Name: Make Rachel's Trifle from Friends Taste Good
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Dessert
Ingredients: 2 pkgs of Large Lady fingers; 1 jar of Raspberry jam 500ml/16.09 oz; 1 cup of Chocolate Frosted Flakes ( crushed); 4 cups of custard; 1-2 kiwis (depending on size); 1 pear; 1 pint of fresh raspberries; 1-2 bananas (depending on size); 1 can of ready whip topping

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The one where Rachel makes a trifle for Thanksgiving is absolutely hilarious and so relatable!! We recreated her traditional English trifle, but we swapped out the beef sautéed with peas and onions for chocolate frosted flakes and kiwis so this recipe tastes delicious (and not like feet!)

If you’re not familiar with the Friends Thanksgiving episode, Rachel is trying to make the perfect Thanksgiving dessert, but unfortunately, she ends up making half of an English trifle and half a Shepard’s pie because the magazine’s pages gets stuck together. Ross and Joey want to leave dinner early to meet some “hot girls,” so they just eat the weird combination.

Here’s a hilarious clip of the whole incident:

What was in Rachel’s trifle?

Rachel’s “traditional” English trifle had a layer of ladyfingers, a layer of jam, custard (which she made from scratch), raspberries, more ladyfingers, beef sautéed with peas and onions, a little more custard, sliced banana and whipped cream. It was a combination of an English trifle and Shepard’s pie.

What episode is Rachel’s trifle?

The one with Rachel’s trifle is actually called The One Where Ross Got High (Season 6, Episode 9). All of the Thanksgiving episodes are amazing, but this one is clearly the best!

What does Ross say Rachel’s trifle tastes like?

When Ross tastes Rachel’s English trifle (mixed with Shepherd’s pie), he says, “It tastes like feet!” Then, Joey says, he likes it!!

As Joey would say : “What’s not to like? Custard? GOOD! Jam? GOOD! Meat? GOOOOOOD!”

Does trifle have meat?

Nope! We had to look it up, but an English trifle is made with homemade lemon curd and whipped cream. The meat custard combination happened after the “Friends” writers were debating about the difference between a trifle and a tripe (an edible part of a cow’s stomach). One writer said, “We were like, ‘Doesn’t a trifle have meat in it? ‘ We’re like, ‘No, it’s got pudding in it.” Thus, the magical dessert scene was created.

How To Make Rachel’s English Trifle from Friends (That Doesn’t Taste Like Feet!)

What You’ll Need:

2 packages of Large Lady fingers
1 jar of Raspberry jam 500ml/16.09 oz
1 cup of Chocolate Frosted Flakes ( crushed)
4 cups of custard
1-2 kiwis diced (need to look like peas)
1 pear
1 pint of fresh raspberries
1-2 bananas sliced
1 can of ready whip topping

Now you just start to assemble the layers!

a layer of ladyfingers
a layer of jam
A layer of custard

A layer of fresh raspberries,
Another layer of ladyfingers

Another layer of custard
A layer of beef sautéed with peas and onions (Here is where you use the crushed frosted flakes as beef, kiwi as peas and pear as onions)

A layer of sliced bananas
Topped with clusters of whipped cream.

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Yield: 12

Make Rachel's Trifle from Friends Taste Good

Rachel’s English trifle tasted like feet, and it was hilarious! Now you can recreate the iconic Friends episode with a delicious twist on the outlandish dessert! Don't worry -- we used cereal and kiwis instead of beef sautéed with peas and onions. Your family is going to love this!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

2 pkgs of Large Lady fingers
1 jar of Raspberry jam 500ml/16.09 oz
1 cup of Chocolate Frosted Flakes ( crushed)
4 cups of custard
1-2 kiwis (depending on size)
1 pear
1 pint of fresh raspberries
1-2 bananas (depending on size)
1 can of ready whip topping

Instructions

Prepare the Ingredients

Prepare all your ingredients ready to assemble:
Open packages of lady fingers and cut them in half.
Open the jar of jam and insert spoon, ready to dispense.
Rinse all fruits.
Crush the frosted flakes till it resembles ground beef.
Cut kiwi in thick slices and use a straw to form circular shapes in the greenest area (you want to skip those seeds)
Finely dice the pear last (it turns brown quickly.)

Now Layer Them Into the Dessert

a layer of ladyfingers
a layer of jam
A layer of custard
A layer of fresh raspberries,
Another layer of ladyfingers
Another layer of custard
A layer of beef sautéed with peas and onions (Here is where you use the crushed frosted flakes as beef, kiwi as peas and pear as onions)
A layer of sliced bananas
Topped with clusters of whipped cream.

Notes

*If you can't find Chocolate Frosted Flakes, Cocoa Pebbles would work too! Just don't crush them up as fine since they'll be smaller to start with.

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Make Rachel’s Trifle Recipe from Friends for Thanksgiving

What was in Rachel’s trifle?

What episode is Rachel’s trifle?

What does Ross say Rachel’s trifle tastes like?

Does trifle have meat?