A Conversation for Traditional Sherry Trifle
Yum
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Started conversation Feb 11, 2003
This is pretty much the way that my mum used to make trifle, except she used Birds custard, she left out the sherry when the kids were still too young to be doing that sort of thing, she'd sprinkle hundreds and thousands on top, and she'd also sometimes decorate the top with candied angelica - the bright green looked very good with the red of the cherries 
Yum
GreyDesk Posted Feb 11, 2003
My granny's specialty was some how getting the fruit to hang suspended in the jelly. To this day I've never worked out how she did it, and the old bat won't let me into the secret
Yum
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 11, 2003
Dang, I used to know this... 
Yum
Post Team Posted Feb 11, 2003
Glad you enjoyed the recipe. 
Use half the jelly mix and put the fruit in - leave for about half hour then carefully pour the rest of the jelly in... the fruit will hang there. It also helps if you pat the fruit in a tea towel first so it is fairly dry. 
Glad you liked it... we also used Birds Custard and hundreds and thousands and sometimes Angel Whip instead of cream.
Good point about leaving the sherry out for children - to soften the sponge I used to use slightly diluted raspberry/strawberry/blackcurrant squash. 
shazz 
Yum
There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho Posted Feb 11, 2003
I thought there was a way of putting fruit into liquid jelly in such a way that it will remain in suspension as the jelly sets
Key: Complain about this post
Yum
- 1: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Feb 11, 2003)
- 2: GreyDesk (Feb 11, 2003)
- 3: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Feb 11, 2003)
- 4: Post Team (Feb 11, 2003)
- 5: Post Team (Feb 11, 2003)
- 6: There is only one thing worse than being Gosho, and that is not being Gosho (Feb 11, 2003)
More Conversations for Traditional Sherry Trifle
Write an Entry
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. It has been compiled and recompiled many times and under many different editorships. It contains contributions from countless numbers of travellers and researchers."