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?
Have no idea! But… puree should be as creamy and dry as possible. Strain all the liquid and blend.
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! 🙂
We don’t have canned pumpkin here in Latvia! So we make our own from fresh pumpkin.
Can you grow them year round?
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. 🙂
so beautiful and healthy and delicious I’m sure. What a lovely little fancy treat for your family. 🙂
The key word is “little” cause actually girls don’t need huge portions 🙂
This looks fabulous Ilze! We all love these types of parfaits, I will need to try this one 🙂
Another recipe, that will use canned pumpkin 😉
These look so yummy! Wish I could eat them!!!
Maybe there are options…. like gluten-free oats and vegan mascarpone!?
I can make it gf but haven’t found a df alternate to mascarpone yet:(
Try vegan wipped cream instead!!!
Oh ok- I have that in they store right across from me. Thank you!
😉 You are welcome!
An interesting and no doubt delicious way to incorporate pumpkin into a dessert! You are so creative!
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!
Mmmm yummy!!!!
🙂 Small portions are always yummier 🙂
Yes, of course!
Looks delish!