“A BLUSH IS MODESTY’S FIRST IMPULSE AND SOPHISTICATION’S AFTER THOUGHT.” Anonymous
There are many variations on chocolate mousse. But I think none are more elegant than those made with white chocolate.
This white chocolate mousse recipe is a lightly sweet canvas for any variety of fruit, flavors and garnishes. Here, I’ve topped mine with some simple berries and grated white chocolate and white chocolate shavings. What gives it it’s pretty blush?. . . . .
…..raspberry liqueur! The Chambord lends a subtle raspberry flavor as well as a soft, pink, hue. This raspberry white chocolate mousse is modesty and sophistication in one lovely dessert.
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Yields: 6-8 servings
WHITE CHOCOLATE MOUSSE:
- 1 cup of half and half
- 1/3 of a cup of caster sugar
- 2 Tablespoons of cornstarch
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract, divided
- 1 Tablespoon of butter
- 3 ounces of good quality white chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 of a teaspoon of gelatin
- 1 Tablespoon of cold water
- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tablespoons of confectioners sugar
Whisk together the half and half, caster sugar, cornstarch and the egg yolk in a medium saucepan. Cook this over medium heat until it thickens and begins to simmer. Whisk constantly for about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla, butter and white chocolate. Mix until the white chocolate is completely melted and everything is combined. Pour this into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap, pressing the wrap directly onto the mousse to prevent a skin from forming. Chill for 4 hours, but preferably overnight.
NOTE: To make this a raspberry white chocolate mousse, substitute 4 Tablespoons of Chambord, or raspberry liqueur in place of the 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract when adding the butter and white chocolate.
Once the mousse is chilled, prepare the gelatin by combining it in a small bowl with the water. Let it stand for 10 minutes and then heat it in the microwave for 10 seconds to melt the gelatin. Let this mixture cool to room temperature.
In the bowl of your mixer, using a whisk attachment, whisk the cream, confectioners sugar and remaining teaspoon of vanilla extract. Whip this until it is thick and then add the gelatin. Continue to whip until medium peaks form. Fold the whipped cream into the white chocolate mixture in 3 additions. Cover and chill for an hour, or overnight.
Spoon into your serving glasses and garnish with fresh raspberries, and a dusting of confectioners sugar. Or you may grate or shave some white chocolate on the top. Be inventive and switch up the liqueur and garnish. Frangelica, raspberries and chopped hazelnuts come to mind. Framboise, strawberries and dark chocolate curls would be pretty. You get the idea!
ANOTHER NOTE: I found that the chocolate mixture before I folded in the whipped cream was an amazing white chocolate ganache all on it’s own!
Enjoy!
Adapted from Tina’s recipe at Mom’s Crazy Cooking during my participation in The Secret Recipe Club.
Ooo, Anne, this is so elegant! I love the flavors and it looks beautifully crisp and fresh. I can’t wait to try this!
Thanks Cassie…and I cannot wait to try your Blondies….white chocolate and pretzels = bliss! : )
I just love how fresh it looks and so gorgeous
Thanks Beti….and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your giant Hershey kiss cookie! : )
This is beautiful! I definitely look forward to giving this recipe a try! A fabulous choice for Secret Recipe Club!
Thanks Jennifer! As were your Tortilla Pinwheels! Your photography is just amazing! : )
Love raspberry look amazing and beautiful!
Thanks Gloria….and your Irish Soda Bread was amazing and beautiful, too! : )
Love it, and also that this mousse is blushing. Lovely touch with the Chambord!
Thanks Jill….and I think your favorite macaron is mine…white chocolate, wasabi and pistachios! Amazing! : )
Oh goodness this looks amazing! What a great pick from Tina’s blog…I am sure that was difficult! I love that you tried this with chambord too…so decadent!
Thanks Maggie….and it was difficult! Tina has such a lovely blog and so many amazingly good recipes. I’ll definitely be back! And speaking of great blogs…..everyone should hop over to Tina’s for a fantastic recipe for kale chips and ……..a giveaway!!! : )
So amazing looking. I was drawn to it immediately because I remember a heavenly white chocolate mousse from my childhood that I never had a recipe for. Thanks.
