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Chocolate Semifreddo with Raspberries and Honeycomb

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Make this your best Christmas yet with our All I Want For Christmas special edition! Inside, you’ll find 157 beautiful festive ideas for decorating, gift making, celebrating, feasting and baking. You won’t want to miss our DIY tabletop tree’s, crowd pleasing Christmas menu’s, handmade gifts and show stopping desserts! Whip up this delicious chocolate semifreddo to wow your guests this Christmas!

Chocolate semifreddo with raspberries and honeycomb

Preparation time: 25 mins plus 45 mins chilling and overnight chilling

Cooking time: 15 mins

Serves 12

INGREDIENTS

  • Cooking oil spray, to grease
  • 400g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder, sifted
  • 600ml thickened cream
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla bean paste
  • ¾ cup caster sugar
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 cups roughly chopped honeycomb
  • 2 cups frozen raspberries
  • 8 plain chocolate biscuits, finely chopped
  • Extra 150ml whipped cream
  • Fresh raspberries, to decorate
  • Extra honeycomb broken into shards, to decorate
  • Dark chocolate curls, to decorate

CHOCOLATE GANACHE SAUCE

  • 120g dark chocolate, chopped
  • 300ml thickened cream
  • 1 Tbsp water

METHOD

  1. Grease a 22cm round springform tin with cooking oil. Line base and side with baking paper.
  2. Put chocolate, cocoa and ½ of the thickened cream in a large heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and stir until smooth. Put remaining cream in a large bowl and whisk until soft peaks form.
  3. Put eggs, yolks and vanilla bean paste in the large bowl of an electric mixer and whisk on high for 3 minutes or until thick and pale.
  4. Put sugar and water in a small heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water and bring to the boil, stirring occasionally until sugar dissolves. Cook, without stirring, for a further 3 minutes or until mixture reaches 117°C on a sugar thermometer or is syrupy but not coloured.
  5. Carefully pour hot sugar mixture into egg mixture in a slow steady stream until well incorporated. Beat for a further 8 minutes or until mixture is thick and glossy and cooled to room temperature. Using a whisk, gently stir in cooled chocolate mixture and whipped cream until well combined. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until thickened slightly.
  6. Fold honeycomb and raspberries through chilled mixture. Spoon into prepared tin and smooth down surface. Freeze overnight.
  7. To make chocolate ganache, put chocolate in a large heatproof bowl. Heat cream in a small saucepan over a medium heat until simmering. Pour cream over chocolate, stirring until smooth, then stir in water. Refrigerate mixture for 15 minutes or until cooled.
  8. Remove cake from tin. Press crushed biscuits onto sides to coat completely, then arrange on a cake stand or serving plate. Top with extra cream and drizzle over ganache. Serve decorated with raspberries, honeycomb and choc curls.

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