How often do you have an idea of a recipe in your mind, that stays with you until is has seen the light of day? I have that a lot. Last week, I wanted to make a white dessert with fruit, to be more specific with mandarin, but needed a few trials to get it right.
I tried with a simple lemon flavored light pudding that came out wonderful, but wasn’t super in flavor. Then I tried a white chocolate mousse, which came out nice as well and also tasted divine. Like a velvety substance was making its way through my mouth.
Third options was to combine the fruit with my favorite sweet dessert – an intense dark chocolate mousse, I almost knew the colors wouldn’t work well together, but I tried it anyway and unfortunately I was right; the orange-brown color combination was not impressive. The best combination was White Chocolate Mousse with Mandarin.
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Key Ingredients in This Recipe
- White chocolate
- Eggs
- Whipping cream
- Sugar
- Mandarins
- Mint leaves
How to Make White Chocolate Mousse with Mandarin
- Step 1 – Make the mandarin slices, see this post how to easily do this.
- Step 2 – Chop the chocolate fine and melt it in the microwave or au-bain-marie.
- Step 3 – Beat the egg yolks until pate, about 3-4 minutes. Then add the warm chocolate and beat again, until well mix. Allow to cool.
- Step 4 – Beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form and store in fridge. Beat the egg whites with the sugar until soft peaks form and store this also in the fridge.
- Step 5 – Fold the whipped cream into it. Then fold the beaten egg whites into the cream/chocolate mixture.
- Step 6 – Cover the inside of 4 small bowls or 2 larger bowls with the mandarin slices and pour the chocolate mousse in the prepared bowls and refrigerate overnight.
- Step 7 – Place a plate on top of the bowl and reverse. Slowly remove the bowl from the mousse. Decorate with mandarin and mint and serve.
During my nutrition studies, I did a couple of weeks internship in a hospital kitchen and some of the chefs there came for the restaurant business and they taught me some tricks of the trade. One is those was how to peel citrus fruit in a way that no pith is left, that called sectioning citrus fruit and I explained that in a separate post.
White Chocolate Mousse with Mandarin
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- 4 3/8 ounces white chocolate
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 egg whites
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 1/2 tablespoon sugar
- 4-5 mandarins
- mint leaves
Instructions
- Make the mandarin slices: Slice a little off the top and bottom and place the mandarin on one of the cut sides.Trim away the skin and pith. Use a small and flexible knife and start at the top and slice downwards following the curve of the fruit. Cut away as much of the skin and pith as possible, but don't cut too deep, because you will take too much of the fruit. Turn the fruit around and cut off the pieces that you missed. Place the mandarin on it side and cut thin slices. (NOTE 1)
- Chop the chocolate fine and melt it in the microwave or au-bain-marie.
- Beat the egg yolks until pate, about 3-4 minutes. Then add the warm chocolate and beat again, until well mix. Allow to cool.
- Beat the whipping cream until soft peaks form and store in fridge.
- Beat the egg whites with the sugar until soft peaks form and store this also in the fridge.
- When the chocolate mixture is cool, fold the whipped cream into it.
- Then fold the beaten egg whites into the cream/chocolate mixture.
- Cover the inside of 4 small bowls or 2 larger bowls with the mandarin slices.
- Pour the chocolate mousse in the prepared bowls and refrigerate overnight.
- Place a plate on top of the bowl and reverse. Slowly remove the bowl from the mousse.
- Decorate with mandarin and mint and serve.
Notes
- See this post on how to section citrus fruit.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.