Black Forest Dessert Recipe

How to make it

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• Put 4 cups of the milk into a large heavy saucepan.
• Add unsweetened chocolate then heat over moderate heat.
• Water carefully until bubbles form on milk and milk is scalded.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Put cornstarch, sugar, salt and remaining milk into a small bowl.
• Use a whisk to stir mixture until all dry ingredients are moistened and no lumps remain.
• Be sure mixture is well stirred just before adding to hot milk.
• Using a wire whisk stir hot milk mixture in saucepan while gradually adding cornstarch mixture.
• Return saucepan to heat and cook over moderately high heat.
• Stir constantly until mixture begins to boil.
• Boil 1 minute stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Spoon 1/3 of pudding into a soufflé dish or glass bowl then top with 1/3 of cookie crumbs.
• Set aside 1/2 cup cherry-pie filling.
• Gently spoon half of the remaining pie filling onto crumbs in bowl.
• Repeat layering with another third of chocolate pudding, crumbs, pie filling and pudding.
• Spoon remaining cookie crumbs around chocolate pudding to form a border.
• Fill center with reserved 1/2 cup pie filling.
• Refrigerate covered for 6 hours.