Trifle
Trifle is an English dessert consisting of several layers of custard , fruit or jam , sponge cake and whipped cream . The biscuit is generally soaked with alcohol ( port , sweet sherry , Madeira or white wine).
The word trifle is derived from the Middle English trufle , which in turn goes back to French trufe and means something like trifle or nothing .
The dessert has changed over time. There was already a dessert called trifle in England at the end of the 16th century, but it essentially consisted of whipped cream and was very similar to today's fool . The oldest known recipe with this name appeared in the book The Good Huswife's Jewell in 1596 . The current form of the trifle was not created until the middle of the 18th century, made from soaked biscuit and custard and a layer of syllabub , which was later replaced by whipped cream. The first recipe of this kind was published by Hannah Glasse .
Desserts such as Tipsy cake , Whim-Wham and Zuppa inglese are closely related to Trifle .
A trifle is an essential part of a Burns Supper , which is held on January 25th of each year (the birthday of the Scottish poet Robert Burns ) in honor of him.
source
- Alan Davidson : The Oxford Companion to Food. 2nd edition, edited by Tom Jaine. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 2006, ISBN 0-19-280681-5 , Trifle.
