Black Cherry & Chocolate Spread - By Gynelle Alves

When in season, you can of course, make your favorite fruit jam from scratch, it’s pretty easy. Otherwise, for this recipe, a good quality low-sugar, high fruit content commercially available jam is the ticket on the fast train to yummy town. This can be made either in the microwave or on the hob.

Ingredients:

2 cups black cherry jam (or strawberries, raspberries, pear, peach…any fruit you fancy!)

1 cup coarsely chopped bitter chocolate

Method:

Microwave-

Heat the jam on medium high for 1-2 minutes till it begins to bubble. Remove, whisk in the chocolate till all is well incorporated. 

Stove top-

Heat the jam in a double boiler till bubbling, reduce the heat, add your chocolate and stir in till melted.

Bottle it up in a sterilized jar and refrigerate. Eat on pancakes, toast, waffles… with toasted almonds and vanilla ice-cream on a split banana… or use instead of plain chocolate in your favorite chocolate mousse recipe.