Amaretto Berry Trifle
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gluten_freeChristmas dinners in NZ's summer are often in a "more the merrier" spirit, combining totally inappropriate roast meals and hot Christmas pudding with salads, cold ham, strawberries and pavlovas. A seasonal favourite of mine is trifle, but trifle can be boring unless you tart it up a bit. This is a simple and delicious recipe, followed by a similar low carb version.
Ingredients: (rough quantities - modify it according to how many you're feeding)
canned boysenberries (say 2 cans)
store bought or home made GF sponge/pound/yellow cake (there's a GF low carb version in the video below)
good quality raspberry jam - several tablespoons
Amaretto liqueur (a small glassful)
Dry or Medium sherry (a small glassful)
A carton of store bought GF custard, or make your own
Slightly sweetened whipped cream
Instructions:
In a large bowl, put a layer of sponge cake. Cover generously with raspberry jam. Sprinkle the Amaretto and sherry over, piercing the sponge with a knife in places to make sure it soaks it up. Then cover with the boysenberries plus their juice (or reserve some of the liquid if you think there'll be too much), followed by the custard. Top or serve with whipped cream. Better if it's left a couple of hours to settle and soak up the juices, and it should be cold. If you dislike Amaretto, use a different liqueur.
And here's a low carb strawberry trifle.
My adaptation of this to my usual berry trifle would be to add in the Amaretto and sherry, as above. I also like custard so would always add that, and I'd do the traditional layers. To make it really similar, I'd also use frozen boysenberries (cooked up with lemon juice and sweetener) instead of the strawberries, and a low carb raspberry jam.
Ingredients: (rough quantities - modify it according to how many you're feeding)
canned boysenberries (say 2 cans)
store bought or home made GF sponge/pound/yellow cake (there's a GF low carb version in the video below)
good quality raspberry jam - several tablespoons
Amaretto liqueur (a small glassful)
Dry or Medium sherry (a small glassful)
A carton of store bought GF custard, or make your own
Slightly sweetened whipped cream
Instructions:
In a large bowl, put a layer of sponge cake. Cover generously with raspberry jam. Sprinkle the Amaretto and sherry over, piercing the sponge with a knife in places to make sure it soaks it up. Then cover with the boysenberries plus their juice (or reserve some of the liquid if you think there'll be too much), followed by the custard. Top or serve with whipped cream. Better if it's left a couple of hours to settle and soak up the juices, and it should be cold. If you dislike Amaretto, use a different liqueur.
And here's a low carb strawberry trifle.
My adaptation of this to my usual berry trifle would be to add in the Amaretto and sherry, as above. I also like custard so would always add that, and I'd do the traditional layers. To make it really similar, I'd also use frozen boysenberries (cooked up with lemon juice and sweetener) instead of the strawberries, and a low carb raspberry jam.
Mmmmmm
Date: 2022-09-14 03:40 pm (UTC)This makes me sad that I grew up in a non-trifle food culture.
Re: Mmmmmm
Date: 2022-09-14 03:45 pm (UTC)