Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | Italy |
Main ingredients | Egg Whites and Cream |
Semifreddo (pronounced [ˌsemiˈfreddo], Italian: half cold) is a class of semi-frozen desserts. The principal ingredients are usually eggs, sugar and cream. It has the texture of frozen mousse. Such a dessert's Spanish counterpart is called semifrío. It is often called an ice-cream cake, but a true ice-cream cake has layers of cake & ice-cream.