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🍰 Airy Quark Mousse with Fresh Berries
358 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 3 sheets white gelatin
- 1 egg
- 150 g cream quark
- lemon juice
- 5 tbsp sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 75 g blackcurrants
- 250 g redcurrants
- 150 ml whipping cream
- 4 tbsp currant liqueur
- lemon balm
Instructions
- 1. Place the gelatin sheets in a bowl of cold water for a few minutes to soften them.
- 2. Carefully separate the egg, keeping the yolk intact in one bowl and placing the white in another.
- 3. Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the tiny black seeds using the back of a knife.
- 4. Whisk the quark in a large bowl with the egg yolk, one tablespoon of lemon juice, the vanilla seeds, and four tablespoons of sugar.
- 5. Squeeze the soaked gelatin well and dissolve it in a small saucepan with one tablespoon of liqueur over very low heat.
- 6. Stir the dissolved gelatin into the quark mixture and set the bowl aside to cool down.
- 7. Rinse the blackcurrants under running water.
- 8. Gently pull the berries off the tough stems.
- 9. Beat the egg white in a clean bowl with a mixer until stiff peaks form.
- 10. Whip the cream in a separate bowl until stiff.
- 11. Check the quark mixture: As soon as it starts to thicken, gently fold in the beaten egg whites and cream.
- 12. Gently mix the blackcurrants into the quark cream.
- 13. Place the bowl with the mousse in the refrigerator for at least five hours until it is firm.
- 14. Rinse the redcurrants under running water.
- 15. Pull the redcurrants off the stems.
- 16. Press 200 grams of the redcurrants through a fine sieve to obtain a smooth juice.
- 17. Stir one tablespoon of sugar into the obtained juice.
- 18. Mix the remaining whole redcurrants with one tablespoon of liqueur.
- 19. Take the set mousse out of the refrigerator.
- 20. Use two teaspoons to form small, oval mounds of the mousse (known as quenelles).
- 21. Serve the mousse quenelles on plates.
- 22. Pour the sweet currant sauce and the liqueur-mixed berries over the mousse.
- 23. Garnish the dish with fresh lemon balm leaves.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 358
- Protein: 9 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 35 g