Westphalian pumpernickel and cherry dessert

Name: Westphalian pumpernickel and cherry dessert
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 123 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 250 g plain frozen pitted cherry; 100 g dark baking chocolate; 180 g cold 35% whipping cream; 8 ml cold water; 10 g cornstarch; 1 vanilla pod; 25 ml pure cherry juice; 100 g plain dense rye pumpernickel bread; 500 g firm low-fat quark; 105 g white sugar

Dessert
German

A layered dessert of cream-enriched quark, cherries, chocolate and crumbs of dense Westphalian rye pumpernickel bread.

Active time33 min

Cooking13 min

Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h 30 min

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Ingredients

250 g plain frozen pitted cherries
180 g cold 35% whipping cream
100 g dark baking chocolate
8 ml cold water
10 g cornstarch
1 vanilla pod
25 ml pure cherry juice
105 g white sugar
100 g plain dense rye pumpernickel bread
500 g firm low-fat quark

Preparation

Step completed · 1
Split the vanilla pod, scrape out its seeds and reserve them for the cream. Put pod, frozen cherries, juice and 25 g sugar in a saucepan. Gently heat for about 10 minutes until boiling, stirring without crushing all the fruit. Mix starch with cold water, add and return to a boil. Gently cook for 3 minutes, stirring until thickened. Remove pod and cool completely in a shallow dish for about 30 minutes.
Step completed · 2
Whip the well-chilled cream to soft peaks. Mix quark with the remaining 80 g sugar and reserved vanilla seeds. Gently fold in whipped cream with a spatula without deflating it.
Step completed · 3
Chop chocolate and finely crumble pumpernickel. Layer quark cream, cooled cherries, chocolate and bread in dessert dishes. Cover and refrigerate for at least 60 minutes before serving so the bread softens slightly.

Allergens

Milk

Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Gluten, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.

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