Zuppa Inglese: Trifle

Name: Zuppa Inglese: Trifle
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: English, Scottish, British, European
Ingredients: 50 grams unsweetened chocolate pistoles; 7 egg yolks; 198 grams flour; 24 ladyfingers; 1 lemon, zested or 1 vanilla bean, scraped; 769 milliliters milk; 59 milliliters each alchermes, sassolino, or mandorla amara liqueur; 198 grams sugar; 50 grams unsweetened cocoa powder

Zuppan Inglese: Trifle might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 26g of protein, 27g of fat, and a total of 982 calories. It is a rather pricey recipe for fans of Scottish food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours. Head to the store and pick up cocoa powder, egg yolks, flour, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the milk and the vanilla bean or lemon zest and heat over medium-high heat to a very high simmer but do not allow to boil.

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Vanilla Bean

Lemon Zest

Milk

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Sauce Pan

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the egg yolks, flour and sugar and whip with a whisk until the mixture is pale yellow and forms a ribbon when the whisk is lifted from the bowl.

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Egg Yolk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Once the milk has simmered, remove the pan from the stovetop and pour 1/2 of the milk in to the egg mixture, stirring constantly. Return this mixture back to the pan with the milk and stir over high heat with a wooden spoon until the mixture coats the back of a spoon.

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Milk

Egg

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Wooden Spoon

Stove

Frying Pan

Pour half the cream into a stainless steel bowl set atop an ice bath to cool, and stir the cocoa and chocolate in to the remaining cream, making sure that it has completely dissolved into the mixture.

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Chocolate

Cocoa Powder

Cream

Ice

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Bowl

Pour the chocolate cream into a separate bowl that has been set atop an ice bath to cool.

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Chocolate

Cream

Ice

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Bowl

Cut each ladyfinger in half lengthwise and sprinkle the halves with the 3 liqueurs. Once the creams have cooled, in a large casserole, place a layer of the soaked ladyfingers, followed by a layer of the vanilla cream, followed by a layer of ladyfingers, followed by a layer of the chocolate cream, repeating this procedure until all ingredients are used up.

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Ladyfingers