Dessert Recipes - Cherry Choc Noodles

Ingredients

• 225 g/8 oz/2 cups ribbon noodles broken into short lengths

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup butter

• 50 g/2 oz/1/4 cup light brown sugar

• 45 ml/3 tbsp cocoa (unsweetened chocolate) powder

• 15 ml/1 tbsp brandy

• 425 g/15 oz/1 large can stoned (pitted) black cherries, drained, reserving the juice

• 10 ml/2 tsp arrowroot

• Toasted flaked almonds

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Method:

1. Cook the pasta according to the packet directions. Drain, rinse with boiling water and drain again.

2. In the same pan, melt the butter and stir in the sugar and cocoa powder. Cook, stirring until the sugar has dissolved.

3. Stir in the brandy. In a separate pan, blend a little of the cherry juice with the arrowroot, stir in the remaining juice and bring to the boil, stirring until thickened.

4. Stir in the cherries. Add the noodles to the chocolate mixture and toss well.

5. Pile on to serving plates and spoon the hot cherries over. Sprinkle with the almonds and serve straight away.