With Valentine's Day approaching this weekend, I am thinking of desserts, particularly chocolate. I wanted to make a lightened up dark chocolate mousse, just like my friend Faith at An Edible Mosaic, in her recent post with Greek yogurt and good quality chocolate. However, there was a snow storm outside, and I did not have my favorite fat-free Oikos Greek yogurt or any kind of chocolate.
I found a can of fat-free condensed milk, a banana, and cute little chocolate cups that a friend gave me as a holiday gift. With these discoveries, a mousse makeover was born. I've combined condensed milk, banana, some cardamom and Mexican vanilla, and then folded some whipped egg whites. After chilling, these were absolutely perfect little desserts: light and airy and the combination of cardamom and vanilla flavors was just lovely.
Banana Air Mousse with Cardamom and Vanilla
Ingredients:
1 banana
1/4 cup condensed milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon cardamom
1 large egg white
10-12 miniature chocolate cups, or 4 espresso cups
Directions:
In a mixing cup, place condensed milk, banana, vanilla and cardamom. Blend with immersion blender. Whip the egg white until soft peaks form, then fold the egg whites gently into the banana mixture.
Divide equally between chocolate cups (or espresso cups or other containers) and chill for at least 8 hours or overnight (as a time saver, you can chill the mousse in the refrigerator for as long as you can and then place them in a freezer for a few minutes to chill quickly or freeze for a longer period of time to make a frozen mousse).
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This month's 5 Star Makeover Challenge is to create a MOUSSE with a twist (such as modern, healthy, fusion, molecular gastronomy, seasonal, or adapting to a particular cuisine style). You can create all kinds of versions of mousse in all shapes and sizes, sweet or savory, with any kinds of ingredients mixed in, inspired by any number of cuisines of the world. You can also incorporate a mousse into dishes such as cakes.
To participate, please post about your creation mentioning "5 Star Makeover" and linking to this post or you can copy and paste this code to insert the new 5 Star Makeover logo as follows:
Then, send me an email at natasha@5starfoodie.com or leave a comment here with a link to your blog post. If you've made a mousse recently and already posted about it, just send a link to your post! Please send your entries by Sunday, February 28. The round-up will be posted on Monday, March 1.
