Summertime Trifle
Equipment
- trifle dish, punch bowl, or large serving bowl
- large mixing bowl
- electric hand mixer or wire whisk
- cutting board
- bread knife
- measuring cup
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Sara Lee Frozen Pound Cake, thawed & cut into cubes (DIVIDED)
- 1 (5.1oz) pkg vanilla instant powder pudding
- 3 cups cold milk
- 1 (16oz) can peaches, drained (DIVIDED)
- 1 pkg frozen peaches, drained
- 2 (8oz) cans crushed pineapple, drained (DIVIDED)
- 1 cup mini marshmallows
- 1 (8oz) bag pecan pieces (DIVIDED)
- 1 (8oz) bag slivered almonds (DIVIDED)
- 1 (16oz) carton frozen cool whip, thawed (DIVIDED)
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl beat pudding mix with milk until a pudding consistency is met. Place in refrigerator for a few minutes.
- Place pound cake on cutting board and cut into 1" cubes. Place 1/2 of the pound cake cubes into bottom of trifle dish, punch bowl, or large serving bowl.
- Remove prepared pudding from refrigerator and spread 1/2 on top of the cake cubes in dish. Top with 1/2 of the drained canned peaches. Then top with a 8oz can of the drained crushed pineapple.
- Sprinkle with all of the 1 cup of marshmallows. Sprinkle 1/2 of the pecans & almonds on top of the marshmallows. Spread 1/2 of the thawed cool whip on top of the nuts,
- Top with remaining pound cake cubes. Spread remaining pudding onto the cake cubes. Top with remaining drained peaches, drained pineapple, thawed cool whip, pecans, and almond slivers.
- Top with thawed "frozen peach slices" to decorate. Cover & refrigerate until time to serve.
Phyllo Wrapped Asparagus Fingers
Phyllo Wrapped Asparagus Fingers
Ingredients
- 8 medium fresh asparagus
- 3 sheets pyllo dough, thawed
- 1/2 stick butter, melted
- 4 TBS parmesan cheese, shredded
- cracked black pepper
Instructions
Prepare Asparagus
- Break asparagus in half at the point where it snaps. (Hold each end of asparagus and bend until it breaks.) Throw away the big part of the asparagus and keep the tip & middle part. Give a good rinse under water.
- Place asparagus into a large pot of boiling water with 2 tsp of salt. Blanch asparagus for 2 minutes. Remove from pot and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process and to cool down the asparagus.
Prepare the Wrapped Asparagus
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a sheet pan with parchment and set aside.
- Unroll pyllo dough sheets. Place a wet paper towel across the top of the dough sheets to keep them from drying out.
- Remove one sheet of pyllo dough and place it on a clean work surface. Place wet paper towel back on the unused dough sheets.NOTE: These are very thin dough sheets so be careful when working with them. They can tear easily.
- Using a pastry brush, spread some of the melted butter across the whole pastry sheet carefully.
- Sprinkle 1 TBS parmesan cheese on top of the melted butter on the pastry sheet. Crack some cracked black pepper on top lightly.
- Create 2 more layers with the same process, stacked on top of each other.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut the stacked prepared sheets into 8 equal parts lengthwise.NOTE: make one cut through the middle. Cut those 2 in half and then cut the 4 in halves, for a total of 8.
- Cut the 8 strips in half the other way. You should have 16 pieces.
- Place an asparagus onto one of the phyllo pieces longways with the tip outside of the dough. wrap the dough all the way around the asparagus and seal.NOTE: see picture of finished wrapped asparagus for a visual.
- Brush a little melted butter over the whole wrapped asparagus including the tip of the asparagus. Lay it seam side down on the prepared pan. Complete the rest.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown and crispy on the outsides.
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