APPLE & DRUNKEN CHERRIES STRUDEL

 

Ingredients for 6
- 1kg apples, peeled, cored, sliced
- 1tin Morello cherries, drained
- 100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 150ml Kirsch or Cherry
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- Melted butter, to grease
- 10 sheets filo pastry
- 60g butter, melted
- 100g almond meal
Pure icing sugar, to dust
Whipped cream, to serve

PREPARATION

Soak cherries into Cherry and set aside overnight to macerate.
On the next day, drain cherries and keep Cherry. Pre-cook apples with lemon juice, Cherry, cinnamon and sugar. Add cherries when done.
Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a tray with baking paper. Place the filo on a clean work surface. Brush 1 filo sheet with melted butter. Top with another filo sheet. Brush with melted butter. Repeat with melted butter and remaining filo. Sprinkle with the almond meal. Place the filling along 1 long side, leaving a wide border at each end. Fold in the ends and roll up firmly to enclose. Place, seam-side-down, on the prepared tray. Brush with remaining butter.
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Dust with icing sugar. Serve with whipped cream.

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CHOCOLATE MOUSSE

Do you have these 2 ingredients and 15 spare minutes for the best chocolate mousse?
Too good... Let's make it now!

Ingredients (6 to 8 serves)
- 6 eggs, separated
- 200gr of very good quality dark chocolate
- 25gr butter (facultative)

PREPARATION
Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and beat until stiff picks. Reserve.
Place butter and chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (Bain Marie) over medium heat. Whisk until the chocolate has melted and is smooth. Remove the bowl from the bain-marie and quickly stir in the egg yolks.
Gently fold in 1/3 of the egg whites until well combined. Then carefully add in the rest.
Spoon mousse into individual ramekins and place them into the refrigerator to set overnight

I love it plain but you could have it garnished with whipped cream, fresh raspberries/strawberries, shaved chocolate, etc
Enjoy!

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