Kirschmichel

• 6 white stale bread rolls
• 250ml hot milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/4 – 1/2 tsp. Cinnamon
• 2 tbsp breadcrumbs
• 3 tbsp ground almonds
• 2kg cherries (drained from a jar)
• 3 egg whites
• Pinch of dried breadcrumbs
• Few almond flakes for topping.

1 Grease an oven proof dish and sprinkle with the dried breadcrumbs. Needed for cooking in later.

2 Place the bread rolls in a bowl, pour hot milk over them. Leave to soak until cooled down. (As not to scramble the eggs later in the recipe)

3 In a separate bowl, whisk together the egg yolks, sugar and cinnamon.

4 Add the breadcrumbs, ground almonds and cherries. Give it a good mix and then add to the cooled down roll and milk dish.

5 Separately again in a small bowl beat the egg whites until stiff and incorporate gently into your first bowl so all the ingredients are together.

6 Pour into your prepared ovenproof dish.

7 Sprinkle the dish with a bit of sugar and cinnamon.

8 Add a few flakes of butter to the top.

9 Bake on 180°C /Gas 4 for 45 minutes.