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Semifreddo

Layering the fruit and the cream mixture is best worked out in advance so that you can see how much mixture you have left to make a good last layer of cream for the base

semifreddo

Ingredients

  • 300ml crème fraîche
  • 300ml whipping cream
  • 60g caster sugar
  • 150g fresh fruit of your choice (this can be peaches, strawberries, stoned cherries, raspberries. Or a combination of fruit.)

Equipment

  • Balloon whisk
  • Bowl
  • 1 litre loaf tin
  • Plastic wrap

Method

1

Line a 1 litre loaf tin with plastic wrap so that there’s a good extra margin of 2 inches or so left round the top edge.

2

Prepare the fruit. It’s best to skin peaches and stone any fruit that has stones.

3

Whip the creme frâiche and the whipping cream together really gently so that a whisk leaves a trail in the mixture. Add about a third of your fruit to the mixture and gently stir in.

4

Next put the rest of the fruit in the bottom of the loaf tin.

5

Add the cream mixture on top of the fruit.

6

Put in the freezer for 2 hours.

7

When ready to serve dip loaf tin in warm water and ease the freddo out using the plastic wrap to pull gently.

8

Once it feels loose place a plate on top and turn upside down onto the serving dish.

9

An alternative to this is to layer fruit and cream mixture so that the freddo has distinct layers of fruit and freddo mixture.

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