Semifreddo with iced berries and hot white chocolate sauce

  • Portion size: Serves 8-10
  • Hands-on time 30 min, plus freezing
  • Difficulty: easy

Semifreddo has a light, moussey texture which doesn’t completely freeze but melts in the mouth. Topped with frozen berries and a drizzle of hot white chocolate sauce, it makes a fantastic dinner party dessert.

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Ingredients

  • 8 large free-range egg yolks
  • 150g unrefined golden caster sugar
  • Glug rum or brandy
  • 600ml double cream
  • 150g white chocolate, chopped or grated
  • 150ml single cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150g mixed frozen berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries and currants)

You’ll also need…

  • 900g loaf tin (roughly 23cm), lightly greased or lined with cling film
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Method

  1. Put the egg yolks, sugar and rum/brandy in a glass or ceramic mixing bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water. Whisk with an electric hand-held mixer until glossy and doubled in volume (about 10 minutes). Remove from the heat.
  2. In a separate mixing bowl whisk the double cream to soft peaks, then gently fold it into the egg yolk mixture. Spoon the mix into the loaf tin and freeze for 4-6 hours or overnight.
  3. When ready to serve, heat the chocolate with the cream and vanilla (see tips) in a small bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring occasionally, until completely melted.
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  5. If you’ve lined your tin with cling film, use to lift the dessert out of the tin, then invert onto a serving platter. If you haven’t used cling film, dip the tin into hot water for a few seconds, then invert it onto a serving platter, holding the tin and platter together tightly. Shake vigorously to release it.
  6. Top with the frozen berries and drizzle over the warm sauce. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

  • 532kcals Calories
  • 44.2g (25.9g saturated) Fat
  • 5.1g Protein
  • 25.5g (25.5g sugars) Carbs
  • 0.5g Fibre
  • 0.1g Salt

For 10

Quick wins & tips

Lightly whip the egg whites and store in the freezer in a labelled food bag for up to 6 months. For an extra boozy hit, add 2 tbsp rum/brandy to the chocolate sauce

Make Ahead

You need to start to make this at least 6 hours ahead or overnight. Make the sauce just before serving

Cook smarter

Semifreddo has a light, moussey texture. The sugar-to-cream ratio means it doesn’t completely freeze but melts in the mouth.

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