Drain the cherries on a sieve, collecting the juice. Bring the cherry juice, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, lemon and orange peel, cinnamon stick and cloves to the boil briefly in a pot, turn off the heat and leave to stand for about 10 minutes. Pour the juice through a sieve and put it back into the pot. Add 40 g sugar and 4 tbsp. rum and bring to the boil. Stir starch and 4 tablespoons cold water until smooth and add to the boiling juice. Let simmer for about 1 minute while stirring. Add the cherries and let the mulled wine and cherry compote cool
Dice the gingerbread, put it in a wide form and sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of rum. Spread lukewarm stewed cherries on top and chill for about 1 hour
Separate egg, chill egg white. Whip cream until stiff. Cream quark, yoghurt, egg yolk, 60 g sugar and vanilla sugar. Fold in cream. Pour cream on the cherries and chill until just before serving
Sift the icing sugar. Beat the egg white with the whisk of the hand mixer until stiff, adding 1 tsp. lemon juice at the end. Then add icing sugar by the spoonful and fold in. Spread the meringue mixture with a tablespoon on the quark cream and spread it. Brown with a Cème Brûlée burner
With 8 people:
waiting time approx. 1 1/2 hours