Dessert
Almond Semifreddo
A light plant based frozen dessert with almond praline, lemon zest and a dark chocolate dip.
Ingredients
Almond Praline
- 150 gm caster sugar
- 75 gm lightly toasted almonds
Semifreddo
- 500 gm Andfoods Cream
- 120 gm aquafaba (chickpea liquid)
- 120 gm caster sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste
- Very fine zest of 1 lemon
- 80 gm almond butter
- 75 gm chopped praline
Method
Praline
- Melt sugar until just starting to colour.
- Add almonds and stir through until a dark caramel colour.
- Pour onto baking paper and cool completely, then roughly chop.
Semifreddo
- Whip Andfoods Cream to soft peaks.
- Fold in almond butter, vanilla paste and lemon zest.
- Whisk aquafaba and sugar until stiff and glossy.
- Fold the aquafaba meringue very gently into the whipped cream, a third at a time.
- Fold in the chopped praline.
- Pour into a lined loaf tin and freeze overnight.
To Serve
- Turn out and slice.
- Dip one end into dark chocolate.
- Scatter with extra praline and serve.