Wild strawberry trifle

Ingredients

For the sponge

  • 4 free-range eggs
  • 125 g caster sugar
  • 125 g self-raising flour
  • 1 tsp cornflour
For the custard

  • 500 ml double cream
  • 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped out
  • 9 free-range egg yolks
  • 25 g plain flour
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 1 leaves of gelatine, soaked in cold water until softened
For the wine jelly

  • 375 ml fruity red wine, such as Beaujolais
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 6 sprigs fresh basil
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 4 leaves gelatine, soaked in cold water until softened
For the hot strawberry coulis

  • 450 g strawberries, hulls removed
  • 115 g caster sugar
For the trifle

  • splash dry sherry
  • 8 large strawberries, hulls removed, halved
  • 250 ml whipping cream, whipped to stiff peaks
  • 115 g wild strawberries, (fraises de bois), to decorate

Description

Matthew Fort Cooks Up A Taste Of British Summer With Paul Heathcote’s Trifle Recipe

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