Yorkshire Rhubarb Trifle

Name: Yorkshire Rhubarb Trifle
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: caster sugar; 2 measures grenadine (optional); 10 sticks of forced Yorkshire rhubarb; 100 ml water; ½ vanilla pod, split; 2 tsp ground nutmeg; 2 tsp ground mixed spice; 4 egg yolks; 65 g caster sugar; 50 g plain flour; 250 ml milk; 200 ml double cream; 200 g butter; 200 g golden syrup; 3 leaves gelatine; 4 pieces of parkin, or ginger cake; 200 g soft dark brown sugar; 200 g self-raising flour; 4 tsp ground ginger; 150 g oats; 2 eggs, beaten; 25 g icing sugar; 50 g black treacle; 100 g broken pistachio nuts; 4 cm of root ginger; 2 measures green ginger wine

Forced Yorkshire Rhubarb Trifle with Ginger Wine-soaked Parkin Crumbs

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

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By James Mackenzie

Published 2011

About

People love a good old trifle. I’ve given this a twist by using parkin as the sponge, which is a Yorkshire spiced ginger cake traditionally served on bonfire night, and then added green ginger wine instead of sherry, not forgetting the main event of poached tender pink forced rhubarb.

Ingredients

10 sticks of forced Yorkshire rhubarb
100 ml water
caster sugar

Dessert

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3.

To make the parkin, heat the golden syrup, butter, treacle and sugar in a large saucepan, then add the flour, oats, eggs, spices and mix. Pour into a greaseproof-lined shallow baking tray and cook at