Tropical Trifle after Supper

Set out g Coconut Cream 1 cup, g Sugar ¼ cup, and Whole egg before you start Tropical Trifle after Supper. The batch is written for 12 people.

Count on 30 minutes of prep, about 30 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

For the Coconut Pastry Cream

• 260 g Coconut Cream 1 cup
• 56 g Sugar ¼ cup
• 1 Whole egg
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 25 g Cornstarch 2 ½ tablespoons

For the Rum Simple Syrup

• ½ cup Sugar
• ½ cup Water
• ¼ cup Rum more or less to taste
• 2 tablespoons Pineapple juice accumulated from the cubed pineapple

For the Assembly

• 2 cups Heavy Cream
• 6 cups Pound Cake cubed, about half a 12 cup bundt cake
• 12 oz Mangoes 2 bags frozen, thawed
• 6 oz Pineapple 1 bag frozen, thawed
• 3 Kiwi fruits sliced
• ½ cup Pecans toasted, optional
• ½ cup Sweetened Shredded Coconut toasted

How the cooking goes

Prepare the Pastry Cream

1. Heat coconut milk (don’t forget to shake the can first) and sugar in a sauce pot and heat it until it boils.
2. Take it off the heat.
3. Meanwhile, whisk together the eggs, egg yolks and cornstarch. As soon as the milk comes to a boil, slowly pour the milk mixture into eggs while whisking constantly.
4. Return to pot, turning heat to medium, whisk constantly until it begins to thicken and comes to a boil. Boil 1 minute while constantly whisking.
5. Tip out onto plastic lined baking pan, cover with another sheet of plastic wrap, poke holes and cool in the refrigerator.

Make the simple syrup

1. In a small saucepot, stir together sugar and water. Bring just to a boil, stirring now and then to make sure the sugar dissolves. Take it off the heat and cool.
2. This can be prepared up to a month ahead of time. This makes more simple syrup than is needed for this recipe, but a smaller batch won’t really work. The sugar doesn’t have enough time to dissolve. Save it for more trifles or cocktails!
3. In a small bowl or liquid measuring cup, add 3 tablespoons simple, with rum and pineapple juice. Adjust to your taste.

Prepare to Assemble

1. Cube the cake into bite-sized portions. Toss with the Rum Simple Soak.
2. Before you use pastry cream, you need to “refresh it” or “condition” it. All this means is you need to beat it so that it becomes smooth and silky. This won’t get any lumps out but it will create a more pleasant product to eat and work with.
3. Place coconut pastry cream in a electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat on medium-high speed until the texture looks smooth. You don’t want to beat it too long or it will loosen and the cornstarch will lose some of its hold and it will not firm back up when chilled. This can lead to loose, unruly fillings.
4. Portion out of the electric mixer bowl into a medium bowl. Pour heavy cream into the same electric mixer bowl. Using the whisk attachment, beat until stiff peaks. it helps to do this on medium speed, to ensure you don’t overwhip.
5. Blend the whipped cream and coconut pastry cream. At this point you can add some coconut extract if you have it and you like the flavor. Spoon a bit of the whipped cream into the pastry cream and fold aggressively to incorporate. This will make incorporating the remainder a lot easier.
6. Turn the rest of the whipped cream into the pastry cream gently and with love. Congratulations! You’ve made crème légère!

It’s time to assemble!

1. Lay a small amount of the coconut cream in the bottom of the trifle dish. Layer on the cake followed by the fruit assortment, toasted coconut and pecans.
2. Repeat until the dish is filled! Make sure to end with a layer of the coconut cream for that photo finish! You added a thin layer of plain whipped cream to the top to make it white, but that is totally optional.
3. Add some of the reserved fruit, coconut and pecans around the edge for a showstopping presentation!

After it comes off the heat

Give the plate the rest the method asks for. Cover leftovers and refrigerate them when the dish includes meat, eggs, or dairy.

If you want another plate from No-bake sweets, open Poached Pear Pavlova after Supper and Pecan Praline for the Home Table.