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{Recipe} Blueberry and Lemon Mini Trifles

My lovely brother in law is getting married soon to an equally lovely girl. We are so happy and excited for him, and I love seeing him so happy. Over the weekend, my in laws hosted a lunch to meet her parents and siblings before the big day. I volunteered to make a dessert (because I love dessert).

I deliberately over catered, so we would have some left overs (which Country Boy is very happy about). I made a triple choc and raspberry pavlova, and individual blueberry and lemon trifles.
I got the idea from the Christmas edition of Super Food Ideas and as always I altered it.
Ingredients
2 cans of blueberry (drained and syrup kept)
3t gelatin
24 sponge fingers
600ml cream
1t vanilla extract
2T castor sugar
350g lemon curd (1 medium jar)
2T pistachios
Method
1. Take the syrup from the blueberries (about 1 1/3 cups), and heat in a saucepan over a low heat.
2. When hot, dissolve the gelatin into the syrup – stir until fully dissolved.
3. Allow the jelly to start to set (about an hour in the fridge).
4. Break a sponge finger in half and place in the bottom of each glass.
5. Stir half the blueberries into the semi set jelly, then spoon some over each of the sponge fingers in the glass. Allow to set a further hour.
6. In a bowl whip the cream with vanilla and sugar. Stir the lemon curd in to the cream so that it is streaked through.
7. Spoon or pipe a layer of cream/curd mix over the jelly (I always use a piping bag for this kind of thing because it is much neater.
8. Break a second sponge finger in half and place on top of the cream.
9. Spoon a small amount of blueberries over the sponge finger.
10. Finally top with some more cream/curd mix and sprinkle chopped pistachios over the top.
The weather was beautiful and warm, there was plenty of conversation, and lots of good food. 
How did the desserts go?? Let’s just say that there wasn’t as many left over as I was hoping for!

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  1. Carole says

    September 21, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    Hi there. Food on Friday: Lemons and Limes is now open for entries. This looks like a neat one! I do hope you link it in. This is the link . Cheers

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  2. Katie says

    February 21, 2012 at 10:15 am

    Mmmmmmmmm….

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  3. The almost sister-in-law says

    February 21, 2012 at 3:10 am

    I'm looking forward to joining a family where dessert is way of life rather than a way of finishing a meal.

    Reply
    • Jo says

      February 21, 2012 at 7:05 am

      You truly understand our way of life lol!!

      Reply
  4. Nat - Muddy Farmwife says

    February 21, 2012 at 2:39 am

    Another great recipe to try! Thanks for sharing, congrats to the happy couple!

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  5. Lisa H says

    February 21, 2012 at 12:10 am

    Everyone loves a wedding. Congrats to the happy couple and all the best for their big day.

    The 'meet the family' event must have been a huge success, if those desserts are anything to go by.

    Yum!

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