Chocolate fondant with cherry and mint compote

Name: Chocolate fondant with cherry and mint compote
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 400 g fresh cherries, pitted and cut in half; 40 g caster sugar; juice of ½ lemon; finely grated zest of 1 unwaxed lemon; ½ bunch fresh mint, finally shredded; 4 fresh mint tips; ice cream, to serve; 20 g unsalted butter; icing sugar, for dusting; 1 Warm Rich Chocolate Pudding recipe

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

The English cherry season is short, so make the most of them when they’re around. When they aren’t available, try using raspberries or oranges instead.

Ingredients

1 Warm Rich Chocolate Pudding recipe
ice cream, to serve
4 fresh mint tips
icing suga

Dessert
Chocolate
Vegetarian
Sensational

Method

To make the cherry compote, melt the butter in a pan on a medium heat. Add the cherries and cook for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the sugar, lemon juice and zest and simmer for 6-7 minutes. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Add the shredded mint.
Make the Warm Rich Chocolate Pudding mixture, buttering and flouring the ramekins as before. Put the