Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by serving a frozen treat. These Shamrock Semifreddo are easy to make and are refreshingly delicious.
A few months ago, my friend asked me to bring a lemon semifreddo, a semi-frozen mousse-like dessert, to a luncheon. She loves my homemade lemon semifreddo but I was really strapped for time, so I cheated and bought a jar of lemon curd to use instead of making the lemon curd from scratch.
I blended it with whipped cream and to my surprise, it tasted fantastic.
Since then, I have made this super simple semifreddo recipe using not only lemon curd but also, lime curd, key lime curd, coconut curd, caramelized banana pie filling, and key lime pie filling. I often just mold my semifreddo in a loaf pan, freeze, slice, and serve.
For holidays, however, I like to shape it in festively shaped silicone molds instead.
For St. Patrick's Day, I decided to use a Silicone Shamrock mold to make green shamrocks out of lime semifreddo. I used Dickinson's Lime Curd as that is readily available at my grocery store for about $4.00 per jar and was happy with the flavor for this recipe.
You can use key lime curd or even a jar of key lime pie filling instead. If you like a stronger lime flavor, you can even add a bit of lime or key lime zest to the recipe.
Super Simple Lime Semifreddo Shamrocks (makes 9)
Ingredients
2 cups heavy whipping cream (or 4 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed)
1 - 10 ounce jar of lime curd
green food coloring
Supplies
Silicone Shamrock molds
bowl and whisk or use an electric mixer
Instructions
Whip the cream.
Whisk the whipping cream to stiff peaks.
Add key lime curd and 20 drops of green food coloring and whisk just to combine.
Add more food coloring until you reach the desired shade of green.
Fill the shamrock mold.
Spoon the mixture into the cavities of the shamrock molds. Freeze for at least 8 hours. Remove from freezer. Fill the bottom of your sink with ½" of hot water.
Set the mold, silicone side down (semifredo side up) into the water for 5 seconds. Dry the bottom of the mold, invert the mold, and press on the shamrocks to release the semifredo from the cavity.
The tops of your semifreddo shamrocks will be bumpy. You can use a knife or spatula to smooth them if you'd like. Serve or store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a few weeks.
Items used to create this recipe available on Amazon.com.
Related Recipes
Be sure to check out all of my St. Patrick's Day recipes.
Recipe
Shamrock-shaped lime semifreddo are semi-frozen desserts made using lime curd and whipped cream. These semifreddo shamrocks make a festive St. Patrick's Day dessert.
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream or 4 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 10 ounces lime curd
- green food coloring
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Whisk the whipping cream to stiff peaks.
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Add key lime curd and 20 drops of green food coloring and whisk just to combine.
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Add more food coloring until you reach the desired shade of green.
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Spoon the mixture into the cavities of the shamrock molds. Freeze for at least 8 hours. Remove from freezer.
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Fill the bottom of your sink with ½" of hot water. Set the mold, silicone side down (semifreddo side up) into the water for 5 seconds. Dry the bottom of the mold, invert the mold and press on the shamrocks to release the semifreddo from the cavity.
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The tops of your semifreddo shamrocks will be bumpy. You can use a knife or spatula to smooth them if you'd like.
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Serve and enjoy.
Store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to a few weeks.
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MiaB
These ideas are all so great!! Love the irish bread 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing with us at Sharing Saturday. hope to see you again this week.
Michele @ The Nest at Finch Rest
What a wonderful idea for St. Pat's Day festivities, thanks so much for the post! They look so cute!
Natalie Dixon
This looks delicious and so refreshing! I love all the other ideas too! I'm going to post this on my FB page! Thanks for linking up to my party!
tiziana
Sei un mito! Mi hai dato tante idee per le feste del mio bambino!
Baci dall'Italia... Tiziana
You're a legend! You gave me lots of ideas for the birthday of my baby!
Kisses from Italy ... Tiziana
Karen Diebolt
Those Shamrock Semifreddo's look yummy!
Georgia
When My Kids were little I would make green oatmeal for breakfast. Even now we still have the traditional corned beef and cabbage for dinner.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
What a great recipe! And so easy too. And such a great one to switch up flavors - I had no idea coconut curd existed, but now I need it in my life. 🙂
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
The coconut curd in a jar is not easy to find in most grocery stores but it is made by Dickenson's too. I found it at Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati, Ohio, but I bet it's available on-line. It is very tasty.
Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more
that sounds so good, I love that you can change up the flavors.
carolinaheartstrings
That looks so great. I love the pictures. Come visit us. We have some wonderful things to share this week.
Angela
I've never heard of lime/lemon curd before....is that price correct under your post on Amazon? $43.34 for a 10 oz jar? Surely it isn't that much! Is it?
Beth Jackson Klosterboer
HI Angela, that price is for 6 jars and it is high per jar. I couldn't find a link for just one jar, and just wanted people to be able to see the product. I purchased my jar for about $4.00 at Kroger but have also seen it at Cub Foods and other grocers.
Candy
Wonderful ideas, thanks! Delicious, beautiful and interesting!