Old English Trifle

About Old English Trifle

Ingredients

• Sponge cake slices 3
• Strawberry jam 4 tbsps
• Marie biscuits, ground 15
• Ripe bananas, peeled and sliced 2
• Fresh cherries, seeded 5 gms
• Glazed cherries ½ cup
• Almonds, chopped 2 tbsps
• Custard
• Eggs 3
• Milk 2 cups
• Fresh cream ¾ cup
• Castor sugar 50 gms

How to Make Old English Trifle (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. To make custard, heat milk and cream in a non-stick pan on low heat.
2. Take eggs and castor sugar in a bowl and beat for a minute.
3. Add this mixture to the milk-cream in the pan, whisking continuously and cook till the mixture becomes thick.
4. Make layers in a glass bowl in this manner: flatten a cake slice at the bottom. Spread 2 tsps jam on it followed by another slice of sponge cake and press lightly.
5. Spread a layer of ground biscuits. Pour 2 tsp of water over the biscuit layer.
6. Spread a layer of banana slices, followed by cherries. Place another slice of cake, 2 tsps of biscuit crumbs and strawberry jam and press lightly.
7. Sprinkle nuts on top. Pour custard in the end and ensure that it reaches the bottom layer.
8. Decorate with glazed cherries and nuts. Serve chilled.

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

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Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps