Make-ahead Christmas recipe for 8 - 10 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has milk chocolate, chestnut puree, amaretti biscuit, orange, double cream and dark chocolate.
Freeze-ahead chocolate & chestnut parfait
Course: Make-ahead Christmas
Servings
8 - 10
servings
Prep time
25 mins
Ingredients
- Dark Chocolate: 50g dark chocolate, coarsely grated, to decorate
- Orange: 2 oranges, peeled,, segmented and roughly chopped, plus zest 1 orange
- Double Cream: 450ml double cream, softly whipped
- Milk Chocolate: 200g milk chocolate, melted and cooled
- Amaretti Biscuit: 100g soft amaretti biscuits, roughly crumbled
- Chestnut Puree: 2 x 250g cans sweetened chestnut puree
Directions
- Rinse a 22 x 10 x 7cm deep loaf tin (about 1.5 litres in volume) with cold water, but don't dry it. Line the tin with cling film, smoothing out as many of the wrinkles as you can.
- Stir the chocolate, chestnut puree and amaretti biscuits together, then stir through the orange and zest. Gently fold in the cream until combined, then spoon the mixture into the tin. Smooth the top and cover with cling film. Freeze for 3-4 hrs until just firm.
- Take the parfait out of the freezer 20 mins before serving. To serve, dip the tin briefly in hot water, then turn out onto a serving plate and remove the cling film. Scatter over the grated chocolate and slice.
