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small plate with cherry dessert and sauce
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Cherry Dessert - German Kirschmichel

Kirschmichel - a delicious German cherry dessert or pudding served with vanilla sauce.
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time45 minutes
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Desserts
Cuisine: German
Servings: 6
Calories: 449kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 500 g cherries pitted, 1.1 lbs (Notes 2 and 3)
  • 60 g unsalted butter 2 oz/ ¼ cup , room temperature + some butter flakes
  • 125 g granulated sugar 4.5 oz/ ½ cup + 2 tablespoons
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • zest of ½ organic lemon
  • 3 large eggs
  • 125 g semolina 4.5 oz/ ½ cup + 2 tablespoons
  • 150 g all-purpose flour 5.3 oz/ 1 ¼ cups
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 240 ml milk 8 fl.oz/ 1 cup

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter well a medium casserole dish of about 19x23 cm/ 7x8 inches.
  • Pit the cherries and weigh the 500 g/ 1.1 lbs after pitting. If using frozen cherries, defrost them and dry with kitchen paper. If using canned cherries, let them drain well.
  • Mix the soft butter and the sugar until foamy. Add the vanilla sugar or extract, the lemon zest, eggs and semolina and stir again to incorporate everything.
  • Mix the flour and the baking powder and sieve them over the rest of the ingredients. Incorporate carefully using a spatula and add the milk little by little, stirring carefully. Add the pitted cherries to the mixture.
  • Bake: Pour the batter into the prepared dish. Sprinkle with some butter flakes and bake for about 40-45 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean but still very slightly wet.
  • Dust with some icing sugar if desired and serve hot, warm or cold with vanilla sauce.

Notes

  1. A digital kitchen scale will give you the most precise measure ensuring the best bake possible.
  2. You will need more or less 750 g/ 1.7 lbs unpitted cherries.
  3. Instead, you can use 500 g/ 1.1 lbs frozen (and defrosted) or canned (and well-drained) cherries.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/6 of the dish | Calories: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 123mg | Sodium: 382mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 32g