Ingredients
- 6 large egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 lemons, zested and juiced
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut in chunks
- 1 pint fresh strawberries, stemmed and halved lengthwise
- 1 pint fresh blueberries
- 1 pint fresh blackberries
- 2 cups sweetened whipped cream
- 1 prepared lemon pound cake, sliced
- 1/4 cup Limoncello or Grand Marnier liqueur (optional)
- Fresh mint leaves, for garnish
Directions
To make the lemon curd: Bring a pot of water to a simmer over medium-low heat. Combine the egg yolks, sugar, lemon juice, and zest in a metal or glass heat-resistant bowl and whisk until smooth. Set the bowl over the simmering water, without letting the bottom touch, and continue to whisk. Keep working-out that arm and whisk it vigorously for a good 10 minutes, until the curd has doubled in volume and is very thick and yellow. Don't let it boil. Remove the bowl from heat and whisk in the butter, a couple of chunks at a time, until melted. Refrigerate until the custard is cold and firm.
To build the trifle: put the berries in a mixing bowl and toss them together so they are evenly distributed. Fold the whipped cream into the chilled lemon curd to lighten it up into a mousse. Line a glass trifle bowl with pieces of pound cake to fit. Drizzle or brush the cake with the Limoncello, spoon a layer of the lemon curd over the cake, and then a layer of mixed berries. Repeat the layers until the ingredients are used up, the last layer looks best if it's the berries. Chill before serving. Garnish with fresh mint.
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By Alan053044
Vermont
on December 31, 2011
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I have made this several times and plan on taking it to a New Year's Eve party tonight. I use store bought pound cake and Dickinson's lemon curd. Also using a friend's homemade lemoncello. What a visual and taste delight!!
By jakki.kate_8271555
alameda, CA
on December 23, 2011
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This is the most awesome trifle ever. After making it for my family once, I was recruited to make a kosher-for-passover version (I just use kfp cake every year for our seder. It has surpassed the flourless chocolate cake as everyone's favorite Passover dessert. So perfect for spring. (When I went gluten free, finding a kfp AND gf cake was tough, but completely worth it.
By historynow@comc...
Charlottesville, VA
on October 03, 2011
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This recipe is worth every star, but it does take a bit of time if you make the pound cake from scratch as I did. I think making Barefoot's lemon loaf would work equally well. I have made this twice and the curd is not ready in 10 minutes, nor 20 minutes, but if you're lucky perhaps 25 minutes. In other words, be patient. If you don't wait it will be too thin when you add the whipped cream. Dig in and enjoy.
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