Chocolate and Pear Trifle

Chocolate and Pear Trifle

poniedziałek, 27 stycznia 2014

Chocolate and Pear Trifle

Time: 24 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ready-made chocolate pound cake

Directions

• 1 Cut the ready-made chocolate pound cake into 1-inch cubes.
• 2 You should have about 8 cups.
• 3 Set aside.
• 4 To prepare the custard: In a medium size heavy saucepan, stir the sugar, flour, ground nutmeg and salt.
• 5 Gradually stir in the milk, egg yolks and vanilla extract.
• 6 Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thickened and bubbly.
• 7 Cook and stir for 2 minutes more.
• 8 Remove from heat.
• 9 Pour into a bowl.
• 10 Cover surface with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 4-6 hours.
• 11 To prepare the pears: Stir the wine, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon peel, ground nutmeg, and ground cinnamon in large skillet.
• 12 Cook over low heat, stirring constantly to dissolve the sugar.
• 13 Bring to a boil.
• 14 Reduce the heat to medium-low.
• 15 Simmer uncovered for 10 minutes or until reduced by half.
• 16 Add the sliced pear wedges to wine mixture, stir gently to coat.
• 17 Bring to a boil.
• 18 Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover.
• 19 Simmer for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally until the pears are tender.
• 20 Remove the pears from the skillet with slotted spoon and discard any cooking liguid.
• 21 Cover and refrigerate the pears for 4-24 hours.
• 22 Putting the trifle together: Place half of the chocolate pound cake cubes in the bottom of glass trifle bowl.
• 23 Pour half of the cooled custard sauce over the cake and half of the spiced pears over the custard.
• 24 Repeat layering the trifle with remaining chocolate pound cake cubes, custard sauce and pears.
• 25 Cover and refrigerate for 4-6 hours.
• 26 Right before you are ready to serve the trifle, remove from refrigerator, and garnish top of trifle with whipped cream, grated chocolate, and maraschino or candied cherries.