How to make a meringue trifle dessert step by step

Step 1 - prepare the cranberry fruit filling

• Transfer the cranberries to a pot and add the raspberries - you don't need to defrost them.
  250 g cranberries, 100 g raspberries
  
• Add the squeezed orange juice and grated zest.
  approx. 170 ml orange juice, zest from two oranges
  
• Add sugar and bring everything to a boil until the cranberries burst and soften - and the mixture thickens slightly.
  100 g sugar
  
• Mix potato starch with a small amount of water and stir.
  1 teaspoon potato starch
  
• Pour the mixture into the hot cranberries and stir, cooking over low heat until the mixture thickens.
  
• Set aside the fruit filling to cool.

Step 2 - prepare the pudding cream

• From half a liter of milk, pour off about half a glass.
  500 ml milk
• In a smaller amount of milk, mix both puddings and sugar (if you need to sweeten it).
  2 package vanilla pudding, 60 g sugar
  
• Boil the rest of the milk.
• Pour the mixed pudding into the hot milk and cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until you get a thick pudding.
  
• Immediately cover the pudding with cling film so that it touches the surface and set aside to cool.
  
• Blend the cooled pudding with mascarpone cheese, adding it spoon by spoon - if your pudding is at room temperature, the cheese should also be at room temperature.
  250 g mascarpone cheese

Step 3 - dessert preparation

• Spread about 2/3 of the cooled cranberry fruit jelly onto the bottom of a glass bowl.
  
• Crumble about 150g of meringues over it.
  approx. 250-300 g meringues
  
• Layer the entire pudding cream over the meringues.
  
• Spread the rest of the fruit jelly over the pudding in an even layer.
  
• Sprinkle the top with the remaining meringues.
  

Step 4 - preparing whipped cream

• Whip the cold heavy cream together with powdered sugar at high speed for several minutes until you get thick whipped cream.
  250 ml heavy cream, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• Spread it over the meringues in an even layer.
  

Step 5 - decorating the dessert

• You can sprinkle the top of the whipped cream with fresh raspberries or cranberries.
  fresh raspberries
• You can add small cookies, or more crushed meringues.