Iced nougat parfait

Name: Iced nougat parfait
Ingredients: 100 g flaked almonds; 70 g icing sugar; 300 ml double cream; 50 ml Cointreau; 100 g clear honey; Juice of ½ lemon; Zest of 1 orange - grated; 50 g caster sugar; 5 egg whites

Preparation info

For
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Salt is Essential

By Shaun Hill

Published 2016

About

This needs a compote or purée of fruit to make the dish complete. The choice is yours but I have used plums, rhubarb and mango in this role.

Ingredients

100 g flaked almonds
70 g icing sugar
300 ml

Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Coat the almonds in the icing sugar then toast - or bake - until brown. This is best achieved on a baking sheet under a grill or at the top of a hot - 220°C/fan 200°C/gas mark 7 - oven. Watch the almonds throughout as they burn soon after they are perfect. Cool then crush the almonds - not too finely.

Whip the cream, adding the booze as it thickens. Line a small loaf tin, terrine or dee