Citrus Meringue Trifle Food

CITRUS TRIFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Juice the blood orange and pour into liquid measuring cup. Add enough water to come up to just below the 1/2 cup mark.
• In a medium bowl, add cake mix, egg and the juice/water and blend at medium speed for two minutes. Pour into a greased 8X8 or 9 inch round cake pan.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely.
• While cake is cooking and cooling, mix vanilla instant pudding with 3 cups milk and then refrigerate. Clean and core strawberries and then cut into quarters. Place strawberries in medium bowl and add the raspberry preserves. Mix to combine.
• Assembly:.
• In a trifle bowl, add half of the cake, which you have broken up into pieces. Layer on half of the pudding, 1/2 of the strawberries and 1/2 of the whipped topping. Repeat layers. Could garnish with some strawberries or blood orange slices.

CITRUS MERINGUE TRIFLE

Steps:

• Combine juice and lemon butter in pan;stir over low heat until smooth;cool.
• Dip half the biscuits into the lemon butter mixture.
• Place biscuits in a single layer over a base of deep heat-proof dish (2. 5litre/10 cup capacity).
• Spread half the filling over biscuits.
• Dip remaining biscuits into lemon butter mixture; place these over filling; brush with any remaining lemon butter mixture.
• Top biscuits with remaining filling.
• Cover, and refrigerate overnight.
• Top with meringue; grill or bake meringue in moderate oven for 3-5 minutes until brown;refrigerate.
• Filling: Beat juices,cream cheese and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth;fold in cream.
• Meringue: Beat egg whites in small bowl with an electric mixer until soft peaks form.
• Gradually add sugar, beat until dissolved between additions.
• Hints: A citrus flavoured liqueur, such as cointreau, can be add to the recipe.
• Substitute 1/3 cup of the juice with liqueur in the lemon butter mixture.
• Recipe best made a day ahead.
• Top with meringue about 3hours before serving.

BAKED MERINGUE WITH CITRUS, GIN AND POMEGRANATE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 F and a line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a clean glass bowl, use an electric hand beater (or, alternatively, an electric mixer and the whisk attachment) to whip the egg whites to "soft peaks". (Take care to assure that all of the utensils and the bowl are very clean. Greasy residue on a bowl can greatly inhibit this process. The whites will start to gain volume but still seem somewhat yielding in texture.)
• Beat in the cream of tartar and then start to add the 1 cup of sugar in small increments. When all of the sugar has been incorporated, whip until "stiff peaks" form. The texture of the whites should be firm and they should look glossy.
• Use a spatula to transfer the whipped whites to the sheet tray in the form of a circle, roughly the size of the width of the trifle bowl. Put the sheet tray in the center of the oven and bake the meringue until firm and a very pale, light brown color. At this point, you can turn off the oven and leave the meringue sit in the oven until you are ready to serve the dessert.
• In a medium glass bowl, combine the grapefruit juice, tangerine zest, 1/4 cup of sugar and gin. Whisk to blend, then stir in the orange and tangerine sections. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes and up to 2 hours.
• Remove the meringue from the oven and set aside.
• Put the citrus mixture into the bottom of the trifle bowl and stir in the pomegranate seeds. Cover with the meringue lid and serve immediately.