Mousse Marron
By: Anonymous
Published: Saturday, December 12, 2009 - 2:57am

Ingredients




1 quart vanilla ice cream
1 teaspoon granulated gelatine
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup prepared French chestnuts
1/4 cup water
1 pint cream
Whites two eggs
1/2 tablespoon vanilla

Preparation

1 Cook sugar and water five minutes, pour on to beaten whites of eggs, dissolve gelatine in one and one-half tablespoons boiling water, and add to first mixture. Set in a pan of ice-water, and stir until cold; add chestnuts, and fold in whip from cream and vanilla. Line a mould with ice cream, and fill with mixture; cover, pack in salt and ice, and let stand three hours.