Sherry trifle

Name: Sherry trifle
Ingredients: 2 oz (50 g) ratafia biscuits; 2 tablespoons strawberry jam; ½ pint (150 ml) double cream; glace cherries and angelica, to decorate; glace cherries and angelica, to decorate; 1 oz (25 g) castor sugar; 4 tablespoons sherry; ½ pint (300 ml) milk; ½ pint (300 ml) single cream; 6 egg yolks; few drops of almond essence

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Katie Stewart’s Cookbook

By Katie Stewart

Published 1983

About

Ingredients

1 trifle sponge
2 tablespoons strawberry jam
2 oz (

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Heat the milk and cream for the custard in a saucepan to just below the boiling point. While heating, lightly beat together the egg yolks and sugar. Gradually whisk the milk and cream into the eggs and sugar. Strain the custard back into the rinsed pan and stir over low heat until the custard thickens. Do not allow to boil. Turn custard into a mixing bowl and leave until completely cool, stirri