Wash the cherries, remove the stalks, stone and partially halve them. Bring 200 ml red wine to the boil, mix 50 ml red wine with sugar and starch and pour into the boiling red wine, stirring continuously. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add the cherries and let them cool down.
Finely chop the chocolate coating and melt over a warm water bath. Brush the meringue tartlets with the chocolate coating. Shortly before serving, whip the whipped cream with the whisk of the hand mixer until stiff, allowing the cream hardener to trickle in. Fill the meringue tartlets with cherry groats, decorate with a dab of cream and sprinkle with grated chocolate