Tangy Passionfruit Mousse – Quick + Easy Desserts

Here’s a light and lovely dessert that my family really enjoyed.

But first a small confession: I’ve been using far too much cream in desserts for the family.

Although my husband and the kids are slender to skinny, it’s probably not a great idea to feed them bucketfuls of full fat cream.

And… those creamy desserts are not my friend. I have to exercise my resistance muscle and NOT eat them.

Licking the spoon whilst I make them is OK though.

Anyway, here’s a lighter option that has some useful nutrients as well as being low fat and slurp-ilicious.

I had to get over my fear of gelatine before starting this one. I prayed to my little kitchen god, who did not fail me. The gelatine behaved perfectly.

Author: Nestle recipes- The original recipe can be found at www.recipes.com.au

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp gelatine
  • 1/4 cup hot water
  • 375ml Carnation Light + Creamy Evaporated Milk, chilled
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 2 1/2 tbsp lemon Juice
  • 1/2 cup reduced fat natural yoghurt
  • 1/2 cup passionfruit pulp

Instructions

  1. Dissolve gelatine in hot water, cool.
  2. Beat evaporated milk with sugar and lemon until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in gelatine with yoghurt and passionfruit pulp.
  4. Spoon mousse into individual serving dishes, refrigerate until set. If desired, decorate with fresh fruit.

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My children liked this a lot.  Teen16 ate three of them and so hubby didn’t get any. I think next time I’d make double the quantity.

When I was a little girl and we went sailing round the Western Isles of Scotland on our boat, the favourite pudding (as we called it) was a tin of peaches with a tin of Carnation milk. Spectacular!!   I give that to the kids and hubby for dessert sometimes now too.  They love it.

I tend not to eat that or many other desserts at night. I’m not rigid about this but as a general habit, I don’t… had to re-program myself.

But I do love dessert, so sometimes will have some for breakfast or morning tea. Why not!?? That’s when my body needs most of its energy, so that’s when I enjoy eating it most.

Tinned fruit and Carnation milk at 8am; breakfast of champions!!

Are you a regular user of gelatine?

Of evaporated milk?

Of cream?????!!!!