White Chocolate-Espresso Parfait

Name: White Chocolate-Espresso Parfait
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 cup bittersweet chocolate shavings; ½ cup crushed amaretti cookies; ½ cup Amaretto di Saronno; 1½ cups Chantilly Cream; 3½ cups heavy (whipping) cream; 1¼ cups cold espresso; 3¼ cups milk; Pinch salt; 1⅔ cups sugar; 12 large egg yolks; 18 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Stars Desserts

By Emily Luchetti

Published 1993

About

We incorporated some Amaretto di Saronno in the sauce for this white chocolate parfait to round out and jazz up the espresso flavor. Serve topped with crushed amaretti for some added crunch.

Ingredients

White chocolate ice cream

18 ounces white chocolate, finely chopped
12 large egg yolks
1⅔

Dessert
ice cream
Vegetarian

Method

To make the ice cream

Put the white chocolate in a stainless steel bowl. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water and melt the chocolate, whisking until it is completely smooth and no pieces remain. Turn off the heat, but keep the bowl over the water to keep the chocolate warm.

Place the yolks in a large stainless steel bowl. Add the sugar and s