semifreddo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of semifreddo
Italian, literally: half cold
Example Sentences
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I ate at Lutece and tried Chef Isabel Coss's stupendous honey semifreddo with comte and honeycomb.
From Salon • May 24, 2025
It combines Italian semifreddo with a layered pudding popular in Portugal and its former colony Macau.
From Washington Times • May 10, 2023
I like to make this pomegranate semifreddo for Yalda because it's so festive.
From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021
An even lovelier duet comes in the final course, a coconut semifreddo under frozen elderflower syrup swirled with blueberry compote.
From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021
During a recent heat wave, as I tested this semifreddo, I felt freed from custard, freed from the stove top and from its wretched sweat-producing flame.
From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021
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