After Easter, it's nice to settle into the six months off. There are no real holidays between Easter and Halloween, at least in the world of competitive holiday celebrations. Sure maybe a barbecue or two with red, white and blue bunting, but not the serious, get out the decorations and plan in advance kind of holidays. I'm looking forward to the less-hectic summer months.
We had a really nice, low-key Easter and everyone behaved well. I created a trifle with chocolate, pudding, strawberries and whipped cream. I just love trifles. I put everything I think is good into a bowl and call it dessert. What an invention!
We've also been eating tons of egg salad. This happens when you dye a bunch of eggs. Fortunately, I have a pretty tasty recipe, so it's not too much of a hardship.
Chocolate dream trifle
1 large package instant vanilla pudding*
1 package Nestle dark chocolate mousse*
1 pint whipping cream
Vanilla
sugar
3 quarts strawberries
1/2 pound good quality semi-sweet chocolate
2 tablespoons butter
2 packages ladyfingers
*This recipe will call for about a pint of cold milk to make the pudding and the mousse.
Prepare vanilla pudding according to package directions. Chill. Prepare mousse according to package directions. Chill. Whip cream, adding vanilla and sugar to taste. Trim tops off strawberries and slice into quarters lengthwise. Coarsely chop chocolate and place in microwave safe bowl (I used a Pyrex measuring cup) along with butter. Heat in microwave a minute at a time, stirring after each minute, until melted.
Drizzle chocolate down the sides of the trifle bowl until you have a pretty good covering of chocolate around the sides of the bowl. Line the bottom and sides of the trifle bowl with ladyfingers. Fold pudding with 1/2 pudding. Scoop half of the pudding mixture into bottom of trifle. Spread 1 quart of the strawberries on top. Drizzle chocolate over strawberries. Spoon mousse on top and spread. Put another quart of the strawberries on top. Drizzle with chocolate. Spread remaining pudding mixture on top. Divide the remaining quart of strawberries in half. Put half on top. Drizzle with chocolate. Spread whipped cream on the very top. Make a decorations with the remaining strawberries and drizzle more chocolate on the top. Chill and serve.
Egg salad
6 hardboiled eggs
about 3 stalks celery chopped
2 1/2 tablespoons dill relish
1 teaspoon capers
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
Chop eggs. Add the remaining ingredients, stir and chill.
3 comments:
I tried this egg salad recipe. Can anyone say yum!
These recipes look spectacular, but where did you get those georgeous pictures? Did you take those? They are very good.
I have to say the holidays are tiring, but I am in the midwest and for us, it is also great to finish easter because it signals the coming of Spring. These recipes will be great for pinics. You should think about a cookbook.
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