Peach Semifreddo With Raspberry Sauce Food

VANILLA SEMIFREDDO WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Lightly oil an 8 1/2-by-4 1/2-by-2-inch loaf pan and line it as neatly as possible with plastic wrap, allowing enough to drape over the sides to later cover the top. (I lay two pieces of plastic wrap across the pan, overlapping in the middle.) Place the pan in the freezer.
• Put the egg yolks (reserve 1/3 cup of the egg whites and discard or save the rest for another use), 1/4 cup of the sugar and the vanilla seeds in a medium heatproof bowl and beat with a handheld mixer fitted with the beater attachment for 2 minutes, until light yellow and thickened. Place the bowl over a pan of simmering water and beat the mixture continually for 3 minutes, until doubled in volume and warm to the touch. Off the heat, beat the mixture for 1 minute.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the reserved egg whites, the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar and the cream of tartar and beat on high speed until the whites form firm but not dry peaks. Fold the egg whites into the egg mixture with a rubber spatula.
• Without washing the mixer or whisk, pour the heavy cream, vanilla liqueur (if using) and vanilla into the bowl and beat on high speed until it forms soft peaks. Fold the whipped cream carefully but thoroughly into the egg mixture. Pour the mixture into the prepared pan, cover with plastic wrap, and freeze for at least 4 hours.
• Place the raspberries, sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 4 minutes.
• Pour the mixture and the preserves into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade and process until smooth. Stir in the framboise and chill.
• To unmold, dip the pan in a bowl of hot tap water for 8 to 10 seconds and turn the semifreddo upside down onto a rectangular serving plate. Peel off the plastic wrap. (You can cover and refreeze the semifreddo for a few hours on the serving plate.) Pour several tablespoons of raspberry sauce on each dessert plate, cut 1-inch-thick slices of the semifreddo and place them in the center of the sauce. Sprinkle each serving with blueberries and serve immediately.

NOT-SO-CLASSIC PEACH MELBA

Steps:

• Make the raspberry sauce: Put 1 cup raspberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in a blender and whiz to liquify. Pour through a fine-meshed strainer and into a medium bowl. Keep cool.
• Using a paring knife, peel and halve the peaches. Slice the halves into half-moon pieces about 3/8-inch thick. Transfer to a bowl. Add 2 teaspoons sugar and a few drops of lemon juice to taste. Toss to coat.
• To serve, arrange peach slices in the bottom of 6 dessert bowls. Top each serving with a scoop or 2 of vanilla ice cream. Splash raspberry sauce over each portion. Garnish with a few raspberries if you wish.

SEMIFREDDO AMARETTI WITH FRESH PEACHES

Steps:

• In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the egg yolks until they thicken. Add the half-cup of amaretti crumbs and continue beating for five minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl periodically, until the color of the mixture becomes light and the texture quite thick. Stir in the liqueur, if desired.
• In a clean, dry bowl, beat the egg whites at medium speed until they foam. With the mixer at high speed, slowly add one-half cup of confectioner's sugar. Continue beating until the egg whites hold firm - but not stiff -peaks, about three more minutes.
• In a chilled bowl, beat the cream until it forms soft - but not stiff -peaks.
• Fold together the egg whites and the cream.
• Fold one quarter of the cream and egg white mixture into the egg yolks until they are well blended. Fold in the rest of the cream and egg white mixture by halves, deflating the mixture as little as possible.
• Turn the mixture into custard cups, individual molds, a loaf pan or an ice-cube tray without the separator. Cover well with plastic. Freeze for two to three hours. Semifreddo will keep in freezer for several weeks.
• When ready to serve, plunge the peaches into boiling water for 15 seconds. Rinse under cold water, peel and slice very thinly. Toss with lemon juice and the remaining one-half cup confectioner's sugar, adding sugar according to taste.
• Dip the molds (or mold) briefly into hot water and turn out the semifreddo. Serve individual portions or slices of semifreddo, surrounded by peach slices. Garnish the semifreddo (but not the peaches) with broken pieces of amaretti.

