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Christmas Mince Pie Trifle

🍰 Dessert🎄 Christmas
Crumble buttery mince pies into layers of cranberry, vanilla custard, and cream for a festive dessert made to share at the Christmas table.
25 min prep10 min cookEasy6 servings

Ingredients
8 Christmas mince pies
250 g cranberry sauce
50 g fresh cranberries, for garnish
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Method
1
Whisk the egg yolks, granulated sugar, and cornflour in a bowl.
2
Warm the milk in a saucepan until steaming.
3
Gradually whisk the warm milk into the egg mixture.
4
Return the mixture to the saucepan.
5
Cook over medium-low heat while whisking until thick, about 5 minutes.
6
Stir in the vanilla extract.
7
Transfer the custard to a bowl and cover its surface with baking parchment.
8
Chill the custard until cold.
9
Break the mince pies into bite-size pieces.
10
Arrange half of the mince pie pieces in the base of a trifle dish.
11
Spread half of the cranberry sauce over the mince pies.
12
Spoon half of the cold custard over the cranberry layer.
13
Repeat the layers with the remaining mince pies, cranberry sauce, and custard.
14
Whip the double cream with the icing sugar until soft peaks form.
15
Spread the whipped cream over the top of the trifle.
16
Arrange the cranberries and rosemary sprigs on the cream.
17
Dust lightly with icing sugar before serving.

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