Some friends were planning to come over for a unplanned get-together. Cooked something simple for dinner and was scratching my head what to whip up for dessert. Raided my refrigerator and came up with this.
Cream cheese trifle
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June 17, 2013Ingredients
2 pieces of frozen puff pastry dough
250 gm cream cheese
100 gm fine sugar
2 tsp gelatine granules
4 Tbsp boiling water
200 ml whipping cream
a little fresh milk
some tiny strawberries (cubed)
1 mango (cubed)
seedless dark colored grapes (cubed)
2 passionfruit (halved and scoop out the seeds)
Method
- Line a baking dish with the puff pastry. Use a fork to make some indentation on the pastry. Pop it into the oven at 190 degree celsius for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
- Melt the gelatine granules in a little hot boiling water.
- Beat the cream cheese together with the fine sugar until mixture becomes light and creamy. Add cream and a little fresh milk. Pour in the melted gelatine and beat mixture evenly.
- Pour the mixture into the baking dish lined with baked puff pastry. Top with cubed fruits and passionfruit seeds. Leave to set in the fridge.
- This trifle is light and creamy with a generous bursts of flavours from the fruits. Serve cold.
