To create the trifle, make the vanilla pudding and bring to room temperature. Make your whipped cream and set aside. Put apricot preserves and grand Marnier into a saucepan; mix thoroughly. Heat on medium until the preserves resemble more of a liquidy sauce. ..
1. Make the custard: blend the sugar, custard powder and cornflour with 1 tbsp milk to make a runny paste. Beat in the egg yolk. Pour the remaining milk into a pan, scrape in the vanilla seeds, add the pod, then allow to come just to the boil. Stir this into ..
I undertook what amounted to a cram course in the crawfish at the Bon Ton, a small restaurant with a Cajun owner (Cajuns are descendants of the Acadians, the displaced French settlers of Nova Scotia).
There I had a thick crawfish bisque, with the bright red ..
GETTING READY
1. Thaw the pastry if store bought or prepare your favorite pastry recipe.
2. Wipe the plums clean with a damp towel. Cut in halves to remove the stones. Set aside.
3. Mix sugar and cinnamon.
4. Coarsely shred the almonds.
5. Preheat the oven ..
1. Make the custard: blend the sugar, custard powder and cornflour with 1 tbsp milk to make a runny paste. Beat in the egg yolk. Pour the remaining milk into a pan, scrape in the vanilla seeds, add the pod, then allow to come just to the boil. Stir this into ..
