White Chocolate and Peach Trifle

A delicious white chocolate and peach trifle, created by Julie Sharp and Beverley Dunkley from the UK Chocolate Academy

4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 peaches, stoned
  • 50 ml orange juice
  • 250 ml stock syrup
  • Small handful lemon verbena leaves
  • 2.5 leaves of gelatine
  • 70 ml white wine
  • 70 ml peach schnapps
  • 250 g double cream
  • 1vanilla pod, scraped
  • 500 g Callebaut Velvet CHW-R2241NV-553 white chocolate
  • 2 peaches, cored and diced neatly
  • 200 g lemon sponge

Instructions

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    Peach and lemon verbena compote

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    Ingredients

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    4 peaches, stoned

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    50ml orange juice

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    50ml stock syrup

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    Small handful lemon verbena leaves

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    Method

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    1. Make a coulis. Blitz two of the peaches with the orange juice, stock syrup and verbena leaves until smooth.

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    2. Strain through a muslin cloth. Avoid pushing the ingredients through to obtain a clear liquid.

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    3. Cut the remaining peaches into a neat dice and fold through the peach coulis.

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    Peach wine Jelly

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    Ingredients

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    2,5 leaves of gelatine

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    200ml stock syrup

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    70ml white wine

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    70ml peach schnapps

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    Method

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    1. Soften the gelatine leaves in cold water.

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    2. Bring the stock syrup to the boil, take off the heat and whisk in the softened gelatine.

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    3. Stir in the white wine and peach Archers and allow to cool.

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    White Chocolate and vanilla cream

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    Ingredients

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    250g double cream

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    1 vanilla pod, scraped

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    500g Callebaut Velvet CHW-R2241NV-553 white chocolate

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    Method

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    1. Bring the cream and vanilla pod to the boil.

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    2. Take off the heat, add in the white chocolate and emulsify.

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    3. Leave to set overnight.

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    Assembling the trifle

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    Ingredients

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    2 peaches, cored and diced neatly

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    200g lemon sponge

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    Method

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    1. Spoon the peach wine jelly into the base of four Martini glasses and add the fresh peach dice. Allow to set.

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    2. Whisk the white chocolate cream until a good spreadable consistency is achieved, taking care not to over-whip.

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    3. Pipe a thin layer of the white chocolate cream into the glasses.

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    4. Cut the lemon cake into small dice and fold through the peach and lemon verbena compote.

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    5. Place a layer of the compote on top of the white chocolate cream.

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    6. Finish with white chocolate cream and smooth flat.

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