Zurich Legacy Kitchen Cookbook - Book - Page 29
L e g ac y K it c hen
Louise
Medenica
Every Saturday, without fail, our big family
to grow frailer with age. Nan sadly passed
would gather at Nan’s house for a buffet,
away in 2025, and not a day goes by that I
finished off with her famous trifle for pudding.
don’t think of her.
It became such a fixture in our family that as
Now that I have children of my own,
my mum grew older, she started making it
I have carried on the tradition of making
herself, carrying the tradition forward for her
the trifle for family gatherings. Making it
children. Now that I have children, I make
now feels like more than just preparing
this recipe for them, too.
a pudding. It’s a way of honouring Nan’s
My Nan was beautiful, inside and out,
memory, and how much she gave to make
and I was lucky enough to be incredibly
sure her family was well looked after.
close to her, spending countless hours in
Even though she is always in our
her company over the years. One of my
hearts and minds, every time we serve this
most treasured memories is a trip away to
pudding it feels like she is, and will always
Anglesey we took in 2023. We spent a few
be, still part of our family gatherings.
special days together, before she began
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