Chocolate Strawberry Trifle

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recipe by Tenina Holder https://bit.ly/TheWeekendTable

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    5hrs 20mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    16
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    389

This beautiful dessert will be the centrepiece of any table! Perfect for a special occasion and of course Christmas. Be prepared to make it again. Make sure you have enough room in your fridge to place a 3.5L trifle bowl without disturbing it for several hours

Inspired by: https://tenina.com/recipes/chocolate-strawberry-trifle

recipe updated Jan 12, 2022

Ingredients

  • White chocolate icon
    White chocolate
    100 g
  • Strawberries icon
    Strawberries
    300 g
  • Dark chocolate icon
    Dark chocolate
    as needed
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    80 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    80 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    900 g
  • Pink himalayan salt flakes icon
    Pink himalayan salt flakes
    1 pinch
  • Vanilla bean paste icon
    Vanilla bean paste
    1 tablespoon
  • Gelatine icon
    Gelatine
    3 teaspoons
  • Single cream icon
    Single cream
    350 g
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    3
  • Vanilla bean paste icon
    Vanilla bean paste
    4 teaspoons
  • Hot coffee icon
    Hot coffee
    200 ml
  • Sponge fingers icon
    Sponge fingers
    10
  • Mascarpone cheese icon
    Mascarpone cheese
    500 g

Tools

  • kCook icon TM5
  • kCook icon Large glass bowl
  • kCook icon Heatproof bowl
  • kCook icon Tm5 bowl

Step preview

  1. Make the jelly: Add sugar, cocoa powder, milk, pink Himalayan salt flakes and vanilla bean paste to the TM5 bowl
  2. Cook for 5 min, 90°C, speed 3
  3. Then add gelatine to the TM5 bowl
  4. Blend with MC in place 1 min, speed 6
  5. Pour carefully into trifle bowl so that you have a nice clean edge
  6. Cool slightly before transferring to the fridge until set
  7. Make the White Chocolate Custard: add white chocolate, milk, single cream, egg yolk and vanilla bean paste to the TM5 bowl
  8. Cook for 8 min, 80°C, speed 4
  9. Cook for 3 min, 90°C, speed 4
  10. Cool almost completely. Stir occasionally with a spoon to prevent a skin forming
  11. Add hot coffee to a clean heatproof bowl
  12. Dip the sponge fingers into the brewed Crio Brü or coffee and place on top of the jelly
  13. Layer few strawberries and fill in the gaps
  14. Pour custard on top of all this and allow to set in the fridge
  15. When the custard has set, repeat the sponge fingers and strawberry layer
  16. Clean TM5 bowl
  17. Add mascarpone cheese, single cream and vanilla bean paste to the TM5 bowl
  18. Whip 5-10 sec/ Butterfly/speed 4 or until you have stiff peaks
  19. Spread on top of the trifle
  20. Refrigerate for several hours to allow flavours to develop
  21. Decorate with sliced strawberries and chocolate shavings just prior to serving
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