I bought some bargain, better-than-half-price cherries from the Co-op, but disapointed they weren't as tasty as glace cherries I decided to add them to a chocolatey concoction.
After a quick trip back to the Co-op I had myself 150g of fruit and nut chocolate, 150g of dark chocolate and some condensed milk, with the intention of mixing them all together...
This is a little trick I learnt from one of those student cookbooks whilst at uni - to help make chocolate go that little bit further, but frankly it's cheaper and less effort to just buy more chocolate!
- Break the chocolate up into pieces and place in a Pyrex bowl
- Make a bain marie with the bowl and a pan of water
- Add the condensed milk and a big dollop of unsalted butter if you have any
- Melt. Stirring as you go...
- Add the cherries - or honeycomb toffee or whatever else you fancy!
- Pour into a shallow container, then when it's cool put it in the fridge.
If you are lacking in the area of shallow containers like me, instead use a glass lid from an oven dish as a substitute (see pic).
