Brandied Apricot Trifles

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 500 ml milk
• 1/4 cup custard powder
• 1/4 cup firmly pack brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 825 g apricots in syrup
• 1 1/2 cups apricot nectar
• 2 tablespoons gelatin
• 250 g jam rolls
• 1/3 cup cointreau liqueur
• 300 ml thickened cream

Recipe

• 1 bring milk to boil, remove.
• 2 blend custard powder, sugar and eggs in a separate bowl.
• 3 beat until sugar has dissolved with electric beaters.
• 4 add egg mix to milk.
• 5 stir over heat without boiling until custard has thickened.
• 6 add essence, cover and cool to room temperature.
• 7 drain apricots, and reserve the syrup.
• 8 combine reserved syrup with nectar in saucepan and sprinkle gelatin on top.
• 9 stir over over heat without boiling til gelatin has dissolved. cool.
• 10 slice apricots and place in slice pan.
• 11 add gelatin mix over apricots, and refrigerate until set.
• 12 cut rollettes into 1cm slices divide half of the slices over bases of 6 serving bowls or glasses.
• 13 sprinkle with 1/2 cointreau.
• 14 cut apricot jelly into pieces, put 1/2 over rollettes.
• 15 top with 1/2 custard.
• 16 repeat.
• 17 finish with cream.