Clementine-Gingersnap Trifles

Name: Clementine-Gingersnap Trifles
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 10 clementines; 227 grams package cream cheese, softened; 149 grams package thin ginger cookies; 177 milliliters heavy cream, whipped; 6 servings Garnishes: sliced kiwi, thin ginger cookies; 1 teaspoon lemon zest; 59 milliliters orange marmalade; 2 teaspoons poppy seeds; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, divided

For $2.26 per serving, this recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 7g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 520 calories. This recipe serves 6. Head to the store and pick up sugar, lemon zest, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 30 minutes.

Instructions

Beat cream cheese, sugar, zest, and 1/2 tsp. vanilla at medium-high speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 30 seconds or until smooth and sugar is dissolved. Fold in whipped cream, and spoon into a 1-gal. zip-top plastic bag. Seal bag, and chill 2 to 24 hours.

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Whipped Cream

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Sugar

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Ziploc Bags

Stand Mixer

Peel clementines, and separate into segments. (Yield should be 4 cups.)

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Clementine

Microwave marmalade in a medium bowl at HIGH 20 seconds or until melted. Stir in clementine segments, poppy seeds, and remaining 1/2 tsp. vanilla.

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Poppy Seeds

Clementine

Marmalade

Vanilla

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Microwave

Bowl

Remove and reserve 6 segments. Divide half of clementine mixture among 6 (10- to 13-oz.) glasses. Top each with 2 cookies. Repeat layers once.

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Clementine

Snip 1 corner of bag with cream cheese mixture with scissors to make a 1-inch hole. Pipe mixture onto cookies in glasses.

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Cream Cheese

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Kitchen Scissors

Serve immediately, or cover and chill 2 hours. Top with reserved segments just before serving, and garnish, if desired.

Note: For testing purposes only, we used Anna's Ginger Thins. A 2 1/2- to 3-qt. trifle dish may be substituted for 6 (10- to 13-oz.) glasses.

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Ginger

Lightened Clementine-Gingersnap Trifles: Substitute reduced-fat cream cheese for regular cream cheese and 1 (8-oz.) container reduced-fat whipped topping, thawed, for whipped heavy cream. Decrease sugar to 1 Tbsp. Proceed with recipe as directed.

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Cream Cheese

Whipped Topping

Heavy Cream