A fast, flexible and ever-so-slightly boozy dessert from chef Tony Tobin – try it with any compote you fancy, or use poached fruit in season
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal345
- fat15g
- saturates5g
- carbs45g
- sugars24.4g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.47g
Ingredients
- 200g madeira cake, cut into small cubes
- 50g almond, roughly chopped
Almond
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- 2 tbsp brandy
Brandy
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- 390g jar cherry compote (or apricot or rhubarb)
Cherry
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- 300g tub vanilla-flavoured custard
- 2x 40g bars nut brittle
Method
Tip the madeira cake and nuts into a medium bowl. Drizzle over the brandy and stir well. Divide the mixture between 6 large tumblers, then top with compote and custard.
Break the bars of nut brittle into a food processor and blitz until crushed quite finely. (You can prepare to this stage up to two hours before serving.)
When ready to serve, sprinkle a thick layer of crushed brittle on top of each tumbler.
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