Strawberry sherry trifle

Name: Strawberry sherry trifle
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 12 sponge fingers; 2 leaves of gelatin, soaked in iced water; 2 leaves of gelatin, soaked in iced water; 140 g caster sugar; 400 g strawberries, topped and sliced; 50 g caster sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 450 ml milk; 25 g amaretto or digestive biscuits, crushed; 25 g amaretto or digestive biscuits, crushed; 400 ml double cream; 6 strawberries, topped and cut into quarters; 100 ml sweet sherry; 25 g cornflour; 2 medium free range egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

You can’t beat a proper trifle! There are so many bad versions that it has lost its appeal. But this one puts it back on the map.

Ingredients

400 g strawberries, topped and sliced
140 g caster sugar
2

Dessert
Simple

Method

Place a sieve on top of a bowl and leave to one side. To make the custard, pour 400 ml of milk and the vanilla extract into a pan and bring to the boil. In a separate bowl, whisk together the sugar, cornflour and the remainder of the milk. Pour the boiling milk over the cornflour mix and whisk together. Pour back into the pan and place on a medium heat. Whisk continuousl