JIMMY YOUNG TRIFLE

This trifle is from a book I'd recommend by Gill Holcombe called 'How to feed your whole family a healthy, balanced diet with very little money ... and hardly any time, even if you have a tiny kitchen ....' - recipe originally supplied by Audrey Hurst from Bramley in Surrey for the JY Show - thank you Mrs Hurst! (For some reason she missed out the alcohol though - not recommended in my house - see my adaptation below.)

Serves 4-6 - you will need:
1 small tin mandarin segments
2 small bananas
1 orange jelly (jello)
1/2 pint (250ml/ 1 cup) boiling water
1 swiss (jelly) roll or an angel cake
1/4 pint (125 ml/ half cup) evaporated milk
Sweet Sherry is traditional - or fortified wine - or liquor of choice eg brandy or S. Comfort

1 - Put jelly in measuring jug with 1/2 pint (250ml/ 1 cup) boiling water, stir until dissolved then add juice from mandarin segments and 2 or 3 ice cubes if you have them (I didn't) to make jelly up to just 3/4 pint (375ml/ 1-1/2 cups).
2 - Allow to cool while your arrange pieces of cake (or a packet of trifle sponges) in a large glass bowl and pour over the Sherry or what you will - allow the cake to soak it up ... then pour over some more!
3 - Arrange the mandarin segments around the edge and the sliced bananas in the middle ... pour pour over 1/2 pint (250ml/ 1cup) of the cool jelly over and refrigerate.
4 - Leave the remaining 1/4 pint (125ml/ half cup) jelly to cool completely in the fridge ... I think it's best if you can get it when it's nearly setting but Mrs H's recipe doesn't say ... Then add 1/4 pint (half cup) evaporated milk to the jug and whisk by hand or mixer till it's thick and frothy and leaves a trail. The level in the jug should be near the 3/4 pint (375ml/ 1-1/2 cup) mark.
5 - Carefully pour the milk jelly over the trifle and return to the fridge to set for a couple of hours.
6 - Serve the trifle as it is or finish it off with whipped cream and decorate with fruit (I used strawberries) and grated chocolate (I sieved some cocoa powder over).
7 - Enjoy!