Make the most of rhubarb season with Dominic Chapman's rhubarb trifle recipe. This pretty little layered trifle of rhubarb, trifle, cream and more is a treat for the eyes and the palate to enjoy. The trifle recipe calls for stock syrup, which is simply a mixture containing equal parts sugar and water, reduced to a syrup
Method
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To make the syllabub base, mix all ingredients together
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For the rhubarb, chop the fruit into equal sized batons and gently cook in the stock syrup. Bring to the boil then allow to cool
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For the custard, mix the custard powder and sugar together with enough of the milk to make a paste. Place the remaining milk and the vanilla pod in a pan on the stove and bring to the boil. Alternatively you could make a crème patisserie see the video below
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When the milk comes to the boil, mix the paste in and stir constantly over the heat until properly cooked out and thickened
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Pass through a sieve, cover with grease proof paper and chill until needed
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To make the tea infusion, boil the water and remove from the heat, add the tea and let it infuse for 10 minutes. Then strain
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To prepare the trifle, put the tea infusion, sherry, sugar and lime into a pan and and heat until the sugar dissolves. Pour the mixture over the sponge fingers and allow to soak
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Once softened, place 2 sponge fingers in the bottom of each of your serving glasses, and arrange some rhubarb on top of the sponges
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Blitz your chilled custard with a stick blender or whisk until smooth and pipe on top of the rhubarb. Then cover with cling film and allow to set in the fridge
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To make the syllabub cream, whisk the sherry, cream and syllabub mix into soft peaks and spoon on to the top of the trifle
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Finish by topping with Amaretto biscuits, toasted flaked almonds and caramelised pistachio nuts
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