Today I want to share with you the recipe for a special dessert. A few weeks ago, my friend Abeer from Cake Whiz asked me if I wanted to be a part of a special project she was working on for Christmas. She asked a few of her favourite bloggers to come up with a Christmas themed dessert and post about it on December 20th. Where’s the catch, you may ask? Well, she asked us to take a classic and give it a new spin! You all know I am Italian and I have an Indian husband… so I thought of “Indianising” a typical Italian Christmas dessert: semifreddo. I have already shared with you the recipe of the classic Semifreddo al torroncino and the recipe of its Sicilian cousin: Parfait the mandorle (I actually have 2 versions of this: here and here). What’s a “semifreddo”? It is something between an ice cream and a mousse… it is a frozen dessert (freddo means “cold”) that remains soft (that’s why it is only a “semi” freddo). I personally adore it and I think it is one of the best desserts you can find on an Italian Christmas table (and believe me, you can find MANY!). So… how did I “Indianise” it?? I swapped the almonds/nougat/hazelnuts for pistachios, added a touch of cardamom and served it with some rose whipped cream, made by simply whipping the cream up with some Rooh Afza (the Indian rose syrup). The result was so good that I have been asked to make this again and it will be our dessert for Christmas this year! Do you think it could make an appearance on your Christmas table too? Let me know and don’t forget to check out all the other Christmas themed desserts with a twist on Cake Whiz!