Black Forest Winter Trifle

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Black Forest Winter Trifle

You can’t beat a Christmas Trifle and this Black Forest Winter Trifle with Kirsch-soaked cherries and chocolate custard is a great showstopper alternative to Christmas pudding - I’m always asked to make it at each Christmas!

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Ingredients

  • Greek yoghurt 60 g
  • butter 15 g
  • mini marshmallows 15 g
  • chocolate buttons 40 g
  • flaked almonds 15 g
  • icing sugar 1 tsp
  • double cream 600 ml
  • chocolate swiss roll 2
  • vanilla extract 1 tsp
  • nutella 150 g
  • ready to serve custard 800 g
  • frozen berries 500 g
  • cherries in kirsch 740 g

Method

  • Thaw the frozen mixed berries in a bowl.
  • In another bowl, mix the custard with the Nutella. Mix in half of the custard at a time into the whole amount of the Nutella to stop it going lumpy. Finally, mix in the Greek yoghurt.
  • Slice the 2 Chocolate Swiss rolls into discs, then cut those discs in half. Drain the cherries in kirsch over a bowl and keep the liquid to one side.
  • Make a layer in the bottom of a trifle bowl with half of the sponge discs. Sprinkle some of the defrosted frozen berries on top with a slotted spoon.
  • Dot with some of the cherries, drizzle with a little of the Kirsch liquid then pour in half of the Nutella custard.
  • Repeat with another layer of Swiss roll, berries, cherries and custard. Keep back some of the drained cherries for decoration.
  • Whip the double cream, add a little icing sugar to taste and dollop on top of the custard layer. Decorate with the cherries and almonds.
  • Finally, make the sauce by microwaving the chocolate buttons, butter, and marshmallows in a bowl for 1 minute, or until the marshmallows are melted. Give it a good stir and add some warm water to loosen if needed, adding a tablespoon at a time.
  • Drizzle over the trifle before serving.

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