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Black Forest trifle
Serves 8
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
Plus cooling and chilling
James Martin's indulgent trifle won't keep you in the kitchen for long but will impress guests at your next get-together
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- 500ml tub ready-made chilled custard– look for one with real vanilla seeds
- 100g plain chocolatebroken into pieces
- 400g chocolatebrownies
- 2 x 390g jars cherriesin kirsch or similar
- 300g tub double cream
- 200ml tub crème fraîche
- 25g icing sugar
- grated chocolateto decorate, and fresh cherries (optional)
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal723
- fat52g
- saturates31g
- carbs62g
- sugars55g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.34glow
Method
step 1
Put the custard into a pan with the chocolate pieces. Gently heat, stirring, until the chocolate has melted into the custard. Cover with cling film and cool.
step 2
Arrange the brownies in the base of a trifle bowl. Drain the jars of cherries, reserving the liquid, and scatter over the brownies. Drizzle over 100ml reserved liquid. Spoon the cooled chocolate custard over and chill while you make the topping.
step 3
Lightly whip the cream with the crème fraîche and icing sugar until soft peaks form. Chill until ready to serve, then pile on top of the trifle and decorate with grated chocolate and fresh cherries, if you like.
