Mandarin orange segments dipped into melted chocolate make an elegant garnish for a light-textured mousse flavored with tangerine concentrate.
Clementine Mousse
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 1 hr 40 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
- 2 eggs or 1/2 cup refrigerated or frozen fat-free egg product, thawed
- 1 1/2 cups skim milk
- 2 cups crushed ice
- 1 (6-oz.) can frozen tangerine or orange juice concentrate
- 3 tiny fresh clementines, peeled and sectioned or 1 (11-oz.) can mandarin orange segments, drained
- 2 tablespoons semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
Instructions
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Step1In medium saucepan, combine sugar, gelatin and eggs; beat until smooth. Stir in milk; cook over medium heat until mixture coats a spoon, stirring constantly. DO NOT BOIL. Cool slightly.
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Step2Pour mixture into large blender container or food processor bowl with metal blade; blend at medium speed. While blender is running, add ice and spoonfuls of tangerine concentrate, blending until ice is melted. Pour into 1 1/2-quart bowl; refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes or until partially set.
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Step3Reserve 8 clementine or mandarin orange segments for garnish; place on paper towel. Fold remaining orange segments into mixture. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until set. (If desired, mixture can be poured into individual dessert dishes before refrigerating).
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Step4Dip each clementine segment halfway into melted chocolate; place on waxed paper. Let stand until set. Garnish each serving with chocolate-dipped clementine segment.
Nutrition
130
Calories
2g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
22g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/2 Cup
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 4%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 50mg
- 16%
- Sodium
- 40mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 290mg
- 8%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 22g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 35%
- 35%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1/2 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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