cherry sweetie pies - RCL FOODS

Ingredients

• 100g butter (chopped)
• 100g white chocolate (broken into pieces)
• 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
• 100g ground almonds
• 125g Selati brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 50g whole almonds (toasted & chopped)
• 50g Supreme cake flour
• 200g tinned cherries
• 25g Selati white sugar
• 25ml water
• ½ teaspoon agar
• Few drops of red gel food colouring
• 2 teaspoons cherry liqueur
• 6 large egg whites (room temperature)
• 210g / ½ cups Selati castor sugar
• 200g good-quality dark chocolate (melted)
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Fresh cherries and edible gold leaf (to decorate)