Grapefruit Mousse

Total Time: 5 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 red grapefruits
• 4 sheets gelatin
• 1 lime
• 1/2 cup quark or 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 2 -3 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons vanilla sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 3 egg whites

Recipe

• 1 peel or cut the skin off one grapefruit so that there is none of the inner skin on the fruit.
• 2 then section the grapefruit and take the meat out of eat individual section, discard the membrane ( try to take out in one piece if possible), put on a small plate and set aside.
• 3 soften the geletin in a bowl of cold water.
• 4 wash the lime well under hot water.
• 5 with a zester try to zest long thin stips off the skin off the lime (or use a knife, to be used to decorate the dish).
• 6 juice the lime and the second grapefuit into a medium bowl.
• 7 add the quark and honey and mix well.
• 8 whip the cream and vanilla sugar, fold into the cheese mixture.
• 9 take the softened gelatin out of the water and put into a small pot with 3 tbsps water and heat until gelatin is desolved.
• 10 pour the gelatin into the grapefruit cream mixture stir well.
• 11 then refrigerate for 10-15 minute to slightly gelled.
• 12 in the meantime beat the egg whites to form stiff peaks.
• 13 take the grapefruit cream out of the fridge and fold the egg foam into the mixture.
• 14 rinse 4 jelly molds or coffee cups with cold water.
• 15 pour the mixture into jelly molds.
• 16 put the molds into the fridge for 4 hours until set.
• 17 to serve, demold the mousse onto serving dishes and decorate with the set aside grapefruit and lime zest.
• 18 enjoy.