Black forest sandwich

Ingredients

• 8 thick slices soft white bread
• cherry (or raspberry) jam, to serve

Mascarpone cream (makes extra)

• 300 ml thickened cream
• 60 g icing sugar mixture
• 250 ml mascarpone

Chocolate peanut butter (makes extra)

• 4 cups dry roasted peanuts
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 tbsp Dutch process cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp caster sugar

Instructions

1. Place the peanuts and salt in a blender and blend for 5 minutes until it becomes a smooth paste. It will start off as peanuts, then become fine crumbs, then a dough, and then if you keep blending the dough will break down to a "butter". Add the cocoa powder and sugar and blend to combine.
2. For the mascarpone cream, in a large mixing bowl, whip the cream and icing sugar to soft peaks. Fold through the mascarpone.
3. Spread one piece of bread generously with the chocolate peanut butter. Spread the other slice with cherry jam, then cover one side with mascarpone cream. Sandwich the slices together and chill, if time allows, this will make it easier to cut. Slice and serve.

Note

• If you don't have time to chill the sandwich, simply wrap it tightly in baking paper and, using a sharp non-serrated knife, cut in half.

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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