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- From: angi@minster.uucp (Angi Lamb)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: 1000 calorie-a-bite trifle
- Message-ID: <6081@decwrl.DEC.COM>
- Date: 24 Oct 86 03:34:20 GMT
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- Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE TRIFLE-1 D "4 Jul 86" 1986
- .RZ "TRIFLE I" "1000 calorie-a-bite trifle"
- The title says it all. This recipe is my own invention.
- .IH "one trifle"
- .SH FRUIT
- .IG "3" "pears"
- .IG "8 oz" "raspberries" "250 g"
- (tinned or fresh)
- .IG "1" "passion fruit"
- .IG "1 bottle" "dry sherry"
- .SH SPONGE CAKE
- .IG "\(12 cup" "butter" "120 g"
- .IG "10 Tbsp" "castor sugar" "120 g"
- .IG "1\(14 cups" "self-raising flour" "120 g"
- .IG "2" "eggs"
- (slightly whisked)
- .SH CUSTARD
- .IG "2" "eggs"
- .IG "pinch" "salt" "0.5 ml"
- .IG "pinch" "nutmeg" "0.5 ml"
- .IG "10 oz" "double cream" "300 ml"
- (or use whipping cream)
- .SH TOPPING
- .IG "10 oz" "double cream" "300 ml"
- .IG "" "roast almonds"
- .PH
- .SK 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 refrigerator.
- .SK 2
- Preheat oven to
- .TE 350 175 .
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and
- .AB "2 Tbsp" "15 g"
- of flour and beat. Fold in rest of flour.
- Bake in
- .AB "7-inch" "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.
- .SK 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.
- .SK 4
- Whip cream until stiff and smooth over top of custard.
- Arrange almonds decoratively.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- moderate
- .I Time:
- 1 hour preparation, 1 day waiting, 10 minutes cooking.
- .I Precision:
- no need to measure.
- .WR
- Angi Lamb
- Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK
- ukc!minster!angi
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