Sour Cherry Dessert with Whipped Cream

Ingredients:

• About 10oz of pitted sour cherries (fresh, frozen or canned)
• 6.5-7.0 oz of heavy cream
• 1 tbsp of sugar
• 3 tbsp of almond liqueur (amaretto or so)
• 2 teaspoons of confectioner’s sugar
• About 2 tablespoons of grated chocolate

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients:

   

2. Mix sugar with sour cherries in a bowl (if you use canned cherries – remove juices before this step):

   

3. Add 2 tablespoons of almond flavored liqueur, mix everything, cover bowl and put it to fridge for about 2 hours:

   

4. If you use chocolate bar, grate about 2 tablespoons (to taste) on big slots of grater (if chocolate is too soft and it is hard to grate, put it to freezer for an hour or so before grating, it will go easier that way):

   

5. Pour heavy cream to a mixing container, add confectioner’s sugar:

   

6. Add remaining tablespoon of almond liqueur:

   

7. And whip the cream with liqueur and confectioner’s sugar, you don’t need strong peaks, just foamy cream:

   

8. Put quarter of all sour cherries into each of 2 dessert bowls:

   

9. Pour juices produced by cherries, liqueur and sugar to bowls also:

   

10. Cover cherries with a layer of whipped cream (about quarter of it for each portion):

    

11. Split remaining amount of cherries in half and put them over the layer of whipped cream without any juices:

    

12. And cover them with layer of whipped cream again (split remaining amount evenly between both bowls):

    

13. Even whipped cream out a bit:

    

14. Sprinkle with grated chocolate to taste:

    

15. And serve soon after preparation (before cream liquify):