70g cherries, halved and I used glace and sour ones
50g flaked almonds
50g chocolate chips - I used milk and white chocolate
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
150ml approx kirsch
400g milk chocolate
150g white chocolate
1 glace cherry
2 holly leaves to decorate
Instructions
take a large pyrex bowl (approximately 15cm in diameter) and line it with two sheets of cling film - leaving enough film draping down to cover the pudding with later
line the dish with the Madeleines as shown in my photos above. You need to fill the gaps in so you will need to cut up some of the cakes
brush some of the kirsch onto the sponges
take 2 bowls and put 500ml of ricotta cheese in each one
in 1 bowl, add the cocoa powder, 35g of the cherries, 35g of almonds and 35g of the chocolate chips and mix well
in the other bowl add the honey and the remaining fruit, nuts and chic chips and mix
Tip one of the cheese fillings into the bowl and smooth over
cover with some more madeleines
cover this layer with some more kirsch
now tip in the other bowl of cheese filling
cover with the remaining madeleines to make a lid, and drizzle with some more of the kirsch
cover with the loose cling film
place a side dish on top and push down slightly.
add some weigh to the plate and keep in the fridge over night to set
When you are ready to serve, carefully turn out the pudding on to a serving dish
you can leave it like this and dust with some cocoa powder or icing sugar if you wish and decorate with the glace cherry and holly
OR you can go the whole hog and cover with chocolate to do this:
melt the milk chocolate and pour all over the pudding
leave to set
melt the white chocolate and pour over the top only
place the glace cherry and holly leaves at the top to decorate
leave to set and then you can serve
Recipe by Mummy Mishaps at http://www.mummymishaps.co.uk/2016/11/christmas-madeleine-cherry-chocolate-pudding.html