Il Montebianco

Name: Il Montebianco (Chestnut, Cream, Meringue and Chocolate Mountain)
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 150 g/5 oz good-quality dark/bittersweet chocolate, with minimum 60 per cent cocoa solids; 30 ml/2 tbsp good-quality drinking chocolate powder; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; pinch of salt; 1 kg/2¼ lb/9 cups fresh chestnuts, marrons if possible, peeled (see Cook’s Tip) or 675 g/1½ lb/6 cups peeled chestnuts; 60 ml/4 tbsp Strega liqueur (optional); 750 ml/1¼ pints/3 cups double/heavy or whipping cream; 300 g/11 oz/generous 1½ cups caster/superfine sugar; 75 ml/5 tbsp sifted icing/confectioners’ sugar; 6 large ready-made meringues, crushed

Chestnut, Cream, Meringue and Chocolate Mountain

Preparation info

Serves
10 to 12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

About

A potato ricer, mouli or food mill will be required for this classic, luxurious Piedmontese recipe, which is a perfect dinner-party finale.

Ingredients

300 g/11 oz/generous 1½ cups caster/superfine sugar
1

Europe
Italy
Piedoment
Dinner
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Put 120 ml/4 fl oz/½ cup cold water into a pan and add the sugar. Heat slowly until a s