with the sugar. Then cook them over a gentle heat, stirring them around only until they have collapsed and defrosted and the juices start to run. This will take about 5 minutes, then let them cool.
To
assemble the trifle, tip the bowl from side to side to make sure all
the Madeira has soaked into the sponges, then peel and slice the
bananas. Strain off any excess juice from the raspberries.
Then scatter
them over the sponges, followed by the bananas.
Now pour the custard all over. Finally, whip the cream till thick, spoon it over and spread it around, and scatter the almonds all over. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and chill until needed.
Extracted from Delia’s Happy Christmas by De l ia Smi th , published by Ebury at £25. © 2009. To order a copy for £18.99 (p&p free), call 0845 155 0720. For more recipes, visit www.deliaonline.com
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