CHOCOLATE CHERRY RIPE SLICE GLUTEN FREE RECIPE |
- 250g unsalted butter, chopped
- 250g 70% dark cooking chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 6 eggs, lightly whisked
- ¾ cup plain gluten free flour, sifted
- ¾ cup organic desiccated coconut, sifted
- ½ cup raw cacao, sifted
- 2 -3 cups fresh cherries, pitted
- Chocolate Ganache
- 100mL cream
- 150g 70% dark cooking chocolate, chopped
- 1 tbs glucose syrup
Conventional Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Combine butter and chocolate in heatproof bowl and melt in the microwave. Stir to combine.
- Add sugar, eggs, flour, desiccated coconut, raw cacao and stir to combine.
- Add pitted cherries and stir to combine.
- Pour mix into a lined rectangular baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
- Make chocolate ganache by heating cream in a saucepan until just simmering. Remove from heat, add chocolate and glucose syrup and sit for 5 min. Stir until just combined to avoid splitting.
- Spread ganache on slice and decorate with shredded coconut.
Thermomix Method
- Preheat oven to 180c.
- Combine butter and chocolate in mixing bowl and melt 50C/5 min/speed 2.
- Add sugar, eggs, flour, desiccated coconut, raw cacao and mix speed 5/10 sec.
- Add pitted cherries. Mix 10 sec/speed 3.
- Pour mix into a lined rectangular baking tray and bake for 25-30 minutes. Cool on wire rack.
- Make chocolate ganache by mixing cream, chocolate and glucose syrup 50C/speed 3/ 3 min. Scrape down sides halfway through mixing.
- Spread ganache on slice and decorate with shredded coconut.
Recipe by Helen Tzouganatos at https://helentzouganatos.com/chocolate-cherry-ripe-slice-gluten-free-recipe/
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