Almond parfait is my favourite semifreddo. I love the crunch of the almond that contrasts with the otherwise soft ice cream like texture! It is a traditional Sicilian dessert, very popular in the area of Trapani, the city where my mum was born. I have already shared a recipe for almond parfait when I first started blogging, but the following version is my Aunt Maria’s recipe and is slightly different to the recipe I used to make before and it is perfect for all the people who are uneasy about eating raw eggs. Serve it with the warm chocolate sauce and you will be in heaven! Enjoy!
For the almond parfait
Ingredients:
150 gms – 5.25 oz. sugar
300 ml – 10.5 oz. cream to whip with 2 tbsp icing sugar
5 egg yolks
125 ml – ½ cup water
120 gms – ½ cup toasted almonds, minced
For the warm chocolate sauce
Ingredients:
250 ml – 1 cup heavy cream
10 ml – ½ tbsp milk
200 gms – 7 oz. dark chocolate, chopped
Put the water and sugar in a pot. Bring to a boil and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Let it cool down.
In the meantime, beat the egg yolks with an electric mixer until white and fluffy (1-2). Slowly add the lukewarm syrup while whisking (3). Transfer the mixture into a pot and cook in a double boiler for 10 minutes (4). Let it cool down.
Whip the cream with the icing sugar.
Mince the toasted almonds.
When the egg and syrup mixture is cold, fold in the whipped cream and the minced toasted almonds.
Put it in a mould and keep in the freezer overnight.
To make the chocolate sauce, put the cream and milk in a pot and bring to a boil. Remove immediately from the fire. Add the chopped chocolate and stir until melted. Use warm.
Unmould the parfait and serve it with the warm chocolate sauce! Enjoy!
Great and lovely. Thanks
Its delicious and lovely thanks for sharing.
Wow, this looks so yummy..so glad that I discovered your blog for some great regional recipes..will keep visiting!
What a beauty! I love almond-flavored “anything” and when it is above zero degrees F – I love semifreddos. Saving this for when we are out of the ice age.
Oh, mine… this parfait looks terrific! I’d love to try it!!
Yummy! That sounds so good! Makes me long for summer! 🙂
Oh, wow! I can only imagine how yummy this is…
So beautiful and delicious looking. *BUZZ*
Congrats on the top 9! This recipe really deserves it!
Manu, you never disappoint! This dessert looks luscious and delicious but the presentation is so elegant and whimsical at the same time. Simply beautiful.
They look very tempting Manu…would love to try this out suring summers…
So pretty and so different. Congratulations on Top 9!
I was just thinking of the almond parfait my husband’s cousin G from Trapani makes when you mentioned it is typical from there. I thought it was a general Sicilian recipe. This is a great version to avoid the raw eggs. Thanks
You guys are having nice summer now:)) Love the recipe, very simple, but tasty and beautiful! Yes, I will def. try it!
Congrats on top 9, it is well deserved!!!
Lovely and so tempting!
Oh this sounds and looks amazing! I love almond flavored desserts. Great job Manu!
How mouth wateringly delicious this looks!! Bless Aunt Maria!
The cousin of my grandfather used to make a wonderful semifreddo, very similar to your. But I think she didn’t do the cooking of the eggs… Is it just to have the eggs not raw or is there another reason to cook the eggs?
Looks great! I think I will have to wait till it’s not freezing cold here to give this a try 🙂
I’m in love with Aunt Maria!! This looks fantastic. Definitely dinner party worthy.
Oh Manu this is so beautiful. Your talent just always amazes me. You are incredible.
I adore semifreddos, and almond is way up top on the list. Especially with chocolate sauce. Man, this looks sinfully delicious!
looks wonderfully delicious
So beautiful, Manu!!! That last photo with all the fabulous chocolate sauce is especially enticing…such a wonderful dessert!
This looks incredible. Beautiful photos.
Absolutely mouth watering and gorgeous, Manu. Now this is a dessert so to my taste; I just love almonds. I am definitely putting this on my list of summer desserts.
That looks like a perfectly balanced iced dessert. Usually I am not a big fan of parfaits but the addition of almonds changes everything.