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Sour cherry mascarpone cream

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

  • 1 jar sour cherries, with juice (375g)
  • 1 stalk(s) cinnamon
  • 3 tbsp port wine
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 250 g mascarpone
  • 250 g low-fat curd cheese
  • 1 packet of vanilla sugar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 100 g biscuits, Basler Läckerli (alternatively gingerbread)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Rest time approx. 2 hours; Total time approx. 2 hours 15 minutes

simple but impressive layered dessert

Place the sour cherries and their juice in a small pan, bring to a boil with the port wine and cinnamon stick, stir in the cornstarch, and simmer for 1-2 minutes until thickened. Let cool slightly. For the cream, combine the mascarpone, quark, vanilla sugar, sugar, and milk (if desired, you can use eggnog instead of milk). Dice the Läckerli or gingerbread. Layer the cream, Läckerli, and sour cherries alternately, preferably in glasses. Refrigerate for 2 hours.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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