Chocolate Cinnamon Parfait

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 300 ml whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 egg yolk
• 75 ml sugar
• 50 ml water
• 50 g semisweet chocolate
• 1 egg yolk
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder

Recipe

• 1 whip cream until stiff peaks form.
• 2 transfer 1/3 of the whipped cream into another bowl, add cinnamon (to the 1/3) and stir to combine.
• 3 beat one egg yolk well.
• 4 measure sugar and water into a small saucepan and bring the mixture slowly to a boil, stirring.
• 5 as soon as the the mixture begins to boil, remove from heat.
• 6 slowly pour half of the hot sugar-water mixture on the beaten egg yolk, stirring constantly.
• 7 allow the mixture to cool.
• 8 add the cinnamon-flavoured whipped cream to the egg-sugar mixture, stir to combine.
• 9 spoon the mixture into four small drinking glasses and place in the freezer.
• 10 melt chocolate in a water bath or microwave.
• 11 beat the remaining egg yolk well.
• 12 reheat the remaining sugar-water mixture, and slowly add it to the egg yolk, stirring constantly.
• 13 allow to cool.
• 14 add cocoa powder and melted chocolate to the mixture, stir.
• 15 add the remaining whipped cream, stir to combine.
• 16 spoon the mixture on top of the cinnamon parfait and return the glasses to the freezer until frozen and ready to serve.
• 17 bring to room temperature some 10 minutes before digging in.