English Raspberry Trifle
Ingredients
For the swiss roll sponge:
1 free range egg
2 ounces soft raw brown sugar
2 Tbsp. cold water
1 tsp. natural vanilla extract
3 ounces self raising wholemeal flour sifted, bran included
3 free range egg whites (the yolks are used in the custard)
6 Tbsp. sugar free raspberry jam
1/4 pint fruit juice eg. apple and strawberry diluted from concentrate
2 ounces flaked almonds for the custard
3 free range egg yolks
1/2 pint milk
1 Tbsp. raw sugar or honey a vanilla pod split (or 5ml /
1 tsp vanilla extract, which should be added after cooking)
To decorate:
1/2 pint whipping cream whisked until stiff
1 red apple washed, not peeled, cut into thin slices and dipped in lemon juice
1 ounce crystallized angelica cut into diamonds.
Cooking Instructions
Heat oven to 200øc/400øf/gas 6. Line a 7in x 11in swiss roll tin with non stick baking parchment. Whisk together one whole egg with sugar, water and vanilla extract. Gradually whisk in flour. With a clean whisk and in a separate bowl, whisk egg whites to a stiff foam. Use hand whisk to gently stir whites into flour mixture, a third at a time. Pour mixture into a lined tin, tilting tin to spread mixture evenly. Do not spread by hand, as air bubbles will be lost from the mixture. Cook for 8 minutes, until firm to touch. Turn out onto greaseproof paper. Remove lining paper. Spread cake with raspberry jam, and roll up firmly using greaseproof paper to assist. Cut cake into slices and arrange in a 2 pint glass bowl so that the spiral shapes can be seen from the outside. Fill with remaining cake to give a flat layer in the bowl. Pour fruit juice over and sprinkle with almonds. Press top flat with a spatula. For the custard : Use a fork to beat egg yolks with 60ml / 4tbsp of the milk. Put remaining milk, sugar/honey and vanilla in a saucepan. Bring slowly to the boil. Pour onto egg yolks and stir. Rinse pan and strain mixture back into it. Stir over a very low heat until liquid coats the back of a spoon. This will take about 5 minutes. It will be quite a thin custard. Do not boil as the custard will curdle. Pour over cake layer and leave to cool. To decorate: Spread half the cream flat over the cold trifle. Pipe a rosette of cream in the middle, and a circle of rosettes around the outside. Arrange apple slices vertically radiating out into a spiral on top of the trifle. Press a piece of angelica into each cream rosette.
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