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Trifle: Tips, Techniques, Recipes


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I love traditional trifle, unpretentious and sloppy. But --

- sliced apples/ pears and marscarpone cheese sweetened with maple syrup; reduced apple cider

- chocolate mousse and strawberries or tart cherries cooked down into a chunky sauce

- sabayon with berries and balsamic vinegar with confectioner's sugar

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I layer it with a nice pastry cream, some strawberries, kiwi and sliced mango and caramelized bananas. Throw it a bit of crushed pralines for texture. Let me know if you need a recipe for pastry cream.

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Don't feel like the tropical fruit thing, and too much banana is overkill (today at least). I'm leaning toward a caramelized banana (great idea) and some berries, a custard, whipped cream, and toasted almonds on top. And some booze of course.

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Do they have to be berries? (Maybe lingonberries, but I don't think they'd work with bananas.)

Maybe a coffee sabayon to go along with the roasted bananas, Kahlua, whipped cream and chopped honey glazed walnuts. Try spiking the whipped cream with a little powdered cardamom, and partially soaking the pound cake in cognac. (Yes, this is an untraditional trifle, but you did ask for creativity...)

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I'm going to do layers of the pound cake, filled with jam, doused with some sherry. Then I'm going to caramelize some bananas, and put them in with some berries soaked in kirsch (I'll buy what looks good - strawberries, rasberries, blueberries) - then make a custard and pour that on, then finish with whipped cream and some toasted slivered almonds as a garnish. Will report on the results this evening.

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Sounds excellent.

Another way I sometimes "fancy up" pound cake is by plating a slice on a pool of creme anglaise and topping with a dollop of softly whiped cream and some berries, garnished with mint leaf. Looks and tastes great, and is really easy when Sara Lee bakes the pound cake.

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And some booze of course.

i have fun playing around with diffusions--or is it a concoction--by steeping herbs or zest or what-not in the wine or sherry for a day or so before using in the trifle. i don't know what i'd use with banana. when i made blueberry trifle i actually used rosemary.

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My trifle wasn't so good. I used bananas and berries, which was a mistake. Too many contrasting flavors. The custard was good. I think a trifle should be greater than the sum of its parts, and this one wasn't. I'm not sure that pound cake is the right thing to use - sponge cake is better - the pound cake is too heavy.

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  • 3 years later...

I am hosting 11 adults for Christmas dinner. I am starting to think about dessert and leaning towards trifle, plus perhaps one or two other things.

I think of trifle as a spectacular looking presentation, and something that can be made ahead.

My mother cannot eat seeds or nuts, but I can usually work around this.

I would love to have some suggestions as to what I can do to make this a memorable dessert................................

Life is short, eat dessert first

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I just picked up this month's Chatelaine magazine and there's a recipe for eggnog trifle by Anna Olson. Looks delicious and nut-free! I found the recipe online here:

http://www.foodtv.ca/recipes/recipedetails.aspx?dishid=3715

The version of this recipe that's in the magazine uses cranberries instead. I couldn't find it on the Chatelaine website but if you'd like it, PM me. I'll send it your way.

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The basic of trifle is cake, custard, fruit (usually berries) and cream. For the holiday season, it's nice to have a chocolate version. Since good raspberries and strawberries aren't easy to find this time of year, maybe consider a mandarin or orange and chocolate version.

A few other ideas: Chocolate Roulade, Yule Log, Tiramisu.

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