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Recipe for "trifle-1"

NAME

     TRIFLE-1 - 1000 calorie-a-bite trifle
     The title says it all. This recipe is my own invention.

INGREDIENTS (one trifle)

          FRUIT
     3         pears
     250 g     raspberries (tinned or fresh)
     1         passion fruit
     1 bottle  dry sherry
          SPONGE CAKE
     120 g     butter
     120 g     castor sugar
     120 g     self-raising flour
     2         eggs (slightly whisked)
          CUSTARD
     2         eggs
     0.5 ml    salt
     0.5 ml    nutmeg
     300 ml    double cream (or use whipping cream)
          TOPPING
     300 ml    double cream
               roast almonds

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Peel and slice pears, drain raspberries if tinned,
               and scoop out passion fruit.  Place fruit in large
               trifle bowl and add an ample quantity  of  sherry.
               Leave  for twenty-four hours to soak in the refri-
               gerator.
          (2)  Preheat oven to 175  deg.  C.   Cream  butter  and
               sugar  until  light and fluffy.  Add eggs and 15 g
               of flour and beat. Fold in rest of flour.  Bake in
               18-cm  square  tin for 25-30 mins until brown. Let
               cool.  Slice into fingers and arrange  on  top  of
               fruit.  More sherry may be added at this point.
          (3)  Pour one large glass of sherry.  Mix eggs and  add
               all  ingredients to small bowl.  Place bowl in pan
               of simmering water.  Stir continuously with wooden
               spoon,  sipping  sherry,  until  custard thickens.
               This takes about ten minutes.  Pour custard on top
               of sponge.  Chill in fridge.
          (4)  Whip cream until stiff and smooth over top of cus-
               tard.  Arrange almonds decoratively.

RATING

     Difficulty:  moderate  Time:  1  hour  preparation,  1   day
     waiting, 10 minutes cooking.  Precision: no need to measure.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Angi Lamb
     Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK
     ukc!minster!angi