Best Cardamom Yogurt Mousse With Apricots Recipes

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YOGURT MOUSSE WITH APRICOT SAUCE



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Categories     Milk/Cream     Dessert     Quick & Easy     Yogurt     Apricot     Vanilla     Summer     Chill     Gourmet     Wheat/Gluten-Free     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Soy Free

Yield Makes 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 14

For mousse
1 1/2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin (from 1 envelope)
1 cup whole milk
1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
1/2 cup sugar
1 (4- by 1-inch) strip fresh lemon zest
1 (32-oz) container well-stirred whole-milk yogurt
3/4 cup chilled heavy cream
For sauce
1/2 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup water
1 lb fresh apricots, quartered and pitted
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice, or to taste

Steps:

  • Make mousse:
  • Drain yogurt in a paper-towel-lined sieve set into a bowl in refrigerator, discarding liquid occasionally, 8 hours, then transfer to a clean bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup milk in a small bowl and let stand 1 minute to soften.
  • Scrape seeds from vanilla bean pod into remaining 3/4 cup milk in a 1-quart heavy saucepan, then add pod, sugar, and zest and bring to a simmer over moderate heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in gelatin mixture until dissolved. Pour through a fine-mesh sieve set into a metal bowl, discarding solids, then set bowl in a larger bowl half-filled with ice and cold water and let stand, stirring frequently, until cool, about 10 minutes.
  • Add milk mixture gradually to yogurt, whisking. Beat cream with an electric mixer at high speed until it just holds soft peaks, then fold into yogurt mixture gently but thoroughly. Chill mousse, covered, folding twice in first 20 minutes, until set, about 2 hours.
  • Make sauce while mousse chills:
  • Scrape seeds from vanilla bean pod into a 2-quart heavy saucepan, then add pod, sugar, water, apricots, and 1 teaspoon lemon juice and cook, uncovered, over moderate heat, stirring frequently and skimming off any foam, until fruit is tender, 8 to 12 minutes. Cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes. Add lemon juice to taste and discard pod. Serve sauce topped with mousse.

CARDAMOM-YOGURT MOUSSE WITH APRICOTS



Cardamom-Yogurt Mousse with Apricots image

This yogurt mousse is an exercise in nostalgia for me, evocative of two different memories. The first is recent: cold _lassi_ spiked with cardamom, a favorite drink at Indian restaurants. The musky flavor of cardamom just plays well with the tangy, refreshing taste of yogurt. And so does honey, which brings me to my second memory. My mother often served me and my siblings big bowls of plain yogurt with honey swirled in-it was a favorite summer lunch. I remember how the honey laced the yogurt in thick ropes of sweetness. This is a plain yet comforting dish, the two flavors marrying perfectly. I bring these three tastes together here in this dish, and finish it all off with fresh summer apricots. Top the finished mousse with apricot slices, or get fancy and pipe the chilled, set mousse into apricot halves and garnish with mint.

Provided by Faith Durand

Yield Makes six 1/2-cup (120-ml) servings. Gluten-free.

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 teaspoons powdered gelatin
1/3 cup (75 ml) honey
2 large egg whites
3/4 cup (180 ml) cream
1 1/2 cups (360 ml) plain Greek or strained yogurt (low-fat or full-fat)
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
Pinch salt
6 to 8 ripe apricots, to serve

Steps:

  • Pour 1/4 cup (60 ml) water into a small saucepan and sprinkle the gelatin over it. Set aside for 5 minutes to allow the gelatin to soften. Set the pan over medium heat and whisk until the gelatin dissolves. Whisk in the honey and continue warming until the honey has thinned.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer (or in a large bowl, using a hand mixer), whip the egg whites until stiff. Scrape out into a separate bowl. Wipe out the mixing bowl and beat the cream until stiff peaks form. Add the yogurt and whip until combined. Beat in the cardamom and salt, then slowly pour in the warmed honey and gelatin and whip. Use a spatula to gently fold in the egg whites.
  • Spread the mousse in six separate cups or in a 1-quart (1-L) dish and refrigerate for 1 to 2 hours, until softly set. Serve with slices of fresh apricot, or remove the pits from apricot halves and pipe in dollops of mousse.

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