Amaretto Mousse
By: Anonymous
Published: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 5:13pm

Ingredients




1 pint Whipping cream
1 tablespoon Gelatin powder
3 ounces Amaretto liqueur
4 Eggs
3 tablespoons Confectioners sugar
Vanilla extract, to taste
Almond extract, to taste
1 cup Sliced, toasted almonds

Preparation

1 Whip the fresh, heavy cream. Place in the refrigerator until ready to use. 2 Dissolve the gelatin powder in Amaretto in a double boiler. Keep warm until ready to use. 3 Combine the eggs and confectioners sugar in a separate double boiler. 4 Heat on low temperature until warm while whisking constantly. 5 Remove the egg and sugar mixture from heat and mix at high speed until consistency reaches firm peaks. 6 Fold the gelatin mixture into the eggs. 7 Fold in the whipped cream and add vanilla and almond extract to taste. 8 Fill dessert glasses and place in the refrigerator until firm 9 (approximately 1 hour). 10 Garnish with sliced, toasted almonds. This mousse is a very light dessert. It is good to serve after a meal of many courses.