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HONEY SEMIFREDDO

HONEY SEMIFREDDO

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Serves: 6-8

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  • Gluten Free
  • Nigella Recipe
  • Vegetarian

A semifreddo is not quite an ice cream, as the name - semi-cold, in translation - suggests. There's no custard to make, and no churning required as it freezes, which makes life very much easier. What you get is a smooth, soft block of chilled, almost frozen cream, with a texture of deep, deep velvetiness. This mellow, honey-flavoured version matches taste to texture. For some reason, sometimes when I make it, I end up with a block of uniformly buff cream; at others, I'm left with a honeyed, resin-coloured stripe along the base - or the top as it stands when you turn it out. But that's cooking for you. Either way, it works wonderfully. Pour more amber-coloured honey over as you serve, and scatter with toasted pine nuts, for quite the dreamiest, easiest pudding you could imagine.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 large egg
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 100 grams best-quality honey (plus 3 tablespoons for serving)
  • 300 ml double cream
  • 25 grams pinenuts (toasted)
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Method

  1. Line a 900g/2lb/1 litre loaf tin with clingfilm.
  2. Beat the egg and egg yolks with the honey in a bowl, over a saucepan of gently simmering water, until the mixture is pale and thick. I use a wire balloon whisk for this, but if you feel like a bit of culinarily aided whirring, it will certainly be quicker with a hand-held electric whisk.
  3. Whip the double cream until thick, and then gently fold in the egg and honey mixture. Pour into the prepared loaf tin, and cover carefully with clingfilm before putting it in the freezer for about 2-3 hours.
  4. When it is ready to serve, turn out the semifreddo on to a suitably sized plate and drizzle this manilla-coloured log with honey, and sprinkle with the toasted pine nuts, before slicing. It thaws quickly as it stands, but that is part of its heavenly-textured charm. If you've got some dark, syrupy - indeed, honey-coloured - pudding wine to drink while you eat this, so much the better.

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  • This is delicious!! I made this over the bank holiday weekend for my partner and I. My ONLY suggestion is to make it a day before you plan the devour it. This because I made it Saturday midday and served it for pudding that evening, it tasted gorgeous. However, Sunday evening we decided to polished it off and it was even more marvelous than the last. I don't know why but it was. Make sure you use a honey that you rather like as this Honey Semifreddo is honey by name, honey by nature. Thank you Nigella x

    Posted by nathalie09 on 31st May 2011 at 13.06

  • I made this with coconut cream as I am lactose intolerant and, I must say, it is still absolutely to die for. I serve it in a thin wedge, drizzled in the honey I used to make it (Australian Blue Gum) with a side of banana chips and a cup of tea... Delicious!

    Posted by Edude7 on 4th Oct 2011 at 6.28

  • AMAZING!!! So easy. I made this the night before I needed it. Only 15 mins, prep for an amazingly positive reaction at a dinner party. Perfect after a home made spicy rogan josh!! I served mine with best honey comb choc I could find (Haighs Australia) instead of nuts. In fact, because there are so few recipes, I recommend sourcing the best of everything. Its worth it, and so are you!!!

    Posted by lathomas71 on 4th Feb 2012 at 7.27

  • Mmmmmmm Absolutely amazing!! I made this today.. loved it!! Thanks Nigella!!

    Posted by CarolWilton on 18th Mar 2012 at 22.34