Clementine Mousse with Champagne
Clementine Mousse with Champagne is elegant, tasty, and fun to eat... and surprisingly easy to make. This is a traditional style mousse.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 387kcal
Equipment
- Mini Food Processor
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoon Unflavored Gelatin Powder
- ¼ cup Water
- 4-6 Clementine oranges
- ½ cup Champagne or moscato
- ⅓ cup Sugar
- 2 Large egg whites
- 2 tablespoon Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Heavy cream
Instructions
- In a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over water and allow to soak for 5 minutes.
- Wash, dry, and zest the clementines, set the zest aside.
- Chop the clementines. Remove any visible seeds, puree clementines with champagne until smoothish.
- Press clementine pulp through a wire sieve, into a clean bowl or measuring cup.
- Measure out 1 cup of puree. If you don’t have enough, repeat with another clementine.
- Combine the measured clementine puree with sugar and zest, set aside.
- Transfer gelatin bowl to microwave, heat in 10 second increments until gelatin is completely melted.
- Pour melted gelatin into orange mixture, stir until well incorporated, then set aside while preparing the remaining ingredients.
- In a separate bowl (stand mixer, ideally!), whip egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add on top of orange mixture, set aside.
- Whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form, then carefully fold in to the fruit mixture along with the egg whites, gently folding until combined.
- Pour into 4 serving glasses, chill until set, about 2 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 387kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 82mg | Sodium: 56mg | Potassium: 332mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 1169IU | Vitamin C: 70mg | Calcium: 94mg | Iron: 1mg