Bittersweet Chocolate And Orange Semifreddo
- 6 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons orange zest
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
- Line 9x5 loaf pan with plastic wrap
- In bowl of stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment, whip yolks for 3-4 minutes till light and frothy.
- While yolks are whipping, combine sugar and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan. Cook sugar syrup over high heat until it reaches soft ball stage (238 degrees on a candy thermometer).
- With mixer on medium speed drizzle sugar syrup down the side of the bowl. Add cocoa powder and salt and whip for 5-6 minutes until mixture cools and thickens.
- In a separate bowl whip cream until it holds stiff peaks. Fold in orange zest.
- Fold whipped cream into the cooled chocolate mixture.
- Spoon about 1/4 of chocolate mixture into the prepared pan. Use a spoon to drizzle about 1/3 of the melted chocolate evenly over the chocolate mixture.
- Carefully spoon another 1/4 of the chocolate mixture into the pan. Drizzle with another 1/3 of the melted chocolate. Repeat another layer of chocolate mixture, the last of the melted chocolate, and finish with the last of the chocolate mixture.
- Cover the pan with plastic and place in freezer for at least 8 hours or up to a week.
- When read to serve remove the semifreddo from pan and peel off plastic. Slice into 8 slices and serve with a little whipped cream and orange supremes.
egg yolks, sugar, heavy cream, cocoa powder, kosher salt, orange zest, bittersweet chocolate
Taken from food52.com/recipes/379-bittersweet-chocolate-and-orange-semifreddo (may not work)