Honey-almond Parfait

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Honey-almond Parfait

Ingredients

-cups), toasted, (at 180ºC -for 10 minutes), cooled Place the outer ring of an 20 cm springform pan on a flat serving plate; put this all in the freezer. Whip half cup of cream until stiff; refrigerate. In the top of a double boiler or mixer bowl that fits snugly into a saucepan, whisk together the egg, egg yolk, honey and vanilla seeds. Place the mixture over a pan of boiling water and whisk vigorously until lightly thickened, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and continue beating until thick and completely cooled. Fold in the almonds and reserved whipped cream. Pour the mixture into the chilled springform mold. Dip a finger in cold water and run it around the rim of the mixture, forming clean edge. Return to freezer until sufficiently firm.