Recipe of the day: Jenny Morris’ choc cherry bark

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With just a few ingredients and minimal preparation, this Choc Cherry Bark is an easy treat that can be made ahead and served as a dessert or homemade gift.


Looking for an easy chocolate treat? This Choc Cherry Bark combines melted dark chocolate with fresh cherries, chopped pistachios or almonds and a pinch of flaky salt.

The mixture is chilled until set, then broken into shards for serving or gifting.

Choc cherry bark

Ingredients

  • 300 grams dark chocolate
  • 1 cup fresh cherries pitted and halved, well drained.
  • ½ cup pistachios or almonds, chopped
  • Pinch flaky salt

Method

  1. Melt chocolate, spread onto lined tray.
  2. Scatter cherries, nuts, and salt.
  3. Chill until set, then break into shards.

Tip for usage:

  1. Cocktail Party Glam: Break into jagged shards and pile onto a platter with flutes of bubbly.
  2. Cheese Board Magic: Serve with salty blue cheese or goat’s cheese – the sweet-sour cherry and chocolate combo is outrageous with creamy, tangy cheeses.
  3. Gift Giving: Wrap shards in cellophane with ribbon – the chicest homemade gift.
    After Dinner Seduction: A few glossy shards served with espresso or port is all you need for a memorable finish.
    Sweet, sexy shards for snacking or gifting.
    Festive Flair: Scatter it on a Christmas dessert platter – it’s red, dark, dramatic, and feels like celebration in edible form.

*This recipe is courtesy of Juicy Delicious

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Choc Cherry Bark

Choc Cherry Bark

  • Author: Jenny Morris

Ingredients

Scale
    • 300 grams dark chocolate

    • 1 cup fresh cherries pitted and halved, well drained.

    • ½ cup pistachios or almonds, chopped

    • Pinch flaky salt

Instructions

  1. Melt chocolate, spread onto lined tray.
  2. Scatter cherries, nuts, and salt.
  3. Chill until set, then break into shards.

Tip for usage:

  1. Cocktail Party Glam: Break into jagged shards and pile onto a platter with flutes of bubbly.
  2. Cheese Board Magic: Serve with salty blue cheese or goat’s cheese — the sweet-sour cherry and chocolate combo is outrageous with creamy, tangy cheeses.
  3. Gift Giving: Wrap shards in cellophane with ribbon — the chicest homemade gift.
    After Dinner Seduction: A few glossy shards served with espresso or port is all you need for a memorable finish.
    Sweet, sexy shards for snacking or gifting.
    Festive Flair: Scatter it on a Christmas dessert platter — it’s red, dark, dramatic, and feels like celebration in edible form.

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