Dessert & Baked Goods » Peanut Butter Semifreddo
Ingredients
For The Semifreddo
- 1½ cups cold heavy whipping cream
- ¾ tbsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
For the Raisin Puree
- 1½ - 2 cups seedless golden raisins
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup mirin rice wine
- ½ cup sake
- ½ tsp kosher salt
Equipment
- stand mixer with paddle attachment
- plastic wrap-lined cookie sheet
Garnish Suggestions
- peanut butter powder
- dehydrated apple slices
- crushed peanut brittle
- dehydrated peanuts
- poached raisins
- apple miso sorbet
How-to
Make Semifreddo
- In a large mixing bowl fitted with a whip attachment, whip cold heavy cream to soft peaks. Add vanilla and whip to stiff peaks. Refrigerate to keep cold until ready to use
- In mixer, combine cream cheese, sugar and salt. Beat until smooth. Add about a third of reserved whipped cream and mix well, being careful not to overmix. Add peanut butter and whip until incorporated. Add another third of the whipped cream and gently fold together until no white streaks remain
- Fold mixture into remaining whipped cream. Pour mixture into plastic wrap-lined sheet pan or casserole dish. Freeze at least 4 hours
Make Raisin Purée
- Combine all ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and turn off heat
- Let raisins sit in the pan for 30 minutes to rehydrate. Reserve about a quarter of the raisins and liquid to garnish and let mixture cool
- Purée the cooled remainder in a blender until smooth. Refrigerate in a squeeze bottle or air-tight container until assembly
Assemble & Serve
- Before serving, remove terrine from freezer. With a hot knife, trim edges and slice into desired serving sizes, about 1" thick. Place slice on a serving plate and refrigerate to raise temperature. The goal is to have a partially frozen center with a creamy soft outside.
Garnish Suggestions: Golden raisin purée, crushed peanut brittle, additional poached raisins, dehydrated apples, and serve with a scoop of Apple-Miso Sorbet
Philip Speer
Philip knew he wanted to be a pastry chef from a young age. With the guidance and inspiration of a family friend, he learned the importance of having a strong foundation of baking in order to have a large bag of tricks to pull from. With this piece of advice, Philip started working in bakeries where he really honed his skill and then he moved on to restaurants. He worked in various places in and around Austin and Houston before he landed in Uchiko in Austin, where he has been happily making pastries and desserts since 2005.
Uchiko
Semifreddo may be intimidating to some but Philip Speer shows us that there is really nothing to fear. If you can mix, freeze and puree, you can do this. Start with making a whipped cream, flavored with vanilla. Then incorporate cream cheese, salt, sugar and peanut butter by folding it in to the whipped cream. Put it in the freezer and that's it for the semifreddo. Next, heat raisins, rice wine, sake, water and salt. Let the raisins rehydrate and then puree. Now all you have to do is assemble and enjoy the cold, creamy delight!
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