LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2018

7 For chocolate-almond sprinkle, preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line an 8-inch (2 L) square pan with foil, leaving an overhang on 2 sides. 8 Pulse chocolate wafers in a food processor until fine crumbs form. Add almonds and pulse until almonds are finely chopped. 9 In a medium bowl and using a fork, stir to- gether chocolate wafer mixture, butter and sugar until crumbly and well combined. 10  Press crumb mixture evenly over bottom of prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool completely. When ready to serve, remove baked crumb mixture from pan, using foil to lift it. Crumble mixture into chunks. 11  For chocolate toffee sauce, combine but- ter, syrup and salt in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, un- til butter has melted, 3 to 4 minutes. Whisk in cocoa powder until mixture is smooth and no lumps remain. 12  Increase heat to medium-high. Cook, whisk- ing constantly, until sauce comes to a simmer. Cook for 2 minutes, continuing to whisk. Re- move fromheat and whisk in vanilla. Let cool to room temperature. 13  For sour cherry sauce, set drained cherries aside and measure 1/2 cup (125 mL) reserved cherry juice. (If using fresh cherries, replace cherry juice with pure cherry juice from a jar and reduce sugar to 2 tbsp/30 mL.) Whisk together cherry juice, sugar, cherry liqueur (or additional juice) and cornstarch in amedium saucepan until smooth. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat, whisking constantly. Simmer, whisking constantly, until mixture has thickened and is bubbly and smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in reserved cherries, lemon juice and almond extract. Let cool to room temperature. 14  To assemble sundaes, microwave choco- late toffee sauce for 30 seconds to loosen it. In sundae glasses or other fancy dessert dishes, layer chocolate and cherry ice creams with chocolate-almond sprinkle, and chocolate- toffee and cherry sauces. Garnish, if you like, with whipped cream, chocolate curls and/or toasted slivered almonds. Serves 6 to 8

WHAT TO SERVE Schloss Kirsch LCBO 43018, 375 mL

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