Zabaglione

Serves 4

Zabaglione is a very simple but deliciously rich, creamy, traditional Italian dessert.  It is a light custard made from eggs, sugar and Marsala wine, if you don’t have marsala wine port is a good alternative. Depending on how long it is cooked and whisked for it can either be a sauce or custard.

The simple dessert is perfect for a dinner party, brake a few amoretti biscuits into a beautiful glass pour over the zabaglione and decorate with fresh berries for a beautiful dessert. Or you could make a delicious zabaglione semifreddo. A semifreddo is a semi frozen dessert, and zabaglione is perfect for making a delicious semifreddo, all you need to do is make the zabaglione into thick custard, pour into a loaf tin lined with cling film and freeze until set.  When ready turn out and slice, chocolate curls look wonderful on top of a zabaglione semifreddo.

This boozy dessert is wonderfully quick to whip up and you can make it ahead of time so you can relax when it is time to serve up dessert. If you are making zabaglione for children or non drinkers you can leave out the Marsala wine.

Ingredients

• 6 egg yolks
• 130g sugar
• 180ml marsala wine
• 1 tsp grated lemon zest
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method

1. Place the eggs, sugar, lemon zest, vanilla extract and marsala wine in a large heat proof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water.  Whisk the mixture until it is smooth and becomes thick custard.
2. Serve with fruit or amoretti biscuits.