My God, its been over a month since I posted anything. I did'nt realise how time has flown. With Diwali, then a short trip to the hills - long overdue holiday, Wedding in the family and then of course work I just have not had time to write.
My life is finally showing some semblance of settling down into a normal routine so here goes.
Strawberries are finally here so here is my Strawberry Trifle. How I love Trifles with all its layers and vibrant colours and textures. The English Dictionary defines "Trifle" as something of little value but you cannot call this dessert Insignificant. Not with so many processes and steps.
Traditionally the dish used for making a trifle is a clear glass, straight side dish but mine is really big so I used a regular bowl
A trifle traditionally has a layer of jam roll, topped with custard, jelly, fruit and cream.
I used a sponge cake, strawberry compote, custard, jelly, strawberries and cream.
Cut and Macerate strawberries with some sugar and keep aside for some time
Make a simple strawberry compote but cooking 2 boxes of strawberries with some sugar and water, till the berries are soft and mushy and the sugar dissolves. Cool and puree same. I like the seeds so I leave it as it but in case you want you could pass it through a sieve.
Make a custard - you could do this from scratch with eggs and milk but I used the regular Custard Powder and made a slightly thick custard with this. Don't use a flavoured one please. Vanilla tastes best.
Make a packet of strawberry jelly and keep to semi set.
Whip the cream and keep aside.
Then comes the assembling.
Start with layering a bowl with cake. I had some strawberry sponge cake so I cut it up in with star shaped cookie cutters and lined the base of my bowl.
Sprinkle a small amount of the compote on it to wet the cake.
Cover with the custard and some of the cut strawberries and then top with a layer of the compote.
Then comes the layer of the semi set jelly
And finally top with cream and more strawberries
Let this sit in the fridge for 3-4 hours for the flavours to meld together and then enjoy.
