Cherry, Chocolate And Almond Creams

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb cherries
• 25 g golden caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons disaronno almond liqueur
• 1 (284 ml) carton whipping cream
• 100 g amaretti, coarsely crushed
• 25 g chocolate, coarsely grated (put in the freezer for a good half an hour before grating, so it doesn't melt all over your fingers)

Recipe

• 1 set aside 4 or 6 shapely cherries complete with stems.
• 2 stone the remainder and mix with the sugar and liqueur.
• 3 cover and leave to macerate for at least 2 hours in the fridge.
• 4 just before you are ready to serve, lightly whip the cream to soft peaks.
• 5 fold in the amaretti biscuits.
• 6 divide about a third of the cherries between 4 large or 6 smaller glasses, covering the cherries.
• 7 scatter over about half the grated chocolate.
• 8 repeat these layers until all the remaining cherries, cream and chocolate are used up.
• 9 top each glass with one of the reserved charries and serve.