This week I was given 1 kg of cherries. They were a sample from Angus Park. I love glace cherries but many people don’t, including the person who slung them at me saying how much she hated them. I assured her that she would change her mind, when I made something with them. I dug out an old Cherry Ripe Slice recipe and then iced it with 80% Callebaut chocolate.
All of this slice was gone in a very short time. There has been a change of heart for the cherry hater. How many pieces did she have……….?
Cherry Ripe is easy to make………….
: Cherry Ripe Slice
Oven 180 plus 1 x Paper lined brownie tin 10 x 7 in or 18x 25 cm
Ingredients
- 1 cup Self raising flour
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa ( dark Dutch- I used Callebaut- available from Chefs warehouse)
- 1/3 cup of caster sugar
- 100gm melted butter ( 3.52oz)
- 100gm biscuits ( Marie, granita, any sweet plain biscuit will do)
- 1 1/2 cups coconut ( desicated)
- 300gm glace cherries ( or a 200gm bag- the more cherries the more colour)(10.5 oz)
- 1 x400gm tin condensed milk ( or skim condensed milk) (14.11 oz)
Icing
- 150gm (5.3 oz) 80% chocolate chopped
- 30gm ( 3 Tablespoons) copha chopped
To make the base
Use the food processor for this recipe.
- First add the flour, biscuits, sugar and cocoa. Blitz this till you have a fine floury mass.
- Pour in the butter and blitz till combined . ( the mixture is relatively dry).
- Press into the brownie tin, and bake for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and put aside for a few minutes.
The topping
- Put the cherries into the food processor and pulse until they are chopped. Add the coconut and pulse again until the cherries and coconut are combined. Pour into a bowl and add the condensed milk. Mix with a spoon or spatula.
- Pour this mixture over the base and spread out.
- Bake this for approximately 30min. Don’t let it brown too much.
- Cool the slice completely before icing.
- Melt the chocolate and copha over a double boiler stiring , not letting it get too hot ( or use the microwave for 1 minute and stir till melted.) Pour over the slice and spread with a pallet knife
Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 45 min
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i heart fresh and glace cherries and this slice looks incredible!
Yeah, I like em too, thanks suze
Hi ,
I like cherries too! I wish someone would bake for me at work. You see I work the graveyard shift and don’t see any of my fabulous co-workers. Sometimes I wish I would walk in and have a little treat (like your cherry slice) sitting on my desk. Kind like the little notes I leave on my colleagues desks some morning to remind them how much I like them. Its a lonely existance being an after hours orders clerk, luckily I have mykitchenstories to get me through the late nights and early mornings.
On another note could you please tell me where the Angus Park cherries are from, I only ask because I recently noticed that their Australian Apricots are a product of Turkey….gobble gobble!
Dear Chairman, how sad to hear that you seem to have such a lonely existence when you are quite obviously a very thoughtful person. I hope that your fellow workers soon realise that you are special and invite you to some of there social events, or at least leave you something to nibble on during the lonely hours. Also I am unsure about those Turkish apricots……. but at least they aren’t from China.
I love cherries and to be honest I’m not a huge lover of glace cherries but throw it together with coconut and good chocolate and I’m a massive fan!
Its the chocolate that makes everything good!
Delicious looking bars! Really tempting.
Cheers,
Rosa
Thanks Rosa. They are really delicious
I’m not so sure about glace cherries, but with this recipe I think I’ll be a convert! These bars look great.
Yes these cherries have a bad rap don’t they?
Mmmm this looks fantastic!! I love cherry ripes.
My favourite slice is lemon. I love the tang of it.
I am going to make a lemon slice……………
Cherry Ripes! It’s been years since I’ve had one, but looking at your creation, I can almost taste them again! It looks fantastic – a nice use for the leftover glace cherries from Christmas…thank you!
Hey thanks, and yes remember cherry ripes are delicious and every body you know is gonna love them in January
this slice looks soooo good! i think ill go out and buy my cherry ripe now
Thanks Betty
I love this slice!! We are having a cooking challenge at work and I made this. Everyone loved it.
I did add an extra 30 grams of butter to the base to help it combine well.
I also added extra cocoa to the base because I love chocolate.
I decorated the top with chopped up cherry ripe.
This is one of the best slices I have ever made, easy and delicious, just the way I like it!!
THANK YOU!
I am thrilled that you liked it