Coconut Mousse

Coconut is a staple ingredient in Nauru, it is one of the few ingredients that you can find fresh. Coconut Mousse is one of the common desserts you can find in these islands, using coconut as main ingredient.

Ingredients (For 4-6 people):

- 500 ml coconut milk.
- 65 g sugar.
- 125 g grated coconut.
- 6 sheets of gelatin or 1 sachet de gelatin powder.
- 200 ml whipping cream
- 50 g sugar for the cream.
- 4 dessert spoon vanilla sugar.
- 2 egg whites.

Method:

1- Mix coconut milk with sugar and grated coconut, stir well and heat. Be careful, it must not reach the boiling point.

2- Before it reaches the boilling point, turn off the heat and add the gelatin, stir until the mixture gets cold.

3- whip the cream , once it is whipped add vanilla sugar  and stir gently to mix it well.

4- Whip the egg whites until you get a meringue, it is , you put the bowl upside down and it doesn't fall.

5- Add the whipped cream to the coconut milk bowl, mix with encircling movements.

6- Add the whipped whites , mix using encircling movements.

7- Put the mixture in the glasses you are going to use to serve the Mousse, put it in the fridge at least for 4 hours.

8- You can sprinkle some grated coconut on  top.

Receta en Español

You can also see this recipe on Youtube::

Here you have my  favourite cooking tools: https://viaja-en-mi-cocina-english.blogspot.com/2023/05/shop.html

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