Nigella's Blackberry Trifle With Creamy Limoncello Mascarpone

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 8 -10 ladyfingers
• 1 cup black currant jam
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1 generous cup limoncello lemon liqueur
• 3 -4 tablespoons granulated sugar, to taste
• 1 1/2 lbs mascarpone cheese
• 7 ounces italian amaretti cookies
• 3 1/2 cups fresh blackberries
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Recipe

• 1 split the lady fingers and make little sandwiches of them using more than half of the jam, then press them into a 2-quart size glass bowl.
• 2 crumble the amaretti cookies and scatter most of them evenly over the lady fingers, reserving a bit for the topping, and then pour a generous 1/2 cup limoncello over them.
• 3 in a medium bowl, mix together 2 tablespoons limoncello with the remaining currant jam. add the blackberries, stirring gently to coat.
• 4 spoon the blackberries over the crumbled cookies.
• 5 whisk together the remaining limoncello with the sugar and mascarpone until light and fluffy. spread gently and evenly over the blackberries in the bowl.
• 6 in a small bowl, toss together the remaining amaretti crumbs with the toasted slivered almonds, then sprinkle over the surface of the trifle.
• 7 spoon into dessert glasses to serve.