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Black Forest knickerbockers

Name: Black Forest knickerbockers
Total time: 20 min
Yield: serves 2
Ingredients: 425g tin pitted black cherries in syrup drained; 1 tbsp (optional) kirsch; 1 double chocolate muffin sliced; 2 small scoops vanilla ice cream; 2 small scoops cherry or chocolate ice cream; 100ml double cream lightly whipped with 1 tbsp icing sugar; to serve grated chocolate or chopped toasted almonds; 2 tbsp golden syrup; 100g dark chocolate broken into pieces

Published: March 25, 2015 at 3:05 PM

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serves 2

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

+ chilling

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Knickerbocker glories were made for a freestyle approach – use fresh fruit in the summer and vary the sauce, cake and ice cream as you fancy.

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Ingredients

Nutrition

425g tin pitted black cherries in syrup

drained
1 tbsp (optional) kirsch
1 double chocolate muffin

sliced
2 small scoops vanilla ice cream
2 small scoops cherry or chocolate ice cream
100ml double cream

lightly whipped with 1 tbsp icing sugar
to serve grated chocolate or chopped toasted almonds

chocolate sauce

2 tbsp golden syrup
100g dark chocolate

broken into pieces

Nutrition: per serving

kcal0
fat0g
saturates0g
carbs0g
sugars0g
fibre0g
protein0g
salt0g

Method

step 1

To make the chocolate sauce, bring 80ml water to the boil with the golden syrup.
Remove from the heat and add the broken chocolate, stirring until the sauce is smooth.
step 2

Toss the cherries with the kirsch, if using, and put a few in the base of each serving glass. Top with a slice of muffin, a scoop of each ice cream and some chocolate sauce.
Repeat the layers, finishing with a spoonful of cream, a cherry and a drizzle of sauce. Sprinkle with grated chocolate and chopped almonds.

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