Serves 6

INGREDIENTS

• • 2 (100 g) bars Green & Blacks ginger chocolate
• • 350 ml double cream
• • 1 tbsp Greek yogurt
• • 400 g mascarpone cheese
• • Brownies or chocolate muffins, broken into bite-sized chunks
• • 1 to 2 tbsp ginger wine
• • 250 g fresh blackberries
• • 50 g good-quality dark chocolate (80% cocoa solids)
• • 50 g toasted flaked almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Melt the ginger chocolate in a heatproof bowl placed over a saucepan of boiling water (make sure the bowl doesn’t touch the water), then set aside to cool slightly.
2. Whip the cream into soft peaks, then fold in the yogurt.
3. Beat the mascarpone into the cooled melted chocolate.
4. Arrange half the brownies in the bottom of a pretty bowl or glass jug. Sprinkle with a little of the ginger wine, then layer half the blackberries, half the chocolate mixture and half the cream on top.
5. Repeat these layers and use the back of a spoon to “peak up” the top layer of cream.
6. Grate the dark chocolate over the surface and sprinkle with the almonds. Keep chilled until serving.

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