Passionfruit Mousse
This gelatin free, light and creamy Passionfruit Mousse recipe is topped with a homemade passionfruit syrup makes for a rather quick and easy dessert perfect for a bunch of passionfruit syrup.
Servings 6
Calories 496kcal
Ingredients
- 396 grams / 1 can 14 ounces condensed milk
- 250 milliliters / 1 cup heavy cream
- 330 milliliters / 1.4 cups passion fruit juice
- 247 grams / 1 cup passion fruit pulp about 12 passionfruit
- 100 grams / ½ cup superfine/caster sugar
Instructions
- Place the condensed milk, heavy cream and passionfruit juice into a blender and blend until well combined. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, place the passionfruit pulp and sugar into a small saucepan.
- Heat on medium until simmering and a syrup has formed and it holds itself apart when you draw a spatula in the center of the saucepan, approximately 10 minutes of cooking.
- Pour the mousse mixture into your serving bowls and top with 2 tablespoons of the passionfruit syrup, smoothing out to cover your mousse completely.
- Refrigerate until firm, approximately 4 hours, preferably overnight.
- Serve up.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- Condensed milk: This mousse relies solely on dairy to make it thick. The sweetened condensed milk (along with the heavy cream) thickens the mousse and adds a creaminess. You could substitute with gelatin and milk, but this would likely change the structure and traditional flavor of the dish and has not been tested in my kitchen. The final results of this change cannot be guaranteed.
- Heavy cream: The traditional way to make this in Brazil would be to use canned creme de leite or milk cream. The best substitute for those of us who cannot source this is heavy cream.
- Passionfruit juice: If you cannot source plain passionfruit juice you could strain some of the passionfruit's. However, you want it to still have some body and not just be seeds, so it is not recommended to completely squeeze all the juice out of the fruit you have. Rather purchase a further 4 passionfruit and strain 8 of your passionfruit's for the juice, adding the seeds to your 1 cup quantity needed for the syrup. The remaining portion of juice can be balanced out with a tropical juice mix (think: orange and mango or pineapple) that will lend similar flavors.
- Where to find passionfruit: Passionfruit pulp can typically be found in specialty grocery stores, Latin American markets, or online. You can also use frozen passionfruit pulp, if fresh passionfruit is not available.
- Using canned passionfruit in place of fresh: You can use canned passionfruit juice as a substitute. Just make sure to adjust the amount of sugar accordingly, as canned juice may already be sweetened.
Nutrition
Calories: 496kcal