

Strawberry Cointreau trifle
Ingredients
- Sponges
- 6 eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 ½ cups self-raising flour
- ¼ cup strawberry jamjellyX
- Syrup
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 orange, ⅓ cup juice and zest, for garnish
- 4 cups strawberries, hulled, cut in quarters, plus extra, for decoration
- 2-3 tablespoons Cointreau (or use Kirsch or Grand Marnier)
- 2 teaspoons arrowroot
- 1 tablespoon water
- Filling
- 1 egg white
- 1 cup low-fat strawberry yoghurt
- 1 ½ cups low-fat custard
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Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 210°C. To make sponges, line two Swiss roll pans with non-stick baking paper. Divide ingredients into two lots to make two sponges. Beat eggs with sugar in a large bowl using an electric beater until thick, light and very pale. Sift in flour and, using a large metal spoon, gently fold flour into mixture. Carefully pour mixture into prepared tin. Gently smooth mixture using a spatula. Place in oven and bake for 7-11 minutes or until golden brown and springy. Repeat for the second sponge.
2 Turn sponges out onto baking paper or a clean tea towel sprinkled with sugar. Carefully peel off baking paper and spread strawberry jam over one sponge. While still warm, carefully roll from the long side, into one long roll. Leave second sponge as one sheet.
3 While sponges are cooling, to make syrup, place sugar, orange juice, 4 cups strawberries and liqueur in a small saucepan. Simmer for around 10 minutes until syrupy. Remove from heat. Dissolve arrowroot in water and add to syrup. Stir gently (don’t let it boil), until syrup begins to gel slightly. Set aside to cool.
4 To make filling, whisk egg white until stiff. Fold through yoghurt and add a spoonful or two of strawberry syrup.
5 To assemble trifle, slice rolled sponge into about 18 x 1 1/2cm slices. Place slices of sponge around the inside of a glass trifle dish. Line base of dish with some of the sheet sponge. Brush insides lightly with strawberry Cointreau syrup.
6 Add a layer of custard, a third of yoghurt mixture and a drizzle of syrup, top with some more sheet sponge, add a second layer of sponge spirals, and continue layering with custard and yoghurt mixture for 3 layers of filling inside spirals – reserving some of the strawberry Cointreau syrup for the top. Use any remaining rolled sponge slices to decorate the top. For decoration, dust with icing sugar, a pile of chopped strawberries and drizzle over remaining syrup and orange zest.
HFG tip
To save time, use bought sponges for the trifle.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 270 cal
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Kilojoules 1130 kJ
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Protein 7 g
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Total fat 4 g
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Saturated fat 1 g
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Carbohydrates 50 g
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Sugar 40 g
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Dietary fibre 1 g
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Sodium 120 mg
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Calcium 90 mg
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Iron 1 mg
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