Black forest gateau 'mess'
By Chatelaine
* PLUS chilling time
Black forest gauteau 'mess.'Photo, Roberto Caruso.
Savour the season's balmy evenings by dining alfresco, and round out the evening with a decadent chocolate-cherry dessert, topped with clouds of whipped cream.
Ingredients
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4 cups
fresh sweet
cherries
, pitted and halved
-
1/2 cup
amaretto
-
2 tbsp
icing sugar
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170-g pkg
dark
chocolate
, chopped
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1 1/2 cups
35%
cream
-
24
chocolate wafers
Instructions
- COMBINE cherries with amaretto and 1 tbsp icing sugar in a medium bowl. Let sit for 20 min, stirring occasionally.
- ADD chocolate to 1/2 cup cream in a small bowl. Microwave on medium until chocolate is almost melted, stirring halfway through, 2 min. Stir until completely melted.
- BEAT remaining cream and icing sugar in a medium bowl, with an electric mixer, until soft peaks form, about 2 min.
- ARRANGE 2 wafer thins on the bottom of 1 dish. Top with 1/4 cup cherry mixture, followed by 2 heaping tbsp of cream and 1 heaping tbsp of chocolate. Repeat layering, ending with cream. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Garnish with chocolate curls if desired. Refrigerate 20 min or up to 8 hours.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 408,
- Protein
- 4 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 41 g,
- Fat
- 28 g,
- Fibre
- 2 g,
- Sodium
- 140 mg.
