Chocolate Desserts Recipe - Maraschino Charlotte

Ingredients

• 4 eggs, separated

• 1/2 cup (125ml) granulated sugar

• 2 1/2 cups (625ml) milk

• 2 oz (60g) dark or semisweet baking chocolate, chopped

• 3 tbsp (45ml) powdered gelatine

• 1 1/4 cups (310ml) whipping cream

•  12 ladyfingers

• 3 tbsp (45ml) maraschino liqueur

• 6 glace cherries

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Method:

1. Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale and fluffy. Heat milk and stir into yolk mixture. Stir in chopped chocolate until melted. Cook over low heat until mixture coats spoon. Dissolve gelatine in the mixture. Leave it to cool.

2. Beat 2/3 of cram until stiff and fold into chocolate mixture.

3. Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into mixture. Pour a little chocolate mixture into the bottom of a charlotte mold. Sprinkle ladyfingers with maraschino liqueur and arrange around edge of mold.

4. Pour in remaining chocolate mixture and leave mold in refrigerator until set. Beat remaining cream until stiff. Turn out mold on serving dish and decorate with piped cream and glace cherries. Serve at once.