Pecan nut mousse

AUTHOR
Louis Ramirez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
35 mins
TOTAL TIME
35 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 10
  • 200 g Pecan nuts or walnuts
  • 3 heaped Tbsp Sugar
  • 250–300 g white couverture
  • 4 sheets white gelatine
  • 500 g Cream curd
  • 2 packages Vanillin sugar
  • 1 TEASPOON Cinnamon
  • 600 g Whipped cream
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Roughly chop the nuts. Roast in a pan without fat. Sprinkle with sugar and let it caramelize. Spread nut caramel on baking paper and let it cool down.

  2. 2

    Chop the couverture and melt in a hot water bath. Leave to cool lukewarm, stirring from time to time. Soak the gelatine in cold water.

  3. 3

    Stir the quark, vanilla sugar and cinnamon until smooth. Whip the cream until stiff. Squeeze the gelatine and dissolve at low heat. First stir 3 tbsp. quark into the gelatine, then stir the mixture into the remaining quark.

  4. 4

    First stir 3-4 tablespoons of whipped cream into the couverture. Then stir in the quark mixture and finally fold in the remaining cream.

  5. 5

    Crumble brittle. Set aside a third of it. Fold the rest of the brittle into the mousse. Pour into a bowl and chill for at least 6 hours. Before serving, spread the rest of the nuts on top.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
600 kcal
CARBS
25 g
FATS
48 g
PROTEINS
12 g

Categories & Tags

Dessert