Pumpkin Mousse

Name: Pumpkin Mousse
Prep time: 2 h 30 min
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 ripe banana, finely mashed; 822 grams pumpkin puree; 6 extra larges egg yolks; 4 teaspoons packages unflavored gelatin; 118 milliliters granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 237 milliliters half-and-half; 473 milliliters cold heavy cream; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 473 milliliters light brown sugar, lightly packed; 1 teaspoon grated orange zest, plus more for garnish, optional; 0 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Pumpkin Mousse is Head to the store and pick up gelatin, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours and 30 minutes.

Instructions

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Heat the half-and-half, pumpkin, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a heat-proof bowl set over a pan of simmering water until hot, about 5 minutes.

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Brown Sugar

Cinnamon

Pumpkin

Nutmeg

Water

Salt

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Bowl

Frying Pan

Whisk the egg yolks in another bowl, stir some of the hot pumpkin into the egg yolks to heat them, then pour the egg-pumpkin mixture back into the double boiler and stir well.

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Egg Yolk

Pumpkin

Egg

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Double Boiler

Whisk

Bowl

Heat the mixture over the simmering water for another 4 to 5 minutes, until it begins to thicken, stirring constantly. You don't want the eggs to scramble.

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Water

Egg

Remove from the heat.

Dissolve the gelatin in 1/2 cup cold water.

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Gelatin

Water

Add the dissolved gelatin, banana, and orange zest to the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Set aside to cool.

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Orange Zest

Gelatin

Pumpkin

Banana

For the decoration:Whip the heavy cream in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until soft peaks form.

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Heavy Cream

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add the granulated sugar and vanilla and continue to whisk until you have firm peaks. Fold half the whipped cream into the cooled pumpkin mixture.

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Granulated Sugar

Whipped Cream

Pumpkin

Vanilla

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Whisk

Pour the mousse into a 7 by 4-inch souffle dish. Pipe or spoon the remaining whipped cream decoratively on the mousse and sprinkle, if desired, with orange zest.

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Whipped Cream

Orange Zest

Serve chilled.