Remember when Rachel made THAT trifle in Friends? Yep, the one with the meat. Well, you can now make it IRL, and we promise you it won't make you sick.
Foodandwine.com bravely went where no-one with tastebuds has ever wanted to go before and recreated the shepherd's pie slash trifle, with one big difference: it won't taste like feet.
If you're wondering how custard and beef can taste good together, the answer is actually really simple: take out all the sweet stuff, and make the trifle completely savoury. Thank you, food gods.
If you were hoping for raspberries and ladyfingers, soz to disappoint. This is actually more like a shepherd's pie than a trifle tbh, but we'll let that slide.
To refresh your memory, Rachel's "traditional English trifle" included "a layer of ladyfingers, a layer of ham, custard (made from scratch), raspberries, more ladyfingers, beef sautéed with peas and onions, a little more custard, sliced banana and whipped cream".
Sounds delicious…ly disgusting. If you're going to learn anything Rachel Green, make it these 90s style tips, not cooking.
So how do you make this genius dish? Ditch the banana slices for parsnip chips, swap the ladyfingers for cornbread, use cranberry jelly instead of jam, replace the raspberries with roasted beetroot and make mashed potatoes instead of custard.
The whipped cream is still a key ingredient, but with a teaspoon of truffle oil folded in, and of course you can’t forget the sautéed beef with peas and onions. Joey would be proud.
It's probably easier to whip up a shepherd's pie and just add the truffle whipped cream and cranberry jelly, but if your Friends obsession is just too real, why not go all out on this savoury trifle?
Can't get over the fact that Friends ended 12 whole years ago, watch what happened when someone made a whole new episode about Chandler dying. Yes, rly.
Or watch Friends remade with hamsters. Because why not.