Blackberry trifle and pistachio sponge
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- medium
- 6
- 60 minutes
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A traditional blackberry trifle recipe is given a dinner party twist by Simon Hulstone, who adds zingy blackberry jelly and salty pistachio sponge. If you can’t find pistachio paste, crumb 100g of peeled pistachios in a food processor.
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Ingredients
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Jelly
- 165ml of dry white wine
- 165g of blackberry purée
- 1 punnet of blackberries, fresh
- 200ml of water
- 300g of caster sugar
- 3 gelatine leaves, soaked and excess water squeezed out
Pistachio sponge
- 175g of unsalted butter, softened
- 175g of caster sugar
- 175g of self-raising flour
- 5g of baking powder
- 2 tsp pistachio paste
- 1 vanilla pod
- 3 free-range eggs
To plate
- 150ml of double cream, whipped to soft peaks
SAVE RECIPE
Equipment
- Fine sieve
- Piping bag 1-2cm nozzle
- 5 small kilner jars
- 30cm rectangle baking tray
Method
1
Bring the white wine and water up to the boil and add the sugar. Once all the sugar has dissolved, take off the heat and add the gelatine
- 165ml of dry white wine
- 200ml of water
- 300g of caster sugar
- 3 gelatine leaves
2
As soon as the gelatine has dissolved, add the blackberry purée and pass through a fine sieve
- 165g of blackberry purée
3
Pour into your glass dishes. Cut the blackberries in half lengthways and share them equally between the five glass dishes. Carefully place the jelly in the fridge to set
4
Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4. Line a 30cm rectangle baking tray (with at least 2cm sides) with greaseproof paper. On a high speed, cream the butter and sugar in electric mixer until white
- 175g of unsalted butter
- 175g of caster sugar
5
Split the vanilla pod open and scrape out the seeds. Slow the machine down to its lowest speed and add the pistachio, self-raising flour, baking powder, eggs and vanilla seeds
- 2 tsp pistachio paste
- 5g of baking powder
- 1 vanilla pod
- 175g of self-raising flour
- 3 free-range eggs
6
As soon as the ingredients are incorporated, turn the machine off and check the texture. If the mix is really stiff, add a little milk to loosen it up; it wants to hold its own weight
7
Pour the mix into the lined tray and place in the oven for 25 minutes or until it’s cooked. Check this with a cocktail stick; it should come out dry. Leave to cool
8
Once cooled, remove from the tray and cut into cubes, around 2.5cm in size. Store in an airtight container until needed
9
Take the jelly out of the fridge, and using a piping bag, pipe the whipped cream on top of the jelly in little peaks from the outside to the centre of the jelly
- 150ml of double cream
10
Repeat this on all of the jellys and then, on top of the cream, arrange 4-5 cubes of well-spaced pistachio sponge. Loosely close the lid and serve
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