“Trifle” my ass

Xmas goodies produced to date:
– 2 dozen pecan puffs (melt-in-your-mouth balls of pecany goodness);
– several dozen raisin-filled cookies (even Dina likes ’em);
– about 4 dozen ginger dots, all of which were rapidly consumed by my colleagues, some of whom had apparently not eaten in days;
– an army of gingerbread men (not necessarily an effective army, considering some of them look more like gingerbread thalidamide babies) and various other shapes with the rest of the dough;
– a vegetarian Christmas pudding;
– a trifle.
Ok, now this last item. “Trifle?” Whose idea of a cruel misnomer is this, anyway? Eight perfectly good egg yolks later, and it’s bye-bye lumpy custard, hello Bird’s canned powder. Anyway, it’s done now, sitting in the fridge, looking trifly. I used Nigella Lawson’s Domestic Goddess recipe, slightly modified to accommodate the lack of brandy – so it’s a cherry trifle with amaretto.
Next up is the cranberry gravy – I love this recipe. It’s got all the cranberries one could want, but in a savoury, red wine and red onion sauce that tastes way better than the usual cranberry jelly, IMHO.

4 Replies to ““Trifle” my ass”

  1. Wow. I’ve always loved whole cranberry sauce (jelly… ewwwww) & am usually tasked to bring my homemade when invited out for turkey dinner, but this gravy sounds fabulous. Might have to take some of each to upcoming New Year’s do.
    Thanks for the idea!

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