RECIPE Mango & Rockmelon Mousse

 

Beautiful Mango & Rockmelon Mousse

This recipe has NO added sugar and uses AgarAgar, a healthier alternative to gelatine

A beautiful, creamy mousse with no animal gelatine instead using Agar Agar, a natural gelatine from seaweed. Featuring Maleny Gourmet Yoghurt and Bee Man honey this is a really pretty and tasty guilt free dessert. Serves 4-6 depending on glass sizing.

Ingredients

·         1 bar of Spiral Foods Agar Agar (7 & ½ g) find in the sugar isle at Maleny IGA.

·         1 rockmelon, chopped

·         2 mangoes, chopped

·         1 passionfruit

·         2 tablespoons Beeman honey (or to taste)

·         250g Maleny Gourmet yoghurt, naturally sweet, 95% fat free.

·         ½ rockmelon extra to decorate, cut into long thin strips or cubes.

·        1 mango;  ½ mango extra to decorate, cut into long thin strips or cubes, ½ mango sliced for layering in the serving dishes.

·         6 Fresh cherries

Method

·         Soak one bar of the Agar Agar in 3 cups water, until soft.

·         Place the water and Agar bar into a saucepan and bring to the boil, then continue to boil slowly for 15 minutes, lowering the heat a little but so it is still hot, stirring, do not leave.

·         Blend the rockmelon and flesh from 2 mangoes.

·         Pour the mango/rockmelon mixture into a large bowl and add in the yoghurt.

·         Sweeten the mango mixture with the honey, using less or more to taste.

·         Pour the Agar Agar mixture into the mango mixture.

·         Combine well.

·         Pour the mixture into decorative serving bowls, glasses or large serving bowl.

·         Layer with the Agar mixture and then the mango from the ½ cup set aside, finishing with Agar mixture.

·         Decorate with the extra mango and rockmelon.

·         Refrigerate for at least 4 hours.

·         Garnish each glass with a fresh cherry (when in season – optional)

·         Serve.

Notes

·         Sweeten the mousse to personal taste with the honey, using less or more as desired.

·         Honey could be swapped for stevia for fewer calories.

·         Great dinner party dish or for a low fat delicious dessert for the family.

·         Can be made the day before a dinner party and kept in the fridge.

·         If cherries are out of season use an alternative like a strawberry or fresh raspberry to garnish.

Toddler Tips

·        Pour their servings into clear plastic decorative glasses or bowls or very little cups like plastic shot glasses and drop cubes of rockmelon and mango through the mixture.

·         Kids tend to like theirs really fruity so add plenty of chopped melon and mango into their mixture. You could also include a small one of these in a school lunch box with an ice brick to keep it cool.

 

 

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