Gateau (chocolate truffle cake) with grappa cherries

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
30 mins
TOTAL TIME
30 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8
  • 300 g Whipped cream
  • 250 g Dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa content)
  • 1 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 1 glass (720 ml) Sour cherries
  • 1 package Sauce powder "Vanilla flavor
  • 25 g Sugar
  • 8 TABLESPOONS Grappa
  • 150 g Fresh cream
  • 4 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cocoa powder

Directions

  1. 1

    Let a springform pan (approx. 20 cm Ø) cool in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours. Heat the cream and remove from the stove. Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in it while stirring. Stir in cinnamon. Pour into the pre-cooled springform pan and chill for at least 4 hours.

  2. 2

    Drain the cherries in a sieve, collecting the juice. Stir 4 tbsp. juice and sauce powder until smooth. Boil up the rest of the cherry juice in a pot. Stir in the sauce powder and sugar. Simmer for 1-2 minutes, remove from the heat and season with grappa. Let it cool down and put it in a cool place. Mix crème fraîche with milk. Dust the Gateau with cocoa, remove from the springform pan and cut into pieces.

  3. 3

    Stir in the sauce powder and sugar. Simmer for 1-2 minutes, remove from the heat and season with grappa. Let it cool down and put it in a cool place. Mix crème fraîche with milk. Dust the Gateau with cocoa, remove from the springform pan and cut into pieces. Serve with cherry compote and crème fraîche

  4. 4

    waiting time approx. 6 hours

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
370 kcal
CARBS
27 g
FATS
23 g
PROTEINS
4 g