Semifreddo, the luscious Italian dessert, is cold and creamy like ice cream but much simpler to make. At St. Louis, Missouri’s Niche, pastry chef Mathew Rice always has a semifreddo on the menu. His favorite is toasted marshmallow, which he serves with salted milk-chocolate sauce and graham crackers—an homage to s’mores, and what he calls his “holy trinity.”

Published June 2008