Christmas trifle

INGREDIENTS:

225g caster sugar 700g frozen fruit 8 sheets gelatine 75g custard powder 1.2ltr milk 1 1\2 madeira cake cubed 4 tbsp sherry or 6 if you like it strong 400ml double cream

Method:

put the fruit in a pan with 190g of the sugar and 1 litre of water and bring to a gentle simmer. cook for 3 min. take out 6 tbsp of the fruit and 200ml of juice. soak the gelatine in cold water until soft. blitz up the cooking fruit. squeese the water out of the gelatine and to the juice and chill until almost set. make the custard according to the pack instructions. pile the cake in to a trifle bowl and spoon over the reserved juice and berries and then the sherry. pour a thick layer of custard over and let set. then add the almost set jelly over the custard and chill. whip the cream and pipe on top. garnish with fruit and grated chocolate for decoration

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