PEACH SEMIFREDDO WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Line a 4-cup metal loaf pan with a piece of waxed paper that covers the bottom and both long sides and extends three inches beyond the edges of the pan. The ends of the pan do not need to be covered.
• Cut the peaches in half, remove the pits and cut each peach half in quarters. Place the peaches in a food processor with the lemon juice, 1/2 cup of the sugar and the ricotta, then puree. Push the puree through a sieve to remove bits of skin.
• Refrigerate the peach mixture while continuing with the recipe.
• Whip the cream until stiff. Fold the whipped cream into the peach mixture, then pour the mixture into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top. Fold the ends of the waxed paper over the top to cover mixture. Place the pan in the freezer for 8 hours or overnight.
• Reserve 6 attractive raspberries for garnish and make the sauce by forcing the remaining raspberries through a sieve; or puree the raspberries in a food processor, then sieve them to remove the seeds. Sweeten the puree to taste with some or all of the remaining sugar. Transfer the sauce to a bowl, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
• An hour and a half to 3 hours before serving, unmold it. Run a knife down the narrow ends and along the sides of the pan, lift the waxed paper off the top and unmold the semifreddo onto a large piece of foil. Peel off the waxed paper, wrap the block of dessert in foil and place it in the refrigerator on its serving dish until ready to serve. It can remain in the refrigerator up to 4 hours.
• To serve, unwrap the semifreddo, place on its chilled serving dish and garnish with the reserved raspberries. Cut thick slices and spoon some sauce on each serving.

RASPBERRY SEMIFREDDO

Steps:

• Line bottom and sides of a 9x5 loaf pan with plastic wrap.
• Spread out 1 cup raspberries on bottom of pan and put in freezer.
• Place yolks in top of a double boiler. Whisk in grand marnier, milk and 2 tsp vanilla until combined. Slowly whisk in sugar.
• Place over a saucepan of simmering water. Continuously whisk yolk mixture until pale yellow in colour, 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Refrigerate uncovered, until cold.
• In a large mixing bowl whip 2 cups of cream until soft peaks form.
• Stir a third of cream into cold egg mixture.
• Fold in remaining cream until no yellow streaks remain.
• Fold in 3 ounces of chocolate and remaining raspberries.
• Remove loaf pan from freezer. Pour berry mixture into pan and smooth out. Cover with plastic wrap.
• Freeze until firm.
• Chocolate sauce can be made at time of serving of in advance and just warmed before serving.
• To make sauce combine remaining 1 cup of cream with vanilla and raspberry jam. Microwave until boiling and pour over remaining 6oz chocolate. Stir until melted.
• To serve, remove pan from freezer and invert dessert onto a platter. Remove plastic and stand at room temperature 10 mnutes to soften. Slice into 1" slices with hot knife and top with warm chocolate raspberry sauce.

RASPBERRY LEMON SEMIFREDDO WITH MELBA SAUCE

Steps:

• SEMIFREDDO: In a mixing bowl, combine sweetened condensed milk, lemon juice, lemon zest and whipping cream. Beat on high speed until thickened and soft peaks form. Fold in raspberries. Spoon mixture into a plastic wrapped 9x5-inch loaf pan. Freeze for 4-5 hours, or until firm. Cover if freezing overnight.
• SAUCE: In a saucepan, combine raspberries, raspberry jam, orange juice and sugar. Bring mixture to a gentle boil, cooking until raspberries are very soft, about 8 minutes. In a small bowl, combine cornstarch, with water and mix thoroughly. Add to raspberry mixture, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens slightly. Remove from heat . Strain through a fine sieve to remove seeds. Cover and refrigerate.
• To serve, unmold semifreddo from pan. Cut into slices and spoon over melba sauce.
• MAKE AHEAD:.
• Semifreddo can be wrapped well and frozen for up to five days. Melba Sauce can be covered and refrigerated two days ahead or frozen for two weeks.
• TIPS: Spray loaf pan before fitting with plastic wrap. This helps wrap stay in place.

