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Mousse de Maracuja (Portuguese Passion Fruit Mousse)

Name: Mousse de Maracuja (Portuguese Passion Fruit Mousse)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: passion fruit pulp 300 g; heavy cream 400 ml; egg yolks 4 pieces; sugar 120 g; gelatin 10 g; water 100 ml

A light passion fruit mousse set with cream and egg yolk.

40 minutes · 6 servings · Moderate

Passion fruit mousse is a Portuguese summer dessert, common where the fruit grows in the Atlantic islands and along the mainland coast. The shells and seeds stay in the mousse, which gives it both its colour and a slight bitterness that cuts the cream. It is meant to be eaten cold and quickly, before the fruit sinks and the top goes flat.

Ingredients

passion fruit pulp300 g
heavy cream400 ml
egg yolks4 pieces
sugar120 g
gelatin10 g
water100 ml

Directions

1
Soak gelatin in warm water 8 minutes; melt gently.
2
Whisk yolks with sugar 6 minutes; add passion pulp.
3
Cook over low heat 5 minutes, stirring, until thick.
4
Whip cream to soft peaks.
5
Fold cream and melted gelatin into the passion base; chill 3 hours.

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