Name: Lemon Trifle
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: White sugar - 1 cup; Water - 1 cup; Lemon, juiced - 1; White sugar - 1 cup; Lemon juice - 1 cup; Lemon zest - 2 teaspoons; Eggs - 4 large; Egg yolks - 3; Unsalted butter, cubed - 11 tablespoons; Heavy whipping cream - 1 ¾ cups; Vanilla sugar - 4 teaspoons; Ladyfinger cookies, or more as needed - 15

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30 min.

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Ingredients for - Lemon Trifle

1. White sugar - 1 cup

2. Water - 1 cup

3. Lemon, juiced - 1

4. White sugar - 1 cup

5. Lemon juice - 1 cup

6. Lemon zest - 2 teaspoons

7. Eggs - 4 large

8. Egg yolks - 3

9. Unsalted butter, cubed - 11 tablespoons

10. Heavy whipping cream - 1 ¾ cups

11. Vanilla sugar - 4 teaspoons

12. Ladyfinger cookies, or more as needed - 15

How to cook deliciously - Lemon Trifle

1. Stage

Combine sugar and water in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve sugar and remove from heat. Allow syrup to cool completely. Stir in juice of 1 lemon.

2. Stage

Meanwhile, combine sugar, lemon juice, and lemon zest in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. Stir together until well combined. Add eggs and egg yolks. Cook and stir over simmering water until lemon curd thickens, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from heat and beat in butter, 1 cube at a time. Allow to cool for 10 to 20 minutes.

3. Stage

Beat cream in a chilled glass or metal bowl using an electric mixer until frothy. Add vanilla sugar gradually, continuing to beat until soft peaks form.

4. Stage

Spread 1 layer of lemon curd on the bottom of a glass dish. Dip ladyfingers in the syrup and arrange snugly in a single layer on top. Spread another layer of lemon curd on top. Spread 1 layer of whipped cream on top of the lemon curd.

5. Stage

Continue layering soaked ladyfingers, whipped cream, and lemon curd until all ingredients are used up. Finish with a layer of lemon curd. Garnish with remaining whipped cream. Refrigerate at least 3 hours.