Gingerbread Trifle with Pears

Name: Gingerbread Trifle with Pears
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 55 grams packed brown sugar; 4 Tbsps butter, divided; 454 grams packages each) cream cheese, softened; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided; 1 teaspoons ground ginger, divided; 238 milliliters heavy whipping cream, whipped; 61 milliliters lemon juice; 2 Tbsps orange juice; 1 Tbsp grated orange peel; 10 mediums ripe pears; 0 teaspoons rum extract; 200 grams sugar, divided; 710 milliliters water; 397 grams package gingerbread cake mix

Gingerbread Trifle with Pears requires around 1 hour and 30 minutes from start to finish. For 96 cents per serving, you get a dessert that serves 16. One portion of this dish contains roughly 4g of protein, 19g of fat, and a total of 407 calories. This recipe is typical of European cuisine. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for Christmas. A mixture of pears, cream cheese, ground ginger, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions. Cool completely on a wire rack.

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Cake Mix

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Wire Rack

Oven

In a large bowl, combine water and lemon juice. Peel pears, one at a time, quarter and cut into 1 to 1-1/2-in. chunks.

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Lemon Juice

Pear

Water

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Bowl

Place in water mixture to prevent browning.

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Water

Drain pears. In a large skillet, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 2 tablespoons butter and 1/4 teaspoon each cinnamon and ginger.

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Cinnamon

Butter

Ginger

Pear

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Add half the pears. Cook and stir over medium-high heat for 4-5 minutes or until syrup is golden brown. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 10 minutes longer, stirring occasionally.

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Pear

Syrup

Transfer to a bowl.

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Bowl

Repeat with remaining sugar, butter, cinnamon, ginger and pears. Cool completely.

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Cinnamon

Butter

Ginger

Pear

Sugar

Meanwhile, for trifle cream, in a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, brown sugar, orange juice, orange peel and extract until blended. Gently fold in whipped cream.

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Whipped Cream

Cream Cheese

Orange Juice

Brown Sugar

Orange Zest

Extract

Cream

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Bowl

To assemble, cut cake into 1/4-in. slices.

Place a third in a 3-qt. trifle dish or glass serving bowl; top with a third of pears and a third of cream cheese mixture. Repeat layers twice. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

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Cream Cheese

Pear

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Bowl