Thanks Anita! And I am drawn to your amazing Banana Baileys Colada! : )
Oh, how I adore mousse! I have to admit that I haven’t made it for some time, but this one really has me wanting to whip out my white chocolate and I love the blushing descriptions!! Well done!! And beautiful photos btw…!
Kim…thanks so much! And talk about beautiful photos….the picture of your dough in the Brown Butter Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies is soooooooo inviting! : )
What a wonderful mousse. The raspberries are a wonderful touch. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thanks Veronica! And your black bean brownies looks so moist and fudgey! : )
Yummy, and pretty too!
Thanks Jamie….and yummy is a slice of your sticky gingerbread! : )
FABULOUS pick!!! I want to make these right now…it’s hot…and just perfect weather for a cool, creamy dessert. Beautifully done, my friend~
Thanks Liz….and you had a FABULOUS pick, too….with those beautiful Toffee and White Chocolate Chunk cookies! : )
These look fantastic Anne!! I would love to taste them.
What a beautiful presentation too. Well done. Hope you had a great weekend!! ~ Ramona
Thanks Ramona! And I would love to taste one of your Iced Cafe Mocha’s….those are the perfect warm weather drink for me! I hope you have a GREAT week! : )
Fabulous dessert, and great idea to ad the raspberry – I could eat one right now!
Thanks Heidi….and loved your pomegranate salad….so beautiful! : )
This sounds delicious. Excellent pictures of this delicacy! Great SRC post!
Thanks Eliot and you made a fabulous pasta dish! : )
White chocolate mousse is one of my favorite things!! The addition of Chambord sounds divine – great SRC pick!
Thanks Jamie….and your Banana Cake with Brown Butter Icing look amazing! : )
When it comes to white chocolate pairings with fruit, I would say that raspberries are at the top of the list. Your mousse servings look wonderful. Cool that you did experiment with the recipe some, I would be glad to have any of those that you made. Delicious SRC recipe!
Thanks Tina….and I would be glad to have one of your Fraternity Brunch Bars right about now!!! : )
This looks so pretty
Thanks Avanika…..and your chocolate lava cake looked AMAZING! : )
Gorgeous!! Sounds delicious. I can’t wait to try it topped with fresh raspberries from my garden!
Thanks Toni! And your Oreo Brownies looked so scrumptious!!! : )
I was just thinking of this recipe this week, so funny that you found it too! I love it!
and I am so glad you liked! Your’s looks so beautiful!
Thanks Tina! You have such a lovely and really wonderful blog…..you didn’t make it easy for me to choose! I’m coming back for more! : )
oh my this looks fabulous!
Thanks Louise….and a great job with the caramel sauce! : )
these are beautiful! love the raspberry addition. they look so regal..sweet little glasses you placed them in
off to check out the recipe…
Thanks Rachel….and I LOVED your chocolate quesadillas! : )
I ADORE white choc and raspberry…great flavor combo. This looks like an amazing dessert…especially with the addition of chambord. I like to keep it on hand, because Krir Royale is one of my favorite girly cocktails!
Thanks Wendy! And your chicken salad looks really good! (And I’m with you on the Kir Royales!) : )
You picked a great recipe this month! This looks incredible! I love your photos!
Thanks Debbi….and your Waldorf rice looks AMAZING! : )
I have recently been on the hunt for *the* mousse recipe…I’ll have to try this one out! And I love the idea of adding the raspberry flavor to it–I can taste it like it’s right in front of me! Great SRC post!
Thanks Mindy! And that deep dish chocolate chip cookie you made is amazing! : )
This is a beautiful recipe! I love chocolate and raspberry together
Thanks Jamie…..and you made a fabulous pizza! : )
This looks absolutely dreamy!
Thanks Cara….and I must say the same thing about your lemon pudding cake! : )
This sounds amazing, I need to try it.
Thanks Carrie….and your funfetti cookies were so pretty! : )
I have not had mousse in such a long time. I just wish I had a bowl of your divine-ness right now. Glad to be part of SRC group C with you!
Thanks Lisa….and your cupcakes looked equally divine! I am so looking forward to being assigned your blog one day! : )
Looks so wonderful!I wish you delivered!!
Thanks Teri! And for YOU…I’ll deliver….as long as I can pick up a dozen of your fabulous stained glass cookies when I get there! ;- )
What a decadent looking dessert.
Loved your pretty pistachio cookies!
Anne, what a stunner! It it tastes half as good as it looks then it´s out of this world. Love the addition of the raspberry liqueur – I think raspberry has got to be my absolutely favourite flavour. What gorgeous photos too. Makes me wish I could pick up a spoon and dive right in!
Thanks Hester…..and I loved your Irish eggs for St. Patty’s day! They were just gorgeous! : )
This mousse looks so lovely and luscious and the raspberries look so perfect lazing about on top!
Thanks Anna….and your chocolate orange tea cakes really look so special!
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White Chocolate Mousse is one of my faves! I prefer white chocolate over milk chocolate anyday and am always looking for new recipes. I do believe I’m going to have to change my shirt before I go for my walk this morning. Serious drool happening here. I’m also going to head over to Tina’s blog, sound like yummy things going on over there!
Thanks Sandra! Definitely yummy things going on over at Tina’s blog! But everyone should head over to visit Sandra. While her most recent post is about making inspiration boards…..I’ve got to tell you….everything at Sandra’s site is inspirational! : )
I always love to try new recipes as well but sometimes get so caught up in what I’m cooking for my blog or in a rush and falling back on an old stand-by that I don’t often dig out the recipes I really want to give a try. I’m so glad you found a great one!
Jen…I’m glad I’m in SRC for that very reason! And I LOVE your Double Tree Cookies…..AND your photography! Congrats on being accepted by Foodgawker! : )
Anne – these look fabulous and such lovely photos! I don’t think there’s any way you can go wrong with raspberries and white chocolate!
Thanks Chris….and your grilled chicken Shawarma looks fabulous! : )
How absolutely beautiful! If they taste anything like they look, I’m in love.
Thanks Maureen! I fell in love, too, today! With your coconut macaroon strawberry ice cream sandwiches!!! : )
Oh how delicious! I love white chocolate, so I think this dessert is a must for me!
Thanks Melissa….and a must for me is a dozen of your copycat Cinnabons! Those looked sooooo amazing! : )
So elegant and delectable. Simply love these white chocolate mousse with fresh raspberries.
Thanks Angie….and your Matcha Spelt Castella looks so lovely! : )
You may have just convinced me to try to like white chocolate!
Oh yay!!! And you don’t have to twist my arm to have me try your pretty strawberry sherbet! : )
mmm…liqueur in place of vanilla… sounds pretty intriguing and delightful to me and it adds a lovely blush indeed… How fun and creative. Beautiful presentation Anne.
Thanks Kelly….and so was your lovely asparagus/proscuitto plate! : )
The mousse looks wonderful and your pictures are gorgeous!
Thanks Susie….and I am sooooo impressed by your picture perfect first macarons! : )
A very elegant looking mousse. I have never had white chocolate mousse and this looks like a very promising recipe. Bookmarked
Thank you so much. And you Asian pineapple cucumber salad looks so beautiful and refreshing!!! : )
You can’t go wrong with white chocolate and raspberries! This is such a beautiful looking dessert. Lovely pictures Anne
Thanks Anuradha! And you can’t go wrong with chocolate and coffee and rum! Your bundt cake is simply spectacular! : )
I LOVE mousse! SO delightfully creamy and rich. But like you (or like you were), I haven’t ever made it. Looks like it’s worth a try.
Oh Mikaela….if you try this….I promise to try your scrumptious cheddar chicken!! : )
Love, love, love raspberries and white chocolate. What a perfect dessert!
And love, love, love your warm chocolate cake in a mug! Delish! : )
You picked a beauty and made is look absolutely delicious! I would be hardpressed to decide between the all white chocolate, all raspberry or half and half. They all look and sound delicious! You definitely made Tina proud!
Oh thanks MJ! I had to make a little combo…though it’s all good. Tina has an amazing recipe! And speaking of amazing recipe….your brown butter mashed sweet potatoes are heavenly! : )
Love this recipe and you made it look so tempting – mmm… and I love the idea of using the raspberry liqueur- delicious.
Thank you and your Semiya Paysam is just beautiful! : )
I’ll take one with Chambord please!! Looks delicious.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my Group ‘A’ SRC entry: Broiled Sushi.
Lisa~~
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Thanks Lisa….and I took a peek….that is one amazing and unique recipe…..and I look forward to trying it! : )