Pumpkin mousse with vanilla sauce

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
---For The Mousse---
1tablespoonGelatin
2tablespoonsCold Water
3Egg Yolks
cup+1 Tbs. Sugar
cupPumpkin
1teaspoonCinnamon
1teaspoonNutmeg
1teaspoonAllspice
1cupHeavy Cream; whipped -For The Sauce---
1cupMilk
1cupLight Cream
½teaspoonVanilla
4Egg Yolks
½cupSugar
1pinchSalt

Directions

In a small bowl, sprinkle gelatin over cold water. Place bowl in simmering water and stir until gelatin is dissolved. Beat egg yolks with sugar. Stir in pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and dissolved gelatin. Fold whipped cream gently into pumpkin mixture. Pour mousse in mold or bowl and chill thoroughly. Serve with vanilla sauce.

Serves 8

FOR THE SAUCE:

Scald milk and light cream with vanilla. In double boiler, beat egg yolks and sugar and a pinch of salt. Gradually beat in hot milk mixture. Cook sauce over hot water, stirring constantly until it thickens and coats a spoon. (If it does not thicken, add a little flour.) Strain sauce to remove lumps. Chill.

Source: "Mountain Measures" -- Junior League of Charleston, WV ed. 1974 billspa@...

Recipe by: Mrs. John B. Carrico Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #849 by Bill Spalding <billspa@...> on Oct 16, 1997