RECIPES: Jacques Pepin's Favorite Desserts

Chocolate Raspberry Gratin

Serves 4

Jacques Pepin's raspberry gratin.

(Courtesy Thomas Krakowiak)

This gratin of raspberries is a cinch to make. I always have IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) berries in my freezer and cookies in the pantry. When unexpected guests show up, this is ready to eat in minutes with spectacular results.

Ingredients

2 cups IQF or fresh raspberries

1 1/2 cups coarsely crumbled shortbread cookies

1/4 cup sugar

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1/2 cup Scharffen Berger bittersweet chocolate morsels (about 1/2-inch size)

2 tablespoons unsalted butter

1/2 cup sour cream, for garnish

Heat the oven to 375 degrees. Spread the frozen berries in a 4-cup gratin dish and distribute the crumbled cookies on top. Sprinkle on the sugar and Scharffen Berger chocolate morsels, dot with the butter, and bake in the 375-degree oven for about 20 minutes, until lightly browned on top. Serve lukewarm with the sour cream.

This recipe is adapted from a recipe in "Jacques Pepin: Fast Food My Way," published by the Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004.