Description
A realistic mango shaped dessert with creamy mango mousse, fruit insert, and velvet-textured shell.
Ingredients
1 ½ cups mango puree
½ cup diced ripe mango
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp lime juice
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp fruit pectin
1 tsp mango liqueur (optional)
¾ cup white chocolate, chopped
¾ cup heavy cream
1 sprig lemon verbena or 1 tsp lemon zest
1 ½ tsp gelatin (bloomed)
½ cup chilled heavy cream
Yellow and red cocoa butter spray
Fruit-shaped silicone molds
Instructions
1. Blend mango puree with lemon and lime juice. Strain and set aside.
2. Heat the puree, sugar, and pectin until soft set. Cool slightly, fold in diced mango and liqueur.
3. Pour into half-sphere molds and freeze solid.
4. Heat half the cream with lemon verbena, strain, pour over white chocolate to melt.
5. Add bloomed gelatin and mango puree, chill completely.
6. Fold in whipped cream to finish mousse.
7. Fill large molds halfway with mousse, add frozen mango center.
8. Top with more mousse, smooth flat. Freeze until hardened.
9. Melt cocoa butter and white chocolate, tint yellow. Spray for velvet coating.
10. Score seam to mimic mango skin.
11. Chill or freeze until ready to serve.
Notes
Use very ripe mango for best flavor and color.
Lemon verbena adds freshness; lemon zest is a good substitute.
Try other molds for different fruit styles.
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Frozen, Molded
- Cuisine: French-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 piece
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 19g
- Sodium: 20mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 35mg