LIMONCELLO & RASPBERRY SEMIFREDDO

Steps:

• Line the base of a 1kg loaf tin (19cm x 12cm x 9cm deep) with baking parchment. For the semifreddo, mash the raspberries and half the sugar in a bowl with a fork. Whisk the cream, the rest of the sugar and the limoncello to soft peaks. Beat the crème fraîche briefly so it is in soft peaks like the cream. Gently fold the cream mixture and crème fraîche together.
• Pour the mashed raspberries into the cream and give a few stirs only - just enough to swirl it through the creamy mix. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and smooth the top.
• For the coulis, mash the raspberries, sugar and limoncello with a fork, then push through a sieve.
• Open-freeze (see 'Try' below) the semifreddo then cover with cling film and foil and freeze for up to 1 month. Pour the sieved coulis into a rigid container and freeze for up to 1 month.
• To serve, thaw the coulis in the fridge overnight. Thaw the semifreddo in the fridge for 1 hr. Remove it from the tin and peel off the lining paper. Drizzle with a little of the coulis and scatter some raspberries over the top. Serve in slices with the rest of the coulis.

FROZEN PEACH SOUFFLE WITH RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Use a food mill to process raspberries and remove seeds; discard seeds.
• Alternatively, you can puree raspberries in a food processor, then strain to remove seeds; makes about 1 cup raspberry puree.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together raspberry puree and sugar, until sugar is dissolved; stir in lemon juice and chill (makes about 1/2 cup syrup and can be stored up to 3 days in the refrigerator).
• Cut a sheet of waxed paper to wrap around a one quart souffle dish; fold in thirds, lengthwise, so it is about 4 inches wide; wrap around the souffle dish and tape ends together, like a collar, so it extends the "height" of the dish by 3 inches; chill dish in freezer.
• Alternatively, use the same method to increase the "height" of 8 individual ramekins by 1 1/2 inches.
• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, cook peaches, 1/3 cup sugar and the lemon juice, stirring frequently, until peaches are soft and break down to an applesauce consistency, about 15 minutes.
• Puree the cooked peaches in a food mill or blender; you'll have about 2 cups.
• In a small saucepan, over medium heat, warm peach liqueur, stir in gelatin and cook, while stirring, until the gelatin melts; stir the gelatin mixture and the almond extract into the peach puree; chill until cold.
• Bring a pot of water to a simmer; beat egg yolks with remaining 2/3 cups sugar in a mixing bowl.
• Place mixing bowl over the simmering water, being sure the bowl does not touch the water; whisk egg yolks until they are pale yellow and have doubled in volume, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Remove bowl from heat, whisk in the peach mixture and whisk until it cools down.
• Beat egg whites to stiff peaks; in a separate bowl, beat whipping cream to soft peaks.
• Stir half the egg whites into the peach mixture; add remaining egg whites to the whipped cream, then pour the peach mixture on top.
• Gently fold them all together.
• Gently spoon mixture into the souffle dish or the prepared ramekins; it should come at least halfway up the paper collar.
• Smooth out the top and scatter with the toasted almonds.
• Freeze until very firm, at least 4 hours; it can be frozen overnight, but transfer to the refrigerator for an hour to soften before serving.
• If you do make it more than 1 day in advance, press plastic wrap to surface, once frozen.
• To serve, carefully remove collar, serve thin slices with a little raspberry sauce spooned over, and the rest passed.
• Alternatively, serve in individual ramekins, with a little raspberry sauce.

YOGURT-PEACH SEMIFREDDO

Steps:

• Line 8 1/2x4 1/2" loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving a generous overhang on all sides.
• Cook peaches and 1/4 cup sugar in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until peaches are softened and sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender and purée until smooth. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, whisk egg whites, salt, and remaining 1 cup sugar in a medium heatproof bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer) set over a saucepan of simmering water (do not let bowl touch water). Cook, whisking constantly, until sugar is dissolved and mixture is warm to the touch, 2-4 minutes. Remove bowl from saucepan. Using an electric mixer on high speed, beat egg mixture until tripled in volume, glossy, and completely cool, about 10 minutes.
• Whisk yogurt and lemon juice in a large bowl, then stir in mint. Gently fold in egg white mixture until combined.
• Transfer half of the yogurt mixture to prepared pan; smooth surface. Swirl half of the peach mixture into yogurt layer with a spoon, then repeat with remaining yogurt and peach mixtures. Fold plastic wrap overhang over top to seal and freeze until firm, at least 8 hours.
• Unwrap semifreddo and, using plastic overhang, gently lift from pan. Invert semifreddo onto a cutting board, remove plastic wrap, and let sit at least 10 minutes to soften. Slice into 6 even slices, about 1 1/2" thick; transfer to plates and serve.
• Do Ahead
• Semifreddo can be frozen for up to 3 days.