Looking for a Christmas showstopper? Tom Kerridge's festive semifreddo recipe layers brandy-soaked cherries, dark chocolate and crunchy pistachios for an impressive make-ahead dessert. Finished with a silky chocolate sauce and chocolate-coated cherries, it's guaranteed to end your festive feast on a high.

Tom Kerridge
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4HR 40MIN
Total time
Ingredients
Servings
10
For the semifreddo
150 g
M&S frozen cherries, halved
2 tbsp
M&S cherry brandy liqueur
3
M&S large free-range eggs, separated into whites and yolks
80 g
M&S Fairtrade golden caster sugar
350 ml
double cream
200 g
M&S Swiss extra fine 70% cocoa dark chocolate, roughly chopped
60 g
M&S shelled pistachios
For the chocolate sauce
50 g
M&S dark cooking chocolate, roughly chopped
120 ml
double cream
To decorate
1/2 pack
(130 g each)
(130 g each)
M&S chocolate covered sour cherries, larger ones halved
20 g
M&S shelled pistachios, roughly chopped
Nutrition per serving
Calories
396kcal
Fat
32.0 g
Saturates
18.2 g
Sugars
6.5 g
Salt
25.4 mg

