As I explained lastly twelvemonth when I shared how I brand my cranberry sauce, I marked downwards the outset chapter of Nigella Lawson's Feast as my go-to bible for festive feasting. Along amongst where I conduct maintain adapted my cranberry sauce recipe from, too where I larn my recipe for Cherry & Clove Glazed Ham inwards Cherry Coke (which I innovation to part my tweaks of side yesteryear side year), it is where I conduct maintain taken my slightly adulterated New Years Day Trifle from.
There are thence many things to love most this trifle for this fourth dimension of year. Instead of using fresh fruit, it uses re-hydrated apricots inwards a perfumed, cardamom too citrus infused syrup. Instead of using cake, strips of pandoro or panettone course of pedagogy the sponge element, too the whipped cream is folded inwards amongst Greek yogurt which non exclusively lightens it upwards a bit, but echoes the honey, almonds too pistachios scattered on top.
While existence pretty easy, it is a ii twenty-four threescore minutes catamenia matter to produce, thence recall to start ahead thence the syrup tin conduct maintain the chance to properly soak into the pandoro. In other notes, yous tin brand this inwards whatever drinking glass bowl or dish yous have; deep or shallow. That is the non bad thing most a trifle that exclusively has 1 cream layer on top. And finally, if you're dishing this upwards to a gathering that includes younger children, experience gratuitous to larn out out the booze; the Grand Marnier is my add-on anyway, too does non look inwards Nigella's original.
Finally, the lastly thing yous demand to know is that it volition serve 8-10 people happily, too whatever leftovers you'll demand to swallow inside the side yesteryear side twenty-four threescore minutes catamenia or two. You'll likewise conduct maintain a trivial chip of pandoro leftover equally a chefs perk; perfect to brand into French Toast to bask for breakfast. You know yous desire to.
- 700g (1 1/2 lb) Dried Apricots
- 1 1/2 litres (6 cups) Water
- 150g (5 oz) Golden Caster (Granulated) Sugar
- Juice of 1 Lemon
- Juice of 1/2 Orange
- 6 Cardamom Pods
- 3/4 Pandoro or Panettone
- 5 tbsp Grand Marnier
- 375ml (13 oz) Double Cream
- 375ml (13 oz) Full Fat Greek Yogurt
- 3 tbsp Runny Honey
- 4 tbsp Pistachios
- 4 tbsp Flaked Almonds
First, re-hydrate the apricots. Place them inwards a large saucepan amongst the water, sugar, lemon juice, orangish juice too the cardamom pods, crushed to unloose the dark seeds. Bring the pan to the boil. Reduce the heat, too let to simmer for one-half an hour.
Sieve out the apricots, alternative out equally many of the cardamom pods too seeds equally possible too laid aside to cool, too and thence refrigerate overnight. Return the cooking juice to the pan too laid over a really high heat, allowing the liquid to trim back yesteryear only over half. Set aside to cool.
Meanwhile, cutting the pandoro into strips, too lay them over the bottom of the dish. Lay only about other layer inwards the contrary direction, thence that the whole bottom of the dish is covered amongst no gaps. Sprinkle over 2 1/2 tbsp of Grand Marnier, too and thence follow amongst 1/2 the apricots. Sprinkle over one-half of the syrup, too thence repeat amongst to a greater extent than of the pandoro, the balance of the Grand Marnier, apricot too syrup. Cover amongst kitchen twine too refrigerate overnight.
The side yesteryear side day, take the trifle from the refrigerator to convey to room temperature. Gently whip the cream until it exclusively only forms soft peaks, too thence crease inwards the yogurt. Spread over the exceed of the trifle. Chop the pistachios into shards, too add together them to a frying pan amongst the flaked almonds. Place the pan over a medium heat, too toss every few minutes until the almonds are slightly toasted too are going golden. Remove from the heat, too sprinkle over the exceed of the trifle. Drizzle amongst honey, too convey to the tabular array whenever you're ready.
I've got only about other New Years Day luncheon recipe laid to part amongst yous this week, if you're all the same inwards the planning mode. In other New Years nutrient ideas, inwards the yesteryear I've served upwards this Baby Spinach, Walnut too Pomegranate Salad too this Asian Butter Bean Salad. I likewise mean value my Giant (Israeli) Couscous amongst Pomegranate too Pistachio would likewise live good, too my Easy Chicken Liver Pâté amongst Winter Slaw would locomote good if you're serving upwards courses, rather than solid unit of measurement style.