Lime Mousse With Raspberries

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 ounce unflavored gelatin
• 3 limes, juice of (about 2/3 cup)
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
• 1 pinch cream of tartar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 dash vanilla essence
• 1 pint raspberries

Recipe

• 1 dissolve the gelatin in one-fourth cup warm water. heat the lime juice, add the sugar, dissolve. mix it with the gelatin. cool.
• 2 whip the egg whites with the cream of tartar until they stand in stiff peaks.
• 3 whip the cream until stiff.
• 4 fold the egg whites into the lime juice mixture, then fold in the cream and the vanilla essence. mix well and place in a five-cup souffle dish. chill overnight.
• 5 turn the mousse out onto a platter and arrange the raspberries in a circle around it. place a couple of raspberries on top. yield 6 - 8 servings.