Nauru’s coconut mousse
Coconut mousse from Nauru is a delightful dish that visitors appreciate. This dessert has just the right amount of sweetness to satisfy your sweet craving. Fresh coconut, gelatin, milk, eggs, and vanilla sugar are used to make it. So, if you want to end your day on a high note, try this delicious treat. Nauru coconut mousse recipe is really easy and a delightful sweet treat. If you are making the coconut crusted fish, just grate a bit more fresh coconut for this recipe as well. It truly makes all the difference when using fresh coconut. This recipe calls for agar-agar which is like a gelatin. If you can’t find agar-agar you can substitute gelatin in equal amounts for this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup coconut milk, 3 tablespoons sugar, 3/4 cup freshly grated coconut plus a couple tablespoons for garnish, 1 teaspoon agar-agar or gelatin, 1/2 cup heavy cream, 4 teaspoons vanilla sugar, 2 egg whites
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan heat the coconut milk, sugar and grated coconut without bringing to a boil.
- Remove from heat and stir in the agar-agar or gelatin
- Whisk until cool
- Beat the whip cream and gradually incorporate the vanilla sugar
- Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form
- Fold in the whip cream into the coconut milk mixture
- Then fold in the egg whites.
- Put in serving containers and let chill for about 4 hours
- In a sauce pan roast the two tablespoons of grated coconut and garnish
