CHOCOLATE TRIFLE

The quantities in this recipe are for a trifle where the layers are repeated, primarily because one can never really have enough chocolate! Feel free to create as many or as few layers as you like.

Makes: 8 cups of 250 millilitres each

Ingredients for the trifle :

• Thick cut Chocolate Brownie slices – 16 slices
• Whiskey – ½ cup (as much or as little as you like)
• Coffee liquor – ½ cup (again as as much or as little as you like)
• Ingredients for the Chocolate Mocha pudding:
  • Milk – 1½ cups
  • Amul Cream – 1 cup
  • Morde Dark Chocolate 45 – 100 grams, chopped fairly even and tiny
  • Instant coffee – 1½ tablespoons
  • Cornflour – 2½ tablespoons
  • Cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon
  • Sugar – 7 tablespoons
  • Vanilla – 2 teaspoons
  • Whipped cream – ½ cup
• Amul Whipping cream – 150 millilitres
• Icing Sugar – 2- 3 tablespoons, sieved so there are no lumps (you want this to be mildly sweet)
• Crushed Almond praline – 6 tablespoons (click the link for the Almond praline recipe)

Method for the Chocolate Mocha pudding and assembling the Trifle:

• Begin by making the pudding.
  • In a large bowl, (you will later add the milk and cream mixture to this bowl) mix the cornflour, cocoa powder, sugar and set aside.
  • To a deep sauce pan on medium heat add the milk, cream, chopped chocolate, vanilla and bring it to a boil while stirring all along.
  • Whisk the boiling hot chocolate milk cream into the large bowl with the cornflour mixture. Keep whisking all along to avoid lumps from forming.
  • Pour the chocolate milk and cornflour mixture back into the sauce pan and return to the stove top. Continue cooking the pudding mix until it turns as thick as pudding.
  • Turn off the heat and set aside to cool completely.
  • Once completely cool, using a spatula gently fold in the whipped cream. Don’t skip this as it adds to the much required creaminess. Set aside.
• Whip the Amul Whipping cream and sieved icing sugar until it forms soft peaks.
• To each of your serving glasses add a layer of Chocolate Brownie followed by a tablespoon each of whiskey and coffee liquor.
• Top up with about 2 tablespoons of pudding and a dollop of whipped cream.

• Repeat the layers one more time.

• Garnish with a teaspoon or two of Crushed Almond praline .

Notes:

• Alternatives to:
  • Liquor and/or whiskey – Drench the cake in a thin vanilla flavoured sugar syrup.
  • Chocolate cake – Chocolate cookie broken into large bits. Although i think Chocolate Brownie or a rich dark chocolate cake is much more satisfying in a trifle.
  • Chocolate Mocha pudding – You can use a ready made pudding mix, however home made pudding does taste a whole lot richer .