Christmas Bombe

Ingredients

• 7/8 pound swiss roll good-quality chocolate, jumbo size
• 2 7/8 cups cherries in kirsch-flavoured syrup
• 1 1/2 cups caster sugar
• 5 1/16 tablespoons water
• 2 large egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups double cream
• 1 3/4 ounces stem ginger in syrup preserved, chopped, plus 1 tbsp syrup from the jar
• 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or Cointreau
• 3 1/3 tablespoons fruit chopped mixed glacé
• 3 5/16 tablespoons marron glacé, optional, chopped
• 3 7/8 tablespoons pistachio nuts shelled, toasted and roughly chopped
• 3 redcurrant sprigs, to finish, optional
• icing sugar to dust, optional

Nutrition

• Calories : 280 calories
• Carbohydrate : 33 grams
• Cholesterol : 55 milligrams
• Fat : 17 grams
• Fiber : 2 grams
• Protein : 3 grams
• SaturatedFat : 10 grams
• Sodium : 30 milligrams
• Sugar : 27 grams