Lemon mousse

Lemon mousse

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Cooking time

Ready in 20 mins

Skill level

Easy

Servings

Serves 4

A nice light palate-cleansing dessert to end a meal, perfect after a heavy main course

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition info

Nutrition per serving

kcalories
419
protein
2.8g
carbs
17.1g
fat
38.1g
saturates
21.4g
fibre
0g
sugar
-
salt
0.13g

Ingredients

  • 284ml carton double cream
  • 1 lemon, juiced and zested
  • 60g caster sugar
  • 2 egg whites

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Method

  1. Put the cream, lemon zest and sugar into a large bowl and whisk them together until the mixture starts to thicken. Add the lemon juice and whisk again until the mixture thickens further, don’t let it get too stiff or you won’t be able fold in the egg whites.
  2. Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks and then fold them into the lemon mixture. Spoon the mousse into 4 glasses and chill. Decorate with extra zest if you like.

Recipe from olive magazine, September 2006

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emma191's picture

Yummy and very easy to make!

I made a quick raspberry compote by mashing up raspberrys and adding a bit of sugar. I put this in the bottom of glass dishes and added the mousse on top. I then decorated with a couple of whole raspberrys on each desert and crumbled flake on top! Scrummy!! :)

jjadams3691's picture
5

Made this for a dinner party. Everyone enjoyed it, including the next-door neighbors that I gave some to try.
Kids were arguing over what was left and I have been told as it's so easy to make I must make it more often!!
Great, light, tasty dessert :-)

lumene's picture
3

This fast and very easy to make, but it was too creamy for my taste. It leave a slightly buttery aftertaste that I'm not very keen about.

chrisbabb's picture

My mixture split, the result looked like curd, tasted ok but, looked dreadful. It was ok until I added the lemon juice. Any idea why this happened?
I don't think it was anything to do with the lemon juice because one of the people who contributed to the comments said that they added more lemon juice.
I don't think it was because I overwhipped it because the recipe says don't make it too thick, implying that overwhipping wouldn't split it just make it too thick.
I would be grateful for any advice

chrisbabb's picture

Help, mixture has split. It was ok until I added the lemon juice, needed for meal this evening. What can I do? I have no more cream & no time to get any so I can't use a suggestion found on the internet about adding more cream that has been warmed, reduced by 1/3 and cooled

jennylmd's picture
4

I've made this dessert once before, and everyone loved the lemony and fresh taste of it. I'm making it again for my lunch party tomorrow. Yum yum........x

jennylmd's picture
4

I've made this dessert once before, and everyone loved the lemony and fresh taste of it. I'm making it again for my lunch party tomorrow. Yum yum........x

lilchef96's picture

hey I haven't made this mousse yet but thinking about doing it... how long did your mousse take to set in the fridge???

the_sherb's picture

Like all the best recipes... very simple, and easy to adapt. I added an equal quantity of greek yoghurt to the cream, and used the zest and juice of two lemons. I also whisked in the egg yolks, because I hate waste... but they were fresh. It made a soft, light mousse, a bit liquid at the bottom... but delicious. I'm inspired by other reviewers' suggestions, and I'll try a biscuit base and/or a topping next time. Definitely one for my recipe folder.

lovetobake12's picture

im making this tomorrow for my family,and i was wondering if you could make this a few hours in advance since it contains raw eggs??!?! it look deliocus though!!!

geekyisgood's picture
5

Incredibly tasty for something so easy. My main challenge is not making the cream too thick before adding the egg whites, but it seems very forgiving. I first made this for a dinner party I went to - I needed a pudding in under an hour and this did the trick; everyone really enjoyed it, and one person asked for the recipe (so she must have liked it).

It's rich but refreshing and you only need a very small serving.

sandyjc60's picture
5

Light, zesty, fab recipe. Did put some dark choc shavings on top, tasted good, looked good. Served with almond biscotti :)

geekyisgood's picture
5

I made this at very short notice for a friend's dinner party and everyone seemed to really like it. It was very easy and came out well, even though I think I slightly overwhipped the cream.

jjflowerday's picture

I enjoyed the mousse but i agree with one or two comments regarding the lemon cream taste. I went for this recipe because i prefer not to use gelatine because of the content. I wonder if anyone knows of a recipe that doesnt use gelatine, perhaps agar agar? Thanks!

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