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Cherry nanaimo bars
- Gurdeep Loyal
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Makes 12 bars
Easy
Prep: 25 mins
Cook: 5 mins
plus 4½ hrs chilling
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These chocolate, cherry and custard bars are divine. Mahlab, a popular Middle Eastern spice, adds hints of rose and vanilla. Perfect for afternoon tea
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Make a batch of cherry nanaimo bars, then check out our cherry clafoutis, cherry cake and cherry madeira cake. Then try more cherry recipes.
Mahlab is a nutty almond-like spice made out of crushed cherry stones that’s popular in Middle Eastern baking. It has a subtle rose-like flavour with hints of bitter vanilla that come to life when heated.
Gurdeep Loyal recommends the mahlab from Steenbergs, “as it has a deeper flavour than others. It’s available in Whole Foods or online at steenbergs.co.uk.”
Ingredients
Nutrition
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300g Nice biscuits
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100g walnuts
chopped
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415g salted butter
softened
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2 tsp mahlab
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50g caster sugar
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50g cocoa powder
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1 egg
beaten
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300g icing sugar
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5 tbsp custard powder
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4 tbsp double cream
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14 amarena or maraschino cherries
chopped, plus 3 tbsp syrup
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200g dark chocolate
chopped
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal768
- fat53.5g
- saturates29.5g
- carbs63.7g
- sugars44.5g
- fibre3.5g
- protein6.3g
- salt0.87g
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Method
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step 1
Line a 20cm x 25cm baking tin with foil, covering the sides. Blitz the biscuits in a food processor to a fine rubble texture, then put in a bowl with the walnuts.
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step 2
Melt 150g of the butter and the mahlab in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water’s surface. Add the caster sugar and cocoa powder, still on the heat, and whisk well until fully combined.
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step 3
Remove the bowl from the heat and, whisking continuously, gradually pour in the egg. Return the bowl to sit on the pan of simmering water and heat for 1 min, whisking vigorously, until thickened. Pour the buttery-chocolate mixture over the biscuit crumbs and mix well. Pack the mixture into the base of the lined tin, patting down with your hands, into an even layer. Leave to refrigerate for 30 mins.
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step 4
For the cherry-custard icing, use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment to beat 200g of the butter until smooth. Next, add the icing sugar, custard powder and double cream, beating slowly, before beating in the chopped cherries and syrup. Spread over the chilled biscuit base in a smooth thick layer. Leave to refrigerate for 2 hrs.
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step 5
For the topping, melt the chocolate in a clean bowl over a pan of simmering water or in the microwave, then mix through the remaining butter until well combined. Spread over the custard layer and leave to refrigerate for another 2 hrs. Slice into 12 square bars with a warm knife to serve.
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