DELICIOUS MOUSSE

An irresistible dessert

Who doesn’t love creamy mousse desserts? These toothsome delicacies, which are light and airy in texture, are exquisitely rich in taste. Having originated in France, the mousse dates back to the 18th century when it was served as a savoury dish, which included pureed meat, fish and vegetables. It was not until the early 1900s that the sweet version of mousse emerged with the addition of chocolate to the recipe. This ingenious creation was initially called mayonnaise au chocolat because of its creamy consistency; but it was later renamed ‘mousse,’ which translates into ‘foam’ in French.

Today, mousses come in a variety of flavours, and it is simple to make too since it requires very few ingredients. The three basic components include the base, binder and aerator. Melted chocolate, pureed fruit or custard serve as ideal bases; whipped cream or meringue are used as aerators; and the concoction is sometimes held together by binders such as gelatin. The aerators are folded into the base, the ingredients whisked together and voila, there you have it!

Gourmet Lanka, franchise holder and sister company of The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf – and a subsidiary of the Singapore based Calamander Group – offers a scrumptious range of mousses. Prepared with quality ingredients, the range comes in an assortment of mouth-watering flavours – including Belgian Triple Chocolate Mousse, Butterscotch Mousse, Orange

Mousse, White Chocolate Mousse, Belgian

Dark Chocolate Mousse and Love Mousse among others.

So head over to Softlogic Glomark or SPAR supermarkets, or the main Keells or Cargills outlets in Colombo, to grab your favourite dessert – and be a-mousse-d!

Gourmet Lanka

Calamander Group of Companies Food & Beverage Division

306A Handapangoda Road Rathmalgoda, Poruwadanda, Ingiriya.