Name: White Christmas with sour cherries, almonds and Grand Marnier
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 50 gm natural almonds; 150 ml pouring cream; 40 ml Grand Marnier; Finely grated rind of 1 lemon and ½ orange; 600 gm couverture white chocolate, finely chopped (see note); 100 gm rice puffs; 60 gm dried sour cherries (see note); 50 gm glacé orange, diced

White Christmas with sour cherries, almonds and Grand Marnier

A grown-up version of the yuletide treat.

Sour-cherry and roasted-almond white Christmas

Prep

20M

Cook

10M

Total

30M

This recipe for white Christmas is all grown up, thanks to the addition of dried sour cherries, citrus rind and a hit of liqueur. One for the adults only.

Ingredients

50 gm natural almonds

150 ml pouring cream

40 ml Grand Marnier

Finely grated rind of 1 lemon and ½ orange

600 gm couverture white chocolate, finely chopped (see note)

100 gm rice puffs

60 gm dried sour cherries (see note)

50 gm glacé orange, diced

Method

1.Preheat oven to 180C and line a 13cm x 23cm cake tin with baking paper. Spread almonds on an oven tray and roast until darkened (4-5 minutes), cool to room temperature, then coarsely chop and set aside.

2.Bring cream, Grand Marnier and rinds just to the boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat, add chocolate and stand for 5 minutes, then stir until smooth. Combine rice puffs, sour cherries, almonds and ½ tsp sea salt in a bowl, add chocolate mixture and combine well, then spoon into cake tin, press top to smooth and refrigerate until set (1 hour). Cut into pieces with a hot, wet knife and store refrigerated in an airtight container for up to a month.

Styling by Emma Knowles

Styling by Lucy Tweed