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Guinness and ginger float
Photo: Eiliv Sonas Aceron

Guinness and ginger float

26 ingredients 30 min Serves 4 openrecipes

This Jamaican-style trifle combines lashings of cream, Caribbean spices and Guinness - it's perfect for Christmas.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1005
Calories
29g
Protein
32g
Fat
151g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 12 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Pear 1 medium (178g) 101
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Cinnamon 1 tsp ground (2.6g) 6
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Syrup not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 500ml/17fl oz ready-made crème anglaise
  • 400ml/14fl oz full-fat milk
  • 100ml/3½fl oz double cream
  • 2 vanilla pods
  • 6 free-range egg yolks
  • 65g/2¼oz caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp ground ginger
  • 125g/4½oz crème fraîche
  • 125ml/4½fl oz double cream
  • 2 tsp confit gingerginger
  • 225g/8oz plain flour
  • 2 tsp ground ginger
  • pinch ground cinnamon
  • pinch ground mixed spice
  • pinch salt
  • 85g/3oz butter
  • 225g/8oz golden syrup
  • 55g/2¼oz demerara sugar
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 4 tsp milk
  • 100g/3½oz ginger
  • , for dusting icing sugar
  • 1 small firm pear
  • 1 piece confit ginger
  • 1 x 440ml can Irish stout
  • 1 x 500ml bottle spicy ginger ale

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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