Drain the cherries and collect the juice. Bring juice, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 vanillin sugar, star anise and cinnamon to the boil. Stir starch and rum until smooth. Bind the cherry juice with it and simmer for about 1 minute. fold in cherries, let cool down
Bring the milk to the boil, remove the pot from the stove. Stir in 25 g sugar and 25 g poppy seeds. Let it swell for about 30 minutes
Roughly chop the chocolate and almonds. Stir mascarpone, quark and 25 g sugar until smooth. Stir in the poppy seed milk mixture, chopped almonds, chocolate and 1 vanillin sugar. Whip cream until stiff and fold into the quark cream
Remove spices from the compote. Layer cream and cherries in 4 glasses or in a large bowl. Chill for at least 1 hour
Roast the almonds without fat until golden brown. Briefly roast 1 teaspoon of poppy seeds with the almonds. Let everything cool down. Sprinkle over dessert before serving