{"id":2295,"date":"2011-07-03T12:23:59","date_gmt":"2011-07-03T12:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2011-07-04T09:40:45","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T09:40:45","slug":"trifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/?p=2295","title":{"rendered":"Trifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/21.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2297\" title=\"2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/21.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/21-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is a proper way to make a trifle &#8211; and this absolutely isn&#8217;t it. For the real way, I would suggest Delia, but be warned, you will be making custard from scratch. The result will be scrumptious, but it will be a lot of work.<\/p>\n<p>This, on the other hand, is trifle the Helen way. It is quick and easy and absolutely acceptable in all social settings. I have yet to find anyone who doesn&#8217;t like it and the bowl always comes home empty from put-lucks I&#8217;ve taken it to. Sometimes it&#8217;s even the first bowl empty (which as you know induces a feeling of great smugness, especially when it&#8217;s as easy as it this!).<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/3.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2298\" title=\"3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So give it a go &#8211; it&#8217;s totally flexible and substitutions can be made with gay abandon&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ingredients<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few sponge fingers, L\u00f6ffelbiscuit or even left-over cake.<\/li>\n<li>A packet of frozen berries &#8211; any kind, but frozen work better than fresh as they make more juice and you need the juice to soak into the sponge fingers.<\/li>\n<li>Custard in any form &#8211; home-made if you&#8217;re virtuous, but out of a can or a packet is just fine. Any kind. It can set firm or be a little runny, whichever you prefer or have to hand.<\/li>\n<li>Whipped cream &#8211; the quantity is up to you.<\/li>\n<li>Decoration &#8211; chocolate sprinkles are my favourite, but hundreds and thousands or fruit or whatever takes your fancy work too. You can even leave it unadorned if you want to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/4.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2299\" title=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/4-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Method<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Break up the biscuits or cake into chunky pieces and place in the bottom of the bowl.<\/li>\n<li>Empty the frozen fruit on top and allow to thaw. I press the fruit down a little bit with a spoon once \u00a0thawed to release even more juice and also to make a flat surface.<\/li>\n<li>Pour over the custard, trying to ensure that it doesn&#8217;t get all mixed up with the fruit. That&#8217;s where I find a flattened fruit surface comes into it&#8217;s own. Leave the custard to cool or set in the fridge for an hour or two if necessary.<\/li>\n<li>Put the whipped cream on the top and decorate as you see fit!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2300\" title=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the fairies had eaten the chocolate sprinkles again, so I had to rely on decoration from the garden.<\/p>\n<p>Yum!!<\/p>\n<p>Helen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a proper way to make a trifle &#8211; and this absolutely isn&#8217;t it. For the real way, I would suggest Delia, but be warned, you will be making custard from scratch. The result will be scrumptious, but it will be a lot of work. This, on the other hand, is trifle the Helen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sQtrc-trifle","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2295"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runquiltknitwrite.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}