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Zuppa inglese is the Italian version of an English trifle and literally translated it means English soup. This renowned Italian dessert contains sponge fingers, liqueur and crema inglese (crème anglaise). It may well be a tarted-up adaptation of English trifles introduced by the many wealthy English residents either living or visiting Italy in the 19th century, and zuppa (meaning soup) could refer to the moist consistency of the dessert. But zuppa could also be derived from inzuppare, meaning to soak and in zuppa inglese, Italians replaced the jelly and jam (often red in colour) with a strong liqueur called Alchermes (or Alkermes).
Ingredients for 6 people:
Ingredients to make ciambellone:
Method:
1) Mix the eggs
2) Add sugar
3) Add flour
4) Add the grated lemon zest
5) Add the oil and the milk and mix all ingredients
6) Pour into a baking tray or ciambellone mould and cook in pre-heated oven at 180° for 40 minutes.
Ingredients to make crema pasticcera custard:
Method:
Separate the yolk from the albumen, put them into a large bowl, add sugar and whisk until sugar is fully mixed then add flour, the corn starch and stir until well combined.
Pour the milk into a large saucepan, scrape out the vanilla seeds, put them into the saucepan adding the vanilla pod and the lemon zest.
Boil the milk over high heat. When it begins to boil, turn heat to medium and remove lemon zest and vanilla pod. Now lower the heat and pour the mixture into the saucepan whisking constantly.
When you’ll see bubbles rising softly up to the surface remove the pan from the heat, pour the pastry cream on a salver, spread it well, cover immediately with plastic wrap and wait till it cools down to room temperature.
Now that you have all the ingredients you can prepare the Zuppa Inglese.
Method:
1) Cut the ciambellone into thick slices (2-3 cm)
2) Place the slices in a casserole dish and soak them with the coffee and the alchermes liquour.
3) Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie
4) Cover the sponge cake with a layer of crema pasticcera and add the melted chocolate. 3 layers.
5) Put in the fridge and serve cool.