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I said what?

sfnative — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:10:02 GMT

Yesterday my husband and I were invited to join a small lunch group of 5 neighbors who meet once a month at the same restaurant. The menu had limited offerings, but I understood that, since the restaurant supported a non-profit.

There were 4 items on the dessert menu, all meant to draw in the "Downton Abbey" crowd, but not to my liking, so I ordered a chicken salad sandwich and no dessert. Everyone else ordered dessert.

When the desserts arrived, 3 in the group had ordered the trifle. The head, loudest and most obnoxious of the women present took a bite of her trifle and said exaggeratedly, "Oh, this is WONderful." Out of my mouth, "I can do better with my Raspberry Grand Marnier Trifle." Ooops!

The reason I blurted this out, and it wasn't planned, was that their trifle was placed in a junior high school pudding dish, had square pieces of pound cake in it, vanilla pudding here and there, along with 1/4 tsp of strawberry jam in about 6 places and one tablespoon of whipped cream on top.

Just wondering if anyone else has blurted anything out like this.

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tedEbear — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:12:51 GMT

Guess who is going to have to make a special dessert, to cover the blurt?!!!!! I only blurt, then, think.----------tedEbear

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jackthebear — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:24:24 GMT

that is hardly a Trifle

what did every one else say?

don't worry too much about it, unless they ask you to make a real one

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Mothertrucker — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:40:13 GMT

Well I can do better than that with my raspberry Chambord. Trifle!!!LOL

I can't believe they had trifle on the menu and you turned it down!!! (after all, you didn't know it wasn't going to be good!)

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DoneTryin — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:52:37 GMT

Please don't trifle with us & share your recipe!

BTW, what you described that was served at the restaurant really was "something of no value."

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brewhaha — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 20:18:41 GMT

Who is the real loudest and most obnoxious one in the group?

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tiny 2 — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 21:50:29 GMT

Here is the one I have copied from sfnative.

sfnative

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Raspberry and Marsala Trifle

‎08-20-2011 07:10 PM

This recipe is a follow-up to the trifle discussion of some two months ago or so. The wonderful trifle is attributed to "Bon Apetit," December 1995 and has been a family favorite ever since. Up-front comment: does not quality for "cooking in 10 minutes or less." Our family rating on a scale of 1 to 10: 9.5.

Serves 10

Cake: 1 18 1/2 oz pkg Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Golden cake mix. It appears Duncan Hines no longer makes this mix, so am now using the best/richest available golden or yellow cake mix.

2/3 c dry Marsala

Filling

3 12 oz pkgs frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed, drained

3 Tbs plus 3/4 c cane sugar

9 large egg yolks

1 c dry Marsala

1-1/2 c chilled heavy whipping cream

1-1/2 pint basket fresh raspberries

Preparation

For Cake

Butter and flour 13x9x2" baking pan (not dish). Prepare cake according to pkg instructions, substituting 2/3 c Marsala for water. Bake cake and cool completely. Cut cake crosswise into thirds. Cut cake lengthwise into 1" wide slices. Set aside.

For Filling

Mix thawed frozen raspberries and 3 Tbs sugar in large bowl. Set aside. Using handheld mixer, beat egg yokes and remaining 3/4 c sugar in large metal bowl until well blended and color changes to lighter yellow. Slowly beat in 1 c dry Marsala, then increase speed.

Place bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not let bottom of bowl touch water). Beat until mixture triples in volume and registers 160 degrees F on thermometer, about 6 min. (Note: 50% of the time I can achieve triple volume. All other times only double volume. We still enjoy the end result!) Remove bowl from over water. Cool yolk mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally.

Using electric mixer with clean dry beaters, beat 3/4 c heaving whipping cream in lg chilled bowl until stiff peaks form. fold whipped cream into yolk mixture.

Bring your trifle bowl front and center to counter. Arrange enough cake slices in 12 c trifle dish to cover bottom. Spoon 1 c raspberry mixture over cake, allowing some to show at the sides of bowl. Pour 1-1/2 c filling over; smooth top. Arrange enough cake slices over filling to cover completely. Spread 1 c raspberry mixture over, allowing some to show at the sides. Pour 1-1/2 c filling over. Arrange enough cake slices over filling to cover completely. Spread remaining raspberry mixture over. Pour remaining filling over; smooth top. Cover and refrigerate trifle at least 4 hour or overnight (overnight is best).

Using electric mixer, beat 3/4 c chilled heavy whipping cream to stiff peaks in medium chilled bowl. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe whipped cream decoratively over trifle. Garnish with fresh raspberries.

Enjoy!

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Mothertrucker — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:18:23 GMT

Sounds awesome, but where is the Grand Marnier?

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tiny 2 — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:37:08 GMT

Maybe she changes the liqueur or wine from time to time. You should be able to do it as long as it complements the berries.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:45:02 GMT

Does anyone know... is 160° enough to kill any bacteria that might be in the eggs?

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Mothertrucker — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 23:34:31 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
Does anyone know... is 160° enough to kill any bacteria that might be in the eggs?

Yes

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sfnative — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:12:59 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
that is hardly a Trifle

what did every one else say?

don't worry too much about it, unless they ask you to make a real one

@jackthebear

You're right about it being hardly a "trifle."

Everyone at the table went silent and my husband made a face at me. (I had already been told that this lady is the big dudette around here; and, it seems, everyone let's her have her say, which is considered to be gospel.)

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sfnative — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:18:12 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
Sounds awesome, but where is the Grand Marnier?

@Mothertrucker

OMG! I made a Grand Marnier souffle on the 25th for our anniversary and messed up pretty good.

So sorry!

It should have been Marsala.

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GCR18 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 01:23:15 GMT

No, I haven't blurted out anything like this.

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Noel7 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 02:08:39 GMT

I suspect the lady was just being polite, given the setting.

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Mothertrucker — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:46:39 GMT

@tiny 2I cannot imagine that one would use the same amount of Grand Marnier as the quantity of Marsala wine..1 full CUP?! in the filling alone?

But frankly, a Marsala makes sense since a traditional trifle IS made with sherry..and lots of it!

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tiny 2 — Sat, 30 Jan 2016 14:44:21 GMT

Yes, You are right Mothertrucker.

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jaxs mom — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 20:52:02 GMT

LOL I've been known to blurt on occasion.

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sfnative — Sun, 31 Jan 2016 22:28:38 GMT

@Mothertrucker wrote:
@tiny 2I cannot imagine that one would use the same amount of Grand Marnier as the quantity of Marsala wine..1 full CUP?! in the filling alone?

But frankly, a Marsala makes sense since a traditional trifle IS made with sherry..and lots of it!

@Mothertrucker

That's right: no way one cup of Grand Marnier. I made a pretty big error there. The Raspberry Marsala Trifle is divine.

I use the following recipe with cake, because I don't care for ultra sweet Lady Fingers nor dense pound cake.

Trifle: Raspberry and Marsala

Serves 10

Cake:

1 – 18.5 oz pkg Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Butter Recipe Golden Cake Mix or similar

2/3 cup dry Marsala

Filling:

3-12 oz packages frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed, drained

3 Tbs plus ¾ cup sugar

9 large egg yolks

1 cup dry Marsala

1-1/2 cups chilled whipping cream

1 pint basket fresh raspberries

Preparation:

Cake: Butter & flour 9x13 baking pan. Prepare cake according to pkg instructions substituting 2/3 cup Marsala for water. Bake cake and cool completely. Cut cake crosswise into thirds. Cut cake lengthwise into 1-inch-wide slices. Set aside. (There will be leftover cake for snacks.)

Filling: Mix thawed frozen raspberries and 3 Tbs sugar in large bowl. Set aside. Using handheld mixer, beat egg yolks and remaining ¾ cup sugar in large metal bowl until well blended. Beat in 1 cup dry Marsala. Place bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not let bottom of bowl touch water). Beat until mixture triples in volume and registers 160 F on thermometer, about 6 minutes (really takes more than 6 minutes). Remove bowl from over water. Cool yolk mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally.

Using electric mixer with clean beaters, beat ¾ cup cream in large bowl until almost stiff peaks form. Fold whipped cream into yolk mixture.

Arrange enough cake slices in 12 cup trifle dish to cover bottom. Spoon 1 cup of raspberry mixture over cake, allowing some to show at sides of bowl. Pour 1-1/2 cups filling over; smooth top. Arrange enough cake slices over filling to cover completely. Spread 1 cup raspberry mixture over, allowing some to show at sides. Pour 1-1/2 cups filling over. Arrange enough cake slices over filling to cover completely. Spread remaining raspberry mixture over. Pour remaining filling over; smooth top. Cover and refrigerate trifle at least 4 hours or overnight.

Using electric mixture, beat ¾ cup chilled shipping cream to stiff peaks in medium bowl. Spoon into pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Pipe whipped cream decoratively over trifle. Garnish trifle with raspberries.

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nunya — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 22:24:20 GMT

@JAXS Mom wrote:
LOL I've been known to blurt on occasion.

Ditto. I said at a funeral luncheon..."this cake is to die for"

Yep.