Quark Mousse with Berries
Quark mousse with berries is a recipe featuring fresh ingredients from the spices category. Try this and other recipes from Spoonsparrow!
Ingredients
- 3 sheets white gelatin
- 1 egg
- 150 g quark cream cheese
- zest of lemon juice
- 5 tbsp sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- 75 g black currants
- 250 g red currants
- 150 ml whipping cream
- 4 tbsp currant liqueur
- Lemon balm
Instructions
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1.
Soak gelatin in cold water, separate the egg. Split the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Mix quark, yolk, 1 tbsp lemon juice, vanilla seeds, and 4 tbsp sugar. Squeeze out excess liquid from gelatin and dissolve with 1 tbsp liqueur in a small pot over gentle heat, then stir into the quark mixture and chill.
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2.
Rinse black currants and strip them from their stems.
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3.
When the mixture starts to set, whisk egg white and cream until stiff peaks form, fold into the mousse along with the black currants, and refrigerate.
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4.
Wash red currants, strip from stems, pass 200 g through a sieve, mix juice with 1 tbsp sugar, then stir remaining berries with liqueur.
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5.
When the mousse is firm (after about 5 hours), shape with two spoons into nests and serve with berry sauce. Garnish with lemon balm.
