Ice Cream Recipes - Amaretti Semi Freddo with Coffee Sauce Ice Cream Recipe

  
 

Ice Cream Recipes - Amaretti Semi Freddo with Coffee Sauce (Semifreddo All Amaretti)

Ingredients

  • 125 g/4 oz caster sugar

  • 6 egg yolks

  • 2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee powder, dissolved in a little water

  • 500 ml/16 fl oz whipping cream

  • 250 g/9 oz amaretti biscuits, coarsely chopped

Method:

  1. Line 6 small moulds or a 900 g/2 lb loaf tin with cling film. Put the sugar in a saucepan with 100 ml/3Yz fl oz water, bring to the boil and boil for 2 minutes.

  2. In a large bowl, beat the egg yolks with an electric beater until pale and creamy. Slowly add the hot syrup, beating continuously, then beat in the coffee; the mixture should be thick and creamy. Leave to cool.

  3. Whip the cream until thick, but not too stiff. Add the amaretti and the whipped cream to the coffee mixture and fold in thoroughly. Divide the mixture between the lined moulds and freeze for at least 6 hours.

  4. To serve, turn out on to individual plates and pour the coffee sauce around the semi freddi.