{"id":47,"date":"2009-12-16T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-15T16:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/2009\/12\/16\/jelly-trifle\/"},"modified":"2021-05-18T09:42:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:42:52","slug":"jelly-trifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/jelly-trifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jelly Trifle"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always think of my grandmother at Christmas, usually when I’m wrapping my presents. When I was at high school, every year I would go down to her\u00a0house\u00a0a couple of days before Xmas and sit at her kitchen table doing her wrapping for her. She would go round the house collecting up all the gifts she’d been putting away all year and tell me who each one was for. Things were more leisurely then, and we had a relaxed evening, with time to get every parcel just right.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’m thinking of her early this year and remembering her trifle. Her\u00a0speciality\u00a0dishes\u00a0included\u00a0her apple pie, jam tarts and my favourite, trifle. It had to be made with jelly, not sherry. (When I was first introduced to\u00a0trifle\u00a0made with sherry, it was most disappointing.) It was spread with jam, layered with fruit salad, and then the jelly was poured over it. When it was set, it was topped with a thick layer of thick custard made from Edmonds custard\u00a0powder. Then another thick layer of whipped cream, and sliced strawberries on top. Or sometimes grated\u00a0chocolate. It was luscious. And mum, my sister and I kept up the\u00a0tradition\u00a0at family gatherings, always making it just the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0don’t\u00a0think I’ve had trifle since I went gluten free, so about 12 years, though I’ve been known to have a spoonful of custard and cream off the top. \u00a0But this year I’ve been thinking about how to make a GAPS friendly trifle. So far I don’t have a firm recipe, just some musings – but I might try out a mini one this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I’ll start with something sponge like, probably made with coconut flour, as I think almond flour will be a bit\u00a0heavy\u00a0for this recipe. Maybe just a batch of blueberry muffins using the recipe in Bruce Fife’s book. Or maybe this <\/span>Triple Berry Coconut Cake<\/span><\/a>. When cooled, they’ll be cut into rough chunks.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I’ll put half in one layer in my dish, then some berries, and\u00a0another\u00a0layer of each.<\/span><\/p>\n

Next I’ll\u00a0take\u00a0some red organic fruit juice – eg grape, apple & blackcurrant – dilute it a little, and use gelatine<\/a> to make a jelly. I’ll pour this over the top, press it all down firmly and leave it in the fridge to set.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next day, I’ll make a custard with real eggs, and either raw milk or coconut milk, sweetened\u00a0with\u00a0a little honey. It might not be as thick as Edmonds, but fingers crossed it will thicken up in the fridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lastly, a layer of raw cream, whipped well, and more sliced berries.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll let you know how it \u00a0goes. In the\u00a0meantime, I’d better do another post on how to whip raw cream<\/a>, because you sometimes need to make some extra preparations.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I always think of my grandmother at Christmas, usually when I’m wrapping my presents. When I was at high school, every year I would go down to her\u00a0house\u00a0a couple of days before Xmas and sit at her kitchen table doing her wrapping for her. She would go round the house collecting up all the gifts she’d been putting away all year and tell me who each one was for. Things were more leisurely then, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,16,6,36,7,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}