Summer Fruit Trifle Recipes

SUMMER FRUIT TRIFLE

Steps:

• Cover the bottom of a large bowl with 1/3 of the angel food cake cubes. Generously cover the cake with 1 1/3 cups yogurt. Spread 1 1/3 cups of the strawberry slices and blueberries on top of the yogurt. Repeat twice with the remaining cake cubes, yogurt, and berries. Serve immediately or chill until needed.

CLASSIC TRIFLE

Steps:

• Put 750g frozen summer fruit in a pan with 200g caster sugar and 1 litre water and bring to a gentle simmer.
• Cook for 2 mins, then scoop out 6 tbsp fruit and 150ml juice. Now carry on cooking the fruit in the pan for 5 mins.
• Meanwhile, soak 9 sheets leaf gelatine in cold water to soften it. If you have a hand blender, blitz the cooked fruit or mash with a potato masher, then strain through a sieve into a large bowl and push through the pulp so just the skins and seeds are left.
• Squeeze excess water from the gelatine, add to the hot fruit syrup and stir to dissolve. Cool, then chill until on the point of almost setting.
• Make the custard according to pack instructions with 75g custard powder, 1.2l milk and 50g caster sugar to create a really thick custard. Cover the surface with baking paper while it cools a little.
• Pile 1½ - 2 cubed madeira cakes into a trifle bowl, spoon over the reserved juice and berries, then 4 tbsp sherry or cassis.
• Pour over a thick layer of custard, pushing it against the side of the dish to seal in the cake below. Leave to cool and set with a skin - this makes a barrier for the jelly.
• When the custard is cold and set, and the jelly is on the point of setting, spoon the jelly over the custard and chill until ready to complete.
• Whip 300 - 450ml double cream with 1 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tbsp icing sugar until just holding its shape, then spoon round the bowl over the set jelly. Scatter with 2 crushed amaretti biscuits and chill until ready to serve.

SUMMER FRUIT AND MERINGUE TRIFLE

Steps:

• Using electric mixer, beat yolks in medium bowl to blend. Add sugar and beat on high speed until thick and pale yellow, about 3 minutes. Reduce speed to low; beat in cornstarch.
• Place milk in heavy medium saucepan. Scrape seeds from vanilla bean into milk; add bean. Bring mixture to boil. Gradually whisk hot milk into yolk mixture. Return mixture to same pan. Cook over medium heat until very thick and center of mixture is bubbling, whisking constantly, about 2 minutes. Remove pastry cream from heat. Whisk 1 minute. Strain into large bowl. Place sheet of plastic wrap directly onto surface. Chill until cold, at least 3 hours. (Pastry cream can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
• Whip cream in large bowl until stiff peaks form. Whisk pastry cream to loosen. Fold 1 cup whipped cream into pastry cream. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Cover and refrigerate while preparing fruit.
• Place meringues in large resealable plastic bag and seal. Coarsely crush meringues with mallet, leaving some large pieces (there should be about 6 cups). Place nectarines in another large bowl. Fold 1/2 cup peach preserves into nectarines. Place peaches in another large bowl. Fold remaining 1/2 cup peach preserves into peaches. Place 3 containers boysenberries in another large bowl; fold in boysenberry preserves. Spread 2 cups crushed meringues over bottom of 14-cup trifle dish. Spoon nectarines over meringues. Spread 13/4 cups pastry cream over fruit. Cover fruit with 2 cups crushed meringues. Spoon boysenberry mixture over meringues. Spread 13/4 cups pastry cream over fruit. Cover fruit with 2 cups crushed meringues. Spoon peach mixture over meringues. Place remaining cream in large dollop in center of trifle. Decorate top with additional berries. Refrigerate at least 3 hours and up to 5 hours.