Saturday, April 9, 2011

pineapple and cream



I don't know what to call this , pineapple and cream or pineapple mousse. As far as i know mousse is mostly made out of raw eggs, where the egg white is beaten stiff and mixed into the cream and all, but to tell you the truth, I am just not comfortable handling raw eggs, i can eat chocolate mousse and pineapple mousse at restaurants , but i just don't trust myself with raw eggs.So I am settling with gelatin.

Ingredients
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  • 1 tin pineapple
  • 1/3 cup pineapple syrup/juice(taken from the tinned pineapple)
  • 2    tsp  plain gelatin
  • 5    tbsp powdered sugar
  • 250ml  whipping cream


Method

* Pour the whipping cream in a bowl add powdered sugar(the quantity of sugar is up to you) . Whip the cream till almost fluffy and double the volume. Keep this in the fridge till further use.

* chop the pineapple rings into small cubes and keep aside.

* In a bowl add 1/3 cup pineapple syrup, sprinkle gelatin into the syrup, keep it aside for few minutes.

*Double boil the gelatin liquid over a bowl of hot water till all the gelatin powder is dissolved and there is clear liquid. Take it off the double boil.

* Whisk the gelatin mixture with a hand whisk or electric beater (I used electric beater) till frothy.

* get the whipped cream out add the chopped pineapple (keep few aside for garnish). Fold in the frothy gelatin mixture.

* In a bowl lay some chopped pineapple. Pour in the cream mixture ,smooth it out and decorate with chopped pineapple.

*let the pineapple and cream set in the fridge for an hour.

5 comments:

  1. we were all over it the moment we saw it & nice dat u avoided raw eggs...cream was just fine...

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  2. Please can you tell me what can we use instead of gelatin,

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  3. Please ca you tell me what can we substitute for gelatin

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  4. hi you can use agar agar or china grass instead of gelatine (vegetarian substitute) agar is dissolved in the liquid in a saucepan over medium heat, brought to a boil and simmer for five minutes and cool slighty and add to the cream.

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