Cherry & almond sponge with pistachio crème fraîche

Name: Cherry & almond sponge with pistachio crème fraîche
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 500 grams sweet cherry, washed and stoned; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 0 zest and orange; 85 grams caster sugar; 1 Tbsp chopped pistachio nuts; 100 milliliters crème fraîche; 2 larges eggs; 3 Tbsps caster sugar; 0 teaspoons almond or vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon orange flower water; 75 milliliters double cream; 3 Tbsps plain flour

Cherry & almond sponge with pistachio crème fraîche takes roughly 55 minutes from beginning to end. One portion of this dish contains approximately 7g of protein, 16g of fat, and It is a good option if you're following a lacto ovo vegetarian diet. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Almond Plum Cake with Creme Fraiche, Blueberry-Almond Shortcakes with Crème Fraîche, and Almond Cake with Lemon and Crème Fraîche Glaze.

Instructions

Heat a large frying pan. When hot, add the cherries, lemon juice, orange zest and sugar. Allow the cherries to cook and release their juices for 4-5 mins until they are tender and the juices are syrupy.

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Lemon Juice

Orange Zest

Cherries

Sugar

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Frying Pan

Transfer the cherries to the base of a 20-22cm diameter ceramic pie dish. At this point, you can chill the dish until half an hour before you want to eat, then finish it.

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Cherries

Base

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Ceramic Pie Form

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas

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Oven

To make the topping, put the eggs and sugar in a large bowl and beat until light and foamy an electric whisk is best for this.

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Sugar

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the extract and orange flower water as you whisk.

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Orange Flower Water

Extract

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Whisk

When the mixture is very light and airy, whisk in the cream. Finally, sieve in the flour and a pinch of salt. Carefully fold them into the egg mixture with a large metal spoon until there are no lumps.

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Cream

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Sieve

Whisk

Pour the sponge mixture over the cherries and use the back of a spoon to cover evenly.

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Cherries

Bake for 20 mins until well risen and evenly browned.

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Oven

While the sponge is baking, stir the chopped pistachios into the crme frache and spoon into a serving dish. When the sponge is cooked, remove it from the oven and let it cool for 10 mins before dusting with icing sugar and serving with the pistachio crme frache.

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Powdered Sugar