Yorkshire Rhubarb Trifle

Forced Yorkshire Rhubarb Trifle with Ginger Wine-soaked Parkin Crumbs

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
On The Menu: Seasonal Recipes for a Culinary Life

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

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