Quick apple and rhubarb trifle

Ingredients

• 2 small Bramley apples, peeled, cored and chopped into 1cm pieces
• 4 tbsp light soft brown sugar
• Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 400g rhubarb, chopped into 2.5cm pieces
• 1 large bell stem ginger, chopped
• 2 tbsp stem ginger syrup
• ½ Madeira cake (around 160g), chopped
• 300ml ready-made vanilla custard
• 75g Greek yogurt
• 25g flaked almonds, toasted

Method

1. Put the chopped apples, 3tbsp sugar, lemon zest and juice in a pan. Bring to the boil and simmer gently for around 10-15min until soft and pulpy.

2. Put the rhubarb in a separate pan with the stem ginger, stem ginger syrup, 2tbsp water and remaining 1tbsp sugar. Cover and simmer for about 5 minutes.

3. Divide the poached rhubarb equally among six glasses. Do the same with the cake. Top with the Bramley sauce.

4. Mix together the custard and yogurt in a bowl and divide equally among each glass. Sprinkle over the toasted flaked almonds and tuck in straightaway.

Our thanks to Bramley apples for providing this recipe.

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