Coffee semifreddo in less than an hour

Delicious and simple to make, coffee semifreddo is a dessert that's also perfect as a birthday cake. Top it with lots of fragrant coffee beans.

coffee semifreddo recipe

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

difficulty: easy

COFFEE SEMIFREDDO RECIPE

Great alternative to ice cream during the summer, the coffee semifreddo is a pudding Truly delicious and simple to prepare. Perfect for surprising friends if you're planning a dinner at home with them, coffee semifreddo is also perfect as a dessert. birthday cake. According to your tastes, enrich the recipe with a pinch of cinnamon or with flaked almonds and hazelnuts. And to make it even tastier and more fragrant, don't forget to add plenty of coffee beans.

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COFFEE SEMIFREDDO: EASY RECIPE

Let's see together how to prepare a delicious homemade coffee semifreddo:

Ingredients

(For an 18 cm semifreddo)

  • 100 g of fresh milk
  • 100 g of egg yolk
  • 300g of whipped cream
  • 100 g sugar
  • Instant coffee

Ingredients

(for the biscuit to freeze)

  • 175g of finely sifted almond flour (at least twice)
  • 75 g sugar
  • 80 g butter
  • 25 g of invert sugar (golden syrup, for example)
  • 125 g of egg whites
  • Cocoa powder

Preparation

(For the coffee semifreddo)

Bring to the boil milk Make sure a skin doesn't form on the surface, then dissolve the instant coffee in it. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks with the granulated sugar, add the previously boiled milk, and cook the mixture at 82°C. Once cooked, cool in a stand mixer. Once the mixture is frothy, fold in the whipped cream using a spatula, using gentle upward movements.

(For the biscuit to freeze)

  • In a bowl, combine the almond flour and sugar, then the invert sugar. Separately, lightly beat the egg whites. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a double boiler. Once melted, add the butter to the almond flour, sugar, and invert sugar mixture, whisking until smooth.
  • Fold in the beaten egg whites with a spatula, working from the bottom up so as not to deflate the mixture. Spread the resulting dough onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake at 160°C. The biscuit should be golden and dry.
  • Using a pastry cutter, cut out a disc 18 cm in diameter.

(Assembling the dessert)

Place the disk of the cookie On the bottom of a 18 cm diameter circle, 4-5 cm high. Pour the coffee semifreddo mixture into it, smooth the surface, and freeze. Unmold and dust with cocoa powder.

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