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Festive Christmas Trifle

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PREP TIME
30 min
COOKING TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
165 min
SERVINGS
12 servings
Dessert
Festive Christmas Trifle
Ingredients
  • 1 (5.9 ounce) package individual jelly-filled roll cakes
  • 1/2 cup sherry
  • 2 pints fresh raspberries
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste
  • 1 egg
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons sherry
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1/4 cup whipped cream
  • 1/4 cup fresh raspberries
  • 2 tablespoons chocolate curls
Instructions
1
Cut the jelly rolls into 1-inch cubes; cover a glass serving dish with layers of these jelly roll pieces.
2
Drizzle 1/2 cup of sherry over the jelly roll cubes; sprinkle raspberries with sugar to taste and place them on top of the jelly rolls.
3
Combine egg, egg yolks, and 1/2 cup of sugar in a bowl; whisk until the mixture is smooth.
4
Add flour to this egg mixture and blend until it's fully incorporated, without any lumps.
5
Combine milk and half-and-half in a saucepan; heat over medium heat until the mixture starts to steam, but doesn't boil.
6
Gradually whisk in 1/4 cup of the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture until it's smooth; repeat this process, whisking in 1/4 cup of the hot milk mixture at a time, until you've incorporated about 3/4 cup.
7
Pour the egg-milk mixture back into the saucepan with the remaining hot milk; reduce heat to low. Whisk constantly as you heat the mixture until it thickens and reaches a smooth, just-simmering consistency (do not boil). This should take 3-4 minutes.
8
Add vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons of sherry, and butter to the sauce; allow it to cool for about 10 minutes while whisking occasionally to avoid lumps.
9
Pour the cooled sauce over the raspberries in the serving dish; cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled and set, at least 2 hours.
10
Decorate the trifle with dollops of whipped cream, additional raspberries, and chocolate curls.