Recipe

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• 250 g mascarpone cheese
• 15 ml kahlua
• 30 ml strong brewed coffee
• 2 tsp white sugar
• 20 fresh cherries, pitted and chopped
• 75 ml water
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 20 ml amaretto
• 5 ml lemon juice
• 4 -5 shortbread , fingers crumbled
• 2 fresh cherries
• powdered chocolate milk mix

• 1 To make the cherry sauce, bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan.
• 2 Add as much sugar as will dissolve into the water, then add the Amaretto and lemon juice.
• 3 Just before it starts to boil, add the cherries, and stir it over a high heat until the liquid takes on the color of the cherries.
• 4 Reduce the heat, and simmer until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• 5 Place the mixture in a small bowl, cover tightly, and place in the fridge.
• 6 To make the coffee cream, simply combine the cheese, Kahlua, and coffee in a bowl, and stir until the mixture is uniform in color.
• 7 Add sugar to taste, if necessary.
• 8 Once the cherry sauce has cooled, arrange the three components in layers in a martini glass, with the biscuit crumbs on the bottom, cherry sauce in the middle, and coffee cream on top.
• 9 Refridgerate until the coffee cream is firm.
• 10 Decorate with powdered sugar, and place a cherry on top.