Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Chocolate parfait Food Chocolate parfait Preparation time Cooking time Serves 8 INGREDIENTS 500ml cream 150g Lindt Excellence 70% Cocoa Chocolate 1 egg 1 egg yolk 75g castor sugar 1 gelatine leaf 50g slivered almonds, toasted 50g pistachios, toasted *Optional ¼ tsp chilli powder* METHOD Place ¼ of the cream into a saucepan and bring to the boil on a moderate heat. Once the cream is boiling, turn off the heat, break chocolate into small pieces and add to the cream, whisking until mixture is smooth and glossy. Set aside. Whisk eggs and sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Fold chocolate mixture into the eggs until smooth. Dissolve the gelatine and add to the chocolate mix then whip the remaining cream to ribbon stage. Gently fold cream, nuts (and chilli powder) into the chocolate mixture. Place mixture into a paper-lined, 25cm long rectangular cake tin, smooth the top, cover with cling film and freeze overnight. Cut into 3cm-wide portions and allow to sit for 10 minutes on the serving plate. Garnish with berries and King Island thickened cream and serve. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves 8 SHARE