Trifles

The first, if not a traditional English trifle, is at least based on one and divinely so. The second is in some sense a tiramisu spin-off; if you have ever tried the white tiramisu in How to Eat you will know what I mean. Now, the third trifle I am excitedly pleased about. I came up with it a couple of summers ago: it was hot, I was hot, and I wanted to make something like trifle but lighter, sharper, less formal. The version I came up with is a modern, deconstructed trifle; the idea pared down to essentials. I have no favourites really, not when it comes to eating, but I can’t help having a special maternal fondness for this, my own baby.