LIGHT RASPBERRY MOUSSE
LIGHT RASPBERRY MOUSSE
LIGHT RASPBERRY MOUSSE

Ingredients
  • 4 leaves gelatine
  • 300g/10½oz raspberries
  • 4 free-range eggs
  • separated
  • 75g/2½oz caster sugar
  • 150ml/5fl oz double cream
  • few raspberries
  • for garnish
Directions
  • Soak the gelatine in a small bowl of cold water for 5 minutes until soft. Squeeze out the liquid and tip out all but 1 tablespoon of water.
  • Put the gelatine into a heatproof bowl with the tablespoon of water. Put the bowl over a pan of simmering water for a few minutes. Stir until dissolved and runny.
  • Blend the raspberries in a food processor and pass through a sieve into a bowl
  • removing the seeds.
  • Whisk the yolks and caster sugar together in a bowl using an electric hand whisk until thick
  • fluffy and pale in colour. This will take about 4–5 minutes.
  • Whip the cream to soft peaks in a separate bowl.
  • Stir the sieved raspberries and gelatine into the egg yolk and caster sugar mixture
  • then carefully fold in the cream.
  • Whisk the egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff peaks form. Stir 2 tablespoons into the raspberry mixture
  • then carefully fold in the rest.
  • Spoon into a 1.2 litres/2 pint bowl or 4–6 glasses. Place in the fridge for 4 hours
  • or until set.
  • Decorate with raspberries and serve straight from the fridge.