I know the title as itself is a mouthful! You must try this healthy dessert! Yes, yes, no doubt it’s healthy after all the Christmas & New Years feasting… or is it just me.
Without further ado, here is the recipe! (OK, take a look at glasses! This recipe is for five small glasses, not big ones!)
Chocolate Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse with Crunchy Oats and Raspberries
This recipe requires 1/3 cup pumpkin puree. Pumpkin puree must be as creamy as possible - drain all the liquid before blending and drain after blending too.
Ingredients
- For oats
- 1 cup oats (oat flakes/rolled oats)
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 2/3 cup (~130 gr) Mascarpone
- 1/3 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/2 tbsp cocoa
- 1/2 tbsp honey
- about 2 cups raspberries (fresh or frozen)
For mousse
Directions
- Crunchy oats: Melt butter in frying pan. Add oats and sugar. Stir-fry until lightly brown. Watch it! It will burn quickly. Transfer to a plate to cool down.
- Mousse: In a bowl add Mascarpone, pumpkin puree and cocoa and whisk until fluffy.
- Layer up the dessert in the 5 small tall narrow glasses. Starting with raspberries followed by oats and mousse. Repeat and end with mousse. Decorate with raspberries and/or oats.
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No doubt ‘healthy’, and delicious. Rasberries and chocolate, a combination made in heaven, and crunchy oats – wonderful. I’m intrigued to try the mousse, if I can find a pumpkin. Usually we see them here only around Halloween. Maybe another squash will do?
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Have no idea! But… puree should be as creamy and dry as possible. Strain all the liquid and blend.
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HI, I use canned pumpkin year round. I usually find it in the baking aisle. just be sure it is not pumpkin pie filling , if you want to keep the healthy aspect! 🙂
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We don’t have canned pumpkin here in Latvia! So we make our own from fresh pumpkin.
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Can you grow them year round?
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No. Only on summer, but pumpkins can be store all year around! And believe me – put it on the highest shelf or in the corner it will be as just harvest. And the best part – vitamines are the same or even more than at harvest. 🙂
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so beautiful and healthy and delicious I’m sure. What a lovely little fancy treat for your family. 🙂
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The key word is “little” cause actually girls don’t need huge portions 🙂
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This looks fabulous Ilze! We all love these types of parfaits, I will need to try this one 🙂
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Another recipe, that will use canned pumpkin 😉
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These look so yummy! Wish I could eat them!!!
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Maybe there are options…. like gluten-free oats and vegan mascarpone!?
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I can make it gf but haven’t found a df alternate to mascarpone yet:(
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Try vegan wipped cream instead!!!
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Oh ok- I have that in they store right across from me. Thank you!
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😉 You are welcome!
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An interesting and no doubt delicious way to incorporate pumpkin into a dessert! You are so creative!
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Thank you! When living in the countryside and don’t want to drive to the closest shop, you have to be creative to feed 5 sweet teeth!
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Mmmm yummy!!!!
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🙂 Small portions are always yummier 🙂
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Yes, of course!
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Looks delish!
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