Once my son heard that if he met a hedgehog with an apple on its back he should take it off. For sure it fell on the miserable animal by accident and it shouldn't be in the hedgehog's larder. hedgehogs lost a lot of appeal for my small son when he learnt that they eat beetles, snails, worms and other little tasty "dishes". Hedgehogs in stories eat apples, pears and nuts. Fortunately, the wise book "I believe in hedgehogs" by Dorota Sumińska rescues the affection for the hedgehog population.

Reminiscences about hedgehogs came to me while I prepared a dessert with raspberries. Fresh and sun-smelling raspberries arranged on a sweet chocolate mousse looked like colourful hedgehogs. I don't know if this dish will remind everyone of hedgehogs, but the dessert will for sure be tasty for everybody.

Ingredients (for 5 people)
1 pack of chilled French pastry
200g of raspberries
200ml of 30% sweet cream
200g of mascarpone cheese
100g of dark chocolate
2 tablespoons of milk
peppermint leaves

Heat the oven up to 190C.
Smooth some baking pans for the small tarts with butter. Cut the French pastry into squares which fit into the baking pans and put them carefully into them. Smooth the top of the pastry with the milk and bake for 15-17 minutes. Leave to cool down.
Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie, then let it cool down a bit. Whip the cool sweet cream to make a fluffy mass. Mix it in gently with the mascarpone cheese and chocolate. Put the chocolate mousse onto the French pastry to form small hillocks. Arrange the raspberries on top of this and decorate with the peppermint leaves.

Enjoy your meal!