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    Raspberry Mousse

    Published: Aug 25, 2016 · Modified: Apr 28, 2021 by Jacqueline Bellefontaine ·

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    Those of you who follow me on social media may have noticed my raspberries won first prize at my local allotment society annual produce show this week. I for one am very excited and it seems only fitting to share my raspberry mousse recipe with you to celebrate. They have a light texture and a delicious, not too sweet, flavour making them a perfect end to a summer or autumn meal.

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    I have to confess I was delighted to walk away with first prize for my raspberries. Even though I grew up in the country in a village that had it's annual produce show this week was the very first time I have ever entered one myself.

    Let's face it when you are a child that kind of thing is considered to be for old fuddy-duddies.  Guess I am one of those now:) When I got my allotment plot about 4 years ago, I intended to go along to the produce show each year but, for one reason or another, I didn't make it until now.

    However, I did make it along to the annual talk in my first year as an allotmenteer. The guest speaker, who was from a more rural part of the country, spoke about judging produce shows. Boy, do some people take it seriously!

    There was something slightly surreal about listening to that talk  in an old church hall about 15 minutes walk from Tower Bridge. I'm pleased to say my allotment society does not take it too seriously,   maybe because many of us are very new to growing our own fruit and veg, or maybe because we are an inner city group and just so delighted to grow our own produce that we are happy any produce we get regardless as to whether it is prize worthy or not.

    Fuddy-duddies (which my fellow allotmenteers are certainly not) and surreal talks aside, I was so glad I finally made it to the produce show this year. It was brilliant fun. There were a people from all of the 4 allotments sites that form our society So it was great to get a chance to meet more of them.

    It was also great to get advice from more experienced growers than myself. Winning a prize or two was the cherry on the cake. Never mind that my raspberries may not have gotten very far in other parts of the country. To top it all off, I also got a first for my whitecurrant jam, and took home a raffle prize. A bit of beginners luck perhaps.

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    Light fluffy raspberry mousse by recipesmadeeasy.co.uk

    Raspberry Mousse

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    Light fluffy raspberry mousse. Quick and easy to prepare but remember to leave a few hours for the mousse to set.
    Course Dessert
    Prep Time 20 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Servings 6
    Calories 193
    Author Jacqueline Bellefontaine

    Ingredients

    • 3 sheets of leaf gelatine
    • juice of 1 lemon
    • 450 g fresh raspberries
    • 50 g golden caster sugar
    • 200 ml double heavy cream
    • 2 egg whites
    metric - US cups

    Instructions

    • Soak the gelatine in a small bowl of cold water for 2 minutes then gently squeeze out the water. Place in a heatproof bowl with the lemon juice. Stand the bowl in a saucepan of hot water and heat gently stirring until the gelatine dissolves. Remove from the heat.
    • Push the raspberries through a nylon sieve to make a seedless purée, reserving 6 raspberries to decorate.
    • Whip the cream until just standing in soft peaks. Fold the cream into the raspberry purée, then add the dissolved gelatine.
    • Whisk the egg whites until standing in soft peaks. Gradually whisk in the caster sugar, and fold into the raspberry cream mixture.
    • Spoon into serving dishes and pop a raspberry into the centre of each. Chill for at least 2 hours or until set.

    Notes

    Not suitable for freezing. Contains raw eggs.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 193kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 31mg | Potassium: 154mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 515IU | Vitamin C: 19.9mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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    Step by step Raspberry mousse

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    Puree the raspberries by pushing through a sieve.
    raspberry mousse step by step
    Soak the gelatine in cold water.
    raspberry mousse step by step
    Add the soaked gelatine to the lemon juice and dissolve over hot water.

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    Whisk the cream and fold into the raspberry puree.
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    Stir in the dissolved gelatine.
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    raspberry mousse step by step
    Fold in the egg whites then spoon the mousse into small dishes. Chill until set.

    Hints Tips and Variations

    • Of course you do not have to have award winning raspberries to make this raspberry mousse. In fact it even works really well with  frozen raspberries, allow to defrost first.
    • Use a non nylon sieve to strain the raspberries.
    • Try making with blackberries instead of raspberries - I made mini ones in expresso cups as part of my trio of blackberry desserts I did at a recent local dinner club.
    • They can be left plain,topped with a raspberry or pipe a rosette of whipped cream and top that with a raspberry.
    • Serve them on their own or with a dessert biscuit on the side
    • Tea cups can make great alternative serving dishes, even plain ones like mine can look quite pretty.

    raspberry mousse in teacups

    The winning raspberries

    my award winning rasberries

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    About Jacqueline Bellefontaine

    Jacqueline is a member of the Guild of Food Writers and has been a cookery writer and food stylist for over 25 years. She has written over 15 cookery books, in addition to writing for several major magazines. She likes to champion good basic home cooking and as the daughter of a master baker, she is passionate about home baking.

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    Comments

    1. Helen

      August 23, 2017 at 8:24 am

      5 stars
      Just made this yesterday. Nice and easy to make, delicious light texture. I used frozen raspberries but only had 300g so I pureed a fresh skinned peach and added this to make up the weight. Will definitely make this again.
      Love the blog - great photos!

      Reply
      • Jacqueline Bellefontaine

        August 23, 2017 at 1:29 pm

        Hi Helen What a great idea adding a peach to make up the weight i bet it tasted lovely. Thank you for your lovely comments re the blog and photos, so glad you like them

        Reply
    2. Lisa (mumdadplus4)

      March 20, 2017 at 1:12 pm

      Oh this looks and sounds amazing, the twins would love this and I am not sure it would make the pretty bowls before hitting there tummy lol #desertislanddish

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      • Jacqueline Bellefonatine

        March 20, 2017 at 2:45 pm

        Thank you.

        Reply
    3. Claire

      March 11, 2017 at 7:55 pm

      5 stars
      I love how vibrant this is- I can practically smell those raspberries jumping off my screen!
      And of course, those glass bowls are swoony-worthy!
      Thanks for linking up to #desertislanddish xx

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      • Jacqueline Bellefonatine

        March 13, 2017 at 9:21 am

        Thank you Claire. Those bowls were a great charity shop fine I live them too.

        Reply
    4. Kat (The Baking Explorer)

      March 08, 2017 at 11:09 pm

      5 stars
      Congrats on your win! Your raspberries look gorgeous and I would love to dip my spoon into this mousse!

      Reply
      • Jacqueline Bellefonatine

        March 09, 2017 at 8:58 am

        Thanks Kat. Hoping I get another good crop this year.

        Reply

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