Semi-freddo Sinfulness

I didn’t mean to do it. Really.

I was just ordering a coffee after my meal the other evening when the waiter told me that the chef was testing a new dessert and begged me with wringing hands to try it. Wringing hands, I tell you. Over his left shoulder I could see the chef in his open plan kitchen, red faced and perspiring, waving both thumbs up at me, clearly sure that I would not be able to resist.

The plate arrived.

Oh my. On one side of the plate was a slice of chocolate and hazelnut semi-frozen bavarois and on the other side a slice of white chocolate. Topped with hazelnuts (I’m definitely going through a hazelnut period in my life at the moment) and drizzled with dark chocolate.

“What’s it called?” I asked the waiter. “Chef hasn’t given it a name yet” he said.

He should call it semi-freddo sinfulness.

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