Preparation

1

Step 1

Remove the oven rack and preheat the oven to 180° C (gas mark 2 – 2 ½). Grease the jars. Heat 260 ml milk in a saucepan.

2

Step 2

For fresh cherries, sort them, rinse them, drain them well, remove the stems if necessary and remove the stones. Drain the cooked cherries well in a sieve.

3

Step 3

Cut the rolls into small pieces, put them in a bowl and pour 260ml warm milk over them. Cover and let sit until the milk is almost completely absorbed.

4

Step 4

In the meantime, separate 2 eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff.

5

Step 5

Mix the 2 egg yolks with vanilla pulp from one pod and 60 g sugar with the beaters of the hand mixer. Stir in butter and baking powder. Carefully fold the beaten egg whites into the egg-butter mixture. Add the cherries and bread pieces. Divide between the jars and sprinkle the almonds on top.

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Step 6

Place in the oven with the cold rack and bake for about 25 minutes.

7

Step 7

Remove from the oven and let cool slightly on a wire rack. Sieve with powdered sugar and serve lukewarm. Vanilla sauce is also an amazing accompaniment!

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Step 8

For the vanilla sauce: Mix 500 ml milk with vanilla pulp from a vanilla pod, 35g sugar, egg yolk, starch and salt in a small saucepan.

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Step 9

Bring to the boil, stirring constantly. As soon as the sauce thickens, remove from the heat, allow to cool and pour into a juice bottle.

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Step 10

Enjoy cold or warm.

For the recipe, you'll need:

Ingredients

Portions

8

Food

  • 260.0 ml Milk
  • 400.0 g fresh or preserved cherries
  • 3.0 Bread roll
  • 2.0 Eggs
  • pulp from one vanilla pod
  • 60.0 g Sugar
  • 50.0 g Softened butter
  • 2.0 tsp Baking powder
  • 50.0 g sliced almonds
  • 500.0 ml Milk
  • Pulp of a vanilla pod
  • 35.0 g Sugar
  • 2.0 Egg yolk
  • 15.0 g Cornflour
  • A pinch of salt