Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Dessert Anyone?

Several years ago I ran across this recipe from Emeril Lagasse for Spring Fruit Pudding. It's layered in a bowl kind of like a trifle, so I named my version accordingly. One note: While small amounts of Stevia have no aftertaste, I noticed in this recipe that there was a bit of an artificial sweetener aftertaste. If any of you have suggestions on how to limit this, please comment. I considered using liquid Stevia, as it's more concentrated and would use less product, but I'm not sure how the volume of Coulis would turn out.
After getting an abundance of mangos and strawberries in recent bountiful baskets I decided to make this for the family in celebration of my daugher, AND my brother's birthdays. They enjoyed it, promise!
Strawberry Mango Trifle

12 generous servings
153 calories per serving 25 calories from fat

Strawberry Coulis:

  • 2 cups strawberries, quartered
  • 1/2 cup Stevia In The Raw
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Combine ingredients in a small pot, bring to a boil, and simmer for 12 minutes. Puree until smooth.

Mango Coulis:

  • 2 cups cubed mango
  • 1/2 cup Stevia In The Raw
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
Combine ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth

Spring Pudding:

  • 6 cups cubed angel food cake, torn into 2-inch chunks (one regular sized angel food cake)
  • 2 cups each cubed mango and quartered strawberries
  • 2 cups Stevia sweetened whipped cream

Directions

In a small (2 quart) trifle dish or pretty glass bowl layer 11/2 cups of cake pieces. Top with 1 cup of mango pieces and 1 cup of mango coulis. Layer 11/2 cups of cake pieces and top with 1 cup of strawberries and 1 cup of strawberry coulis. Layer 11/2 cups of cake pieces and top with remaining mango and mango coulis. Layer remaining cake pieces and top with remaining strawberries and strawberry coulis. Spread whipped cream over entire surface and chill until ready to serve.

A note on Whipping cream, whip it until it's the consistency, or near the consistency you want before adding the Stevia.

Also, if you compare, you'll see I basically copied the recipe, with the exception of switching out Stevia for the Sugar. If you're curious, Sugar would have added an additional appx 900 calories to the overall dessert, making each serving around 230 calories.

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