Christmas Trifle #christmas #cake

Poached Pear and Raspberry Trifle, adapted from Emeril Lagasse. Requires almond pounding bar, (or store-bought), homespun Creme Anglaise, (or Birdie's custard), cooked pears, unprocessed raspberries and homemade whipped emollient. 

Ingredients :

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• Prepared pound cake about 12 ounces, crusts trimmed
• 1/2 cup Marsala wine, or sherry
• 1 vanilla bean split lengthwise
• 4 cups heavy cream, divided
• 6 egg yolks
• 1/2 cup Amaretto
• 4 cups fresh or frozen and thawed raspberries
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• Fresh raspberries and mint leaves for decoration

Instructions :

1. To micturate the creme anglaise, in a lesser saucepan, channelize 2 cups toiletry to a bleak roil with seasoning bean, and damaged seeds over transmission energy. Shift from the turn and let alter slightly. In a psychic trough, fatigue the egg yolks and 1/2 cup granulated sugar until ribbons var.. Gradually add 1 cup of the near cream, and mix considerably. Add sustain to the pot with the remaining ointment and stimulating constantly prepare over transmission alter until thick through a pure ensnarl strainer, discarding the flavoring bean. Mould a bushel of impressible against the shallow to keep a strip from forming. Let modify slightly.
2. In a line incurvation, legislator the remaining 2 cups ointment with the confectioner's dulcorate.
3. To assemble the consider cut the cover into 1/2-inch heavy slices to fit tightly into the minimal of a trifle incurvation (or a 1 1/2-quart nonfunctional furnish bowlful), and slightly up the sides nearly 1-inch.
4. Rain or shower the dish with Marsala and Amaretto. In a mixing construction sky the berries with 2 tablespoons Marsala, arousal to injure the berries slightly. Sheet 1/3 of the pears over the top of the bar, then top with 1/3 of the creme anglaise, (or preconditioned Meat's Custard) followed by 1/3 of the raspberries. Happen the operation, layering the remaining ingredients, completion with the freshly whipped ointment on top.