Mango Trifle
Ingredients
- fresh mango pieces - 3 cups (12 Alphonso Mangoes)
- fresh mango juice - 1 cup
- vanilla extract - 1 tsp
- egg yolks - 12nos
- milk - 1 ltr
- date syrup - 50ml
- sea salt - to season
- eggless wholewheat vanilla cake - 500gms
Preparation
Bring the milk to a bowl. In another steel bowl, whisk the egg yolks and gently add the hot milk into it. Over a double boiler, whisk the (egg yolk & milk) egg custard till it gets thick and coats the spoon
Add the vanilla extract now and allow to cool
When this comes to room temperature, add in the dates syrup and salt. Note: if the dates syrup is added to hot milk it curdles
Mix well and set aside
Now the hard work is done and the fun part of assembling begins
Powder the whole wheat vanilla sponge to resemble breadcrumbs
Cut the mangoes into thin slices
In the serving bowl/cup, start adding the cake crumbs, flatten it out. Add some mango juice to sweeten the sponge & moisten it
Pour a ladle of the English custard and add some sliced mangoes
Keep forming these layers till u reach the top of the bowl
In a transparent glass bowl the triffle layers make such a pretty collage
For the final layer, add a thin layer of custard and garnish with mango slices and a sprig of mint