Cherry Trifle (Zuppa Inglese Con Ciliegie)

Ingredients

• Cherries in Syrup

  • ½ cup (125 ml) Passito, port or muscat wine
  • ½ cup (125 ml) orange juice
  • ½ cup (105 g) sugar
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 star anise
  • 2 cups (300 g) fresh or frozen cherries, pitted and halved

• Mascarpone Cream

  • ¼ cup (55 g) sugar
  • 2 tsp corn starch
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup (125 ml) Passito, port or muscat wine
  • 1 container (250 g) mascarpone cheese
  • 1 cup (250 ml) 35% whipping cream

• Trifle

  • 7 oz (200 g) amaretti cookies, broken into pieces
  • ½ cup (55 g) slivered almonds, roasted
  • ½ cup (15 g) dark chocolate shavings