Publication-approved historical recipe

Chocolate cherry trifle

Historical recipe record without an accepted exact episode or contestant association.

Ingredients

  • 300 g cherries, fresh or frozen
  • 100 ml brandy
  • 2–3 tbsp sugar, or to taste
  • 7 g sachet gelatine
  • 6 double chocolate chip muffins
  • 500 g custard

Method

  1. Simmer the cherries with the brandy, sugar and only enough water to cover until softened. Drain, retaining the liquid.
  2. Dissolve the gelatine in the warm cherry liquid, cool and refrigerate until set.
  3. Crumble the muffins into glasses, add the cherries and pieces of jelly, then pour over the custard and finish with grated chocolate.