History Cookbook: Regency Trifle
About this recipe
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Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Number of servings: 20
Trifle was a popular dish during the Regency Era. Recipes from that period included lots of alcohol. This recipe uses jam and lemon juice in place of the alcohol.

Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: No cooking required
Number of servings: 20
Trifle was a popular dish during the Regency Era. Recipes from that period included lots of alcohol. This recipe uses jam and lemon juice in place of the alcohol.
Ingredients
- 2 madeira cakes
- 200g good quality blackcurrant jam
- juice of half a lemon
- 750g strawberries, raspberries or blackberries (use berries that are in season or thawed frozen berries)
- 1 pint of ready-made custard
- 2 egg yolks
- 100g caster sugar
- 750g mascarpone (use low fat if you can get it)
- 50g flaked almonds
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Weighing scales
- Measuring jug
- Whisk
- Large knife
- Pan
- Wooden spoon
- Plate
Making and cooking it

- Slice the cake into thick slices and sandwich together with the jam
- Place into the bottom of a large glass bowl until you have a layer of jam sandwiches
- Put the remaining jam into a pan with half of the lemon juice and heat gently
- Add the fruit and stir gently, coating the fruit in the warm jam mixture
- Pour the fruit onto the cake mixture and allow to cool
- Next, pour the custard onto the fruit and put back into the fridge
- Put the egg yolks and sugar into a large bowl and whisk together
- Add the mascarpone and lemon juice and mix until everything is well mixed together
- Pour onto the custard and put back into the fridge
- Put the almonds in a pan and place on the heat, stir with a wooden spoon until they are lightly toasted
- Tip out onto a plate to cool
- Sprinkle onto the trifle and allow at least 3 - 4 hours to set before serving

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