Freeze-ahead chocolate & chestnut parfait

This make-ahead festive dessert is deliciously different and incredibly simple to make, with amaretti biscuits, fresh oranges and double cream

Prep:25 mins
plus 3-4 hrs freezing, no cook

Serves 10
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 400
fat 31g
saturates 19g
carbs 26g
sugars 18g
fibre 2g
protein 3g
salt 0.3g

Ingredients

200g milk chocolate, melted and cooled
2 x 250g cans sweetened chestnut purée
100g soft amaretti biscuits, roughly crumbled
2 oranges, peeled,, segmented and roughly chopped, plus zest 1 orange
450ml double cream, softly whipped
50g dark chocolate, coarsely grated, to decorate

Method

Rinse a 22 x 10 x 7cm deep loaf tin (about 1.5 litres in volume) with cold water, but don’t dry it. Line the tin with cling film, smoothing out as many of the wrinkles as you can.
Stir the chocolate, chestnut purée and amaretti biscuits together, then stir through the orange and zest. Gently fold in the cream until combined, then spoon the mixture into the tin. Smooth the top and cover with cling film. Freeze for 3-4 hrs until just firm.
Take the parfait out of the freezer 20 mins before serving. To serve, dip the tin briefly in hot water, then turn out onto a serving plate and remove the cling film. Scatter over the grated chocolate and slice